Kate Beckinsale revealed how her ‘absolute legend’ castmates Robert Sean Leonard and Keanu Reeves chivalrously came to her aid when she suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the world premiere of Much Ado About Nothing during the 46th Cannes Film Festival in 1993.
The British 49-year-old had bought a beige bodysuit in the Sock Shop at the airport, put a flower in her hair from the hotel breakfast tray, and wore ‘scuffed steel-toe capped’ Dr. Martens for ‘the biggest red carpet of my life.’
‘When I got in the car to drive to the premiere with Denzel and Pauletta Washington, all the poppers in the crotch popped themselves open and it flipped up like a roller blind,’ Kate – who boasts 5.5M Instagram followers – recalled on Monday.
‘I didn’t feel it was appropriate to go delving around in my undercarriage with all of us in the back of the car so I just quietly panicked. Walked out onto the biggest red carpet of my life and whispered to Keanu and Robert Sean Leonard what had happened.
‘In this picture I am holding the front gusset down and the two of them are holding the back gusset. Absolute legends who may not even have fully understood the physics of what was happening or even heard the word “gusset” before, but both jumped in to save me no questions asked.’
30 years ago! Kate Beckinsale (M) revealed how her ‘absolute legend’ castmates Robert Sean Leonard (L) and Keanu Reeves (R) chivalrously came to her aid when she suffered a wardrobe malfunction at the world premiere of Much Ado About Nothing during the 46th Cannes Film Festival in 1993
Beckinsale’s Instagram post received supportive comments from two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts, Riverdale actress Nathalie Boltt, and Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game actor Christopher Convery.
Much Ado About Nothing was nominated for the French fest’s biggest prize, the Palme d’Or, which went to Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine and Jane Campion’s The Piano in a rare tie.
The SAG Award nominee was a 19-year-old student at Oxford University when she made her big-screen acting debut as the naïve and kind-hearted Hero, who nearly loses her reputation and fiancé Count Claudio (Leonard) due to a ruse concocted by Don John (Reeves).
The Canadian 58-year-old – who appeared shirtless in one evil plotting scene – was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for worst supporting actor for his performance as Don Pedro’s (Denzel Washington) villainous half-brother.
But Kenneth Branagh’s critically-acclaimed Tuscan-set rom-com, based on the 1623 Shakespearean play, went on to amass $43M at the global box office from a modest $7.1M budget.
The Golden Globe Award-nominated movie also featured performances from Branagh, Emma Thompson, Michael Keaton, and Imelda Staunton.
Kate (𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 Kathrin) was feeling nostalgic having just attended the 76th Cannes Film Festival where she helped raise $17M as chair of the amfAR Gala, and glammed up for The Pot au Feu premiere as well as the Aston Martin dinner.
In January, Beckinsale wrapped her role as CIA agent Avery Graves in Pierre Morel’s upcoming action film Canary Black in Croatia alongside Rupert Friend
All the poppers in the crotch popped themselves open and it flipped up like a roller blind!’ The British 49-year-old had bought her beige bodysuit in the Sock Shop at the airport and she ‘whispered to Keanu and Robert Sean Leonard what had happened’
Kate (pictured last Thursday) recalled: ”In [the] picture I am holding the front gusset down and the two of them are holding the back gusset. Absolute legends who may not even have fully understood the physics of what was happening or even heard the word “gusset” before, but both jumped in to save me no questions asked’
Hysterical!’ Beckinsale’s Instagram post received supportive comments from fellow actors Naomi Watts, Nathalie Boltt, and Christopher Convery
Ingenue: The SAG Award nominee was a 19-year-old student at Oxford University when she made her big-screen acting debut as the naïve and kind-hearted Hero, who nearly loses her reputation and fiancé Count Claudio (Leonard) due to a ruse concocted by Don John (Reeves)
Eye candy: The Canadian 58-year-old – who appeared shirtless in one evil plotting scene – was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for worst supporting actor for his performance as Don Pedro’s (Denzel Washington) villainous half-brother
Sigh no more ladies! But Kenneth Branagh’s critically-acclaimed Tuscan-set rom-com, based on the 1623 Shakespearean play, went on to amass $43M at the global box office from a modest $7.1M budget
‘Friends, fun, and raising money for a great cause!’ Kate was feeling nostalgic having just attended the 76th Cannes Film Festival where she helped raise $17M as chair of the amfAR Gala, and glammed up for The Pot au Feu premiere as well as the Aston Martin dinner
Coming soon! In January, Beckinsale wrapped her role as CIA agent Avery Graves in Pierre Morel’s upcoming action film Canary Black in Croatia alongside Rupert Friend
On the personal front, the Fool’s Paradise star mothered daughter Lily Mo Sheen from her eight-year relationship with her former The Seagull castmate Michael Sheen, which ended in 2003.
The 24-year-old NYU grad has followed in her famous folks’ footsteps with acting gigs in BBC series Staged (opposite Michael Sheen) and Tom Gormican’s Nicolas Cage comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent last year.
Kate divorced her Underworld director Len Wiseman in 2019 after 11 years of marriage.
Beckinsale has also previously romanced Canadian rocker Goody Grace as well as comedians Pete Davidson, Jack Whitehall, and Matt Rife.
The Prisoner’s Daughter actress – who studied French and Russian literature at New College – also reportedly boasts an impressive 152 IQ.
