New York, August 30, 2007 - For the most part, only the New York-based stars of Romance & Cigarettes made it to the movie musical’s New York premiere on Thursday, and it was still a pretty star-studded evening. Susan Sarandon, James Gandolfini, Steve Buscemi, Aida Turturro and Bobby Cannavale turned out with assorted family members in tow. However, director John Turturro’s stellar cast also included Kate Winslet, Mary-Louise Parker, Mandy Moore and Christopher Walken. (Walken is becoming Mr. Musical, having just appeared in Hairspray.)

At the premiere, Turturro pointed to the movie poster, which features Kate Winset’s breasts, and said, “They’re real, you know.” Stunned onlookers asked how he knew this. “She was breastfeeding on the set”, he explained. (Winslet’s son with Sam Mendes, Joe, was just a few months old during the 2004 film shoot.)

The cast on Bobby Cannavale’s wrist is the result of a fall from his motorbike. “Everybody thinks I have carpal tunnel syndrome!” he said. “I don’t know what’s worse – that I fell off my Vespa, or that I look like I have carpal tunnel syndrome”.

Gandolfini photo: Joy E. Scheller/LFI