 Carrey performed with co-star Meryl Streep during the UK premiere |
Actor Jim Carrey entertained crowds at the UK premiere of his latest film, despite fleeing a fire at his London hotel hours earlier. Carrey and fellow actors Brad Pitt and Matt Damon fled Claridges hotel after a small fire broke out in its kitchen.
"No-one rescued me, no-one came, I had to find my own way out," Carrey said.
He later grabbed co-star Meryl Streep and whisked her around Leicester Square at the debut of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
'Fire and disaster'
Based on the cult children's books by author Daniel Handler, the film follows three children who are orphaned when their parents die in a fire.
They are taken in by their wicked uncle Count Olaf, played by Carrey, who schemes to get his hands on their fortune.
"The movie's all about fire and disaster and so I get up for the [press] junket today and suddenly my house is burning down, and I'm on the balcony like a damsel screaming with a very high pitched voice," Carrey said.
The traditional red carpet was replaced with a "Lemony yellow" carpet for the Empire cinema event, also attended by stars Timothy Spall and Emily Browning.
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