When we heard they had tickets going for ordinary people like ourselves to go and see the first episode of Merlin series 2 almost TWO WEEKS before anyone else, we were there faster than a greased… extremely fast thing. Anyway, we couldn’t film inside the BFI, but everyone thoroughly enjoyed the freebies being handed out in the foyer, the quiz in the auditorium (Betty won a signed book!) and above all the episode itself. The episode just isn’t the same without the audience response and Bradley’s reaction to said response. Anyone who was there will tell you that at the end of a certain scene, there is MEANT TO BE an ‘awww’ followed by ‘Oh, he deserved it!’. It’s destiny.
The Q & A session was really good too – writing this more than a month later, I can’t possibly tell you what was said with any degree of accuracy, but there are plenty of accounts on the internet.
Anyway, this is our video of the day we spent in London – there are a couple of faces even more famous than ours (hard to believe, I know) towards the end so keep ‘em peeled, Legend fans!
- Elle
PS: Thanks also to our guest star, Louise!
edit: Sorry Legend fans, something happened to the quality of the video when we uploaded it to youtube :S We'll post a better link to it as soon as we have one
~ Bethan
Edit II: The video report is still giving us problems, so for now have a written report yoinked from our LiveJournal and written on the day.
Barely a week after Pierrefonds, we headed to London for the Merlin Series 2 Preview at the BFI Southbank. We were very excited about not only seeing the new episode, but seeing it with fellow fans (not to mention the fact that the cast were going to be viewing it with us).
Soo me and Ellie went from Brighton and went to Clapham Junciton and then to London Waterloo. Small hilarity when the train told us we were approaching the staion we'd just been at, and then it said it was going to Guildford. We hopped off, realised it was going to Waterloo after all and hopped back on another carriage.
Got to BFI and got tickets then went to grab a giant brick sized brownie from the market. Headed to the Hole in the Wall pub to the Merlin meet, only to chicken out, run back to BFI and grab a burger and sit on the grass by the Eye.
Went in around two and marvelled at all the free goodies. Got a poster and a postcard, then the woman was like
"You can have one free book each", cue me grabbing the one with Merlin on and Ellie grabbing the one with Arthur on. We then loitered some more and then met some lovely girls off of LJ who we chatted to for a while and then went to our seats.
ANYWAY THEN THE CAST CAME IN AND OH MY GOD I HAD HEART FAILURE AND PUNCHED ELLIE A FEW TIMES, SORRY D: The whole cinema went quiet and then a couple of people from BFI came in and started giving away books which had been signed by all the cast. It was for kids really so I ignored it...until they asked the name of the druid boy that Morgana helped escape from Camelot, so I stuck my hand up thinking "Oh, what the hell. They won't pick me anyway." Cue woman coming up to me with the mic and me going *AAAH WHAT DO I SAY?* "Mordred" and apparently sounding like Asa LOL. Got the book though, yay!
After we tried hanging outside the room the cast had vanished to but got shunted outside and got talking to another awesome fan (Louise I believe? Hi if you're reading this!), we did a bit of video diarying so Ellie will have the video up once we've sorted through our Pierrefonds footage.
Anthony Head eventually made an appearance, giving Colin and Angel a chance to high tail it out of there before they were pounced on. I don't blame them really. I don't think Colin or Bradley would have left intact if they had come out.
Anyway, I got Anthony's autograph for my mums friend, went on a quick hunt for Colin which proved fruitless, sadly. Again, can't blame them though.
Anyway, came back out and hid near Katie for a bit, eventually got a chance for an autograph and a quick chat.
Guy from BFI who had hosted: These fans are really nice and polite.
Katie: And well dressed *looks at me and Ellie, we squee silently* Hello, I like your badges
Me: Thanks *beams*
Ellie: We were at Expo...dunno if you remember us
Me: I was a TARDIS, she was in a green medival dress
Ellie: I had a big black cloak
Katie: *thinks for a second* Oh yeah I remember you! Nice to see you again
Me: ♥ ♥
Katie never ceases to be amazing.
Then we went back to ASH so Ellie could get an autograph and the awesome shantirosa took a photo of us with him. Thank you so much hun! ♥
Ellie, Anthony Stewart Head and Me
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