Mirren's cardboard cut-out premiere
HELEN MIRREN's husband made up for his wife's absence at the Los Angeles premiere of her new movie RED by turning up at the event with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of the actress.
The Queen star appears in the new action film alongside stars including Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, but she was unable to attend the movie's Hollywood launch on Monday night (11Oct10) due to prior filming commitments.
Mirren's director husband Taylor Hackford solved the problem by taking a model of his wife to the event instead - he walked the red carpet with his arm around the figure and posed happily for pictures.