| Sean Connolly with family at the Green Carpet Premiere of 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' at the Vue Cinema, Leicester Square, London - January 25th 2015 Yesterday we travelled to London for the very special European Premiere of the 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE'. It was made all the more special as I was able to share it with my wife, actress Bella Hamblin and our daughter Erin. We couldn't quite believe the scale of the event; a special green bus was on show and many amusing sign posts alluding to the film's storyline. At our allotted time we made our way down to 'walk the green carpet'. It was a surreal time for us all being surrounded by fans and photographers. Unsurprisingly we weren't stopped for a photo ourselves, such is the anonymity of a voice actor and their family. We decided to dwell a little on the carpet before we went into the screening and take our own pictures. These were after all moments to be treasured, we were determined to make the most of it! |
| Sean Connolly on the Red/Green carpet for the European Premiere of 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE' - January 25th 2015. Once inside it seemed the whole cinema had been given over to the film, posters, full size cut outs of the main characters, everywhere we looked there was Shaun! Taking our seats we noticed each seat had a pair of special Shaun ears. My lovely family decided early on that they didn't suit me, particularly with my choice of head wear for the day! We then realised that we were sitting directly in front of 'Shaun' himself, king of Children's TV - Justin Fletcher! When our daughter was growing up watching Justin on CBeebies, she would often say to my wife, 'Mum, why don't you marry Justin?' Meeting Justin brought all that back, we didn't share that story with him, much to Erin's relief! I had not met him previously as it's usual to record our bits separately in studio, so this was a real treat. We realised that we had quite a few mutual friends, so that was great ice breaker, not that any ice needed breaking! He was very generous with his time posing for countless photos, I think we actually started the requests with this picture (see below). |
| Justin Fletcher (voice of Shaun the Sheep), Erin Connolly and Sean Connolly posing at the European Premiere of 'SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE'. Introductions and thanks were given by the production team, then we all sat back and watched a quite extraordinary film! It was Ramtastic!! |
