Edgar Wright Responds to Stephen King’s ‘Last Night in Soho’ Tweet: “I Am Truly Humbled” - Hollywood Reporter

The Academy Museum's David Geffen Theater hosted its first movie premiere Monday for a psychological thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Thomasin McKenzie, as the film's director Edgar Wright paid tribute to the late Diana Rigg.

Angelenos weathered a cold and blustery Monday as temperatures dipped into the 50s and rain fell across the southland, conditions that seemed rather fitting for a premiere of a film set in London.

Standing on stage inside the Academy Museum’s David Geffen Theater just before 8 p.m., Focus Features’ Peter Kujawski jumped at the chance to connect gray skies to Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho.

Kujawski welcomed Wright to the stage and he wasted no time in admitting that he hoped on landing a similar joke, but, out of options, he turned attention toward gratitude for being the first movie premiere to be held inside the Academy’s jewel of a theater.

“It’s so great to be in a room together watching not just this film but any film.

The film opens this weekend after being pushed back several times amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wright acknowledged what an “emotional journey” it has been to get to this point; a moment worth celebrating, but not without pause in that one of the stars of the film, Diana Rigg, passed away last September at age 82.

“We’re terribly sad that she’s not here to celebrate with us but I have to just choose to be happy that we got to know and work with her at all and so, I really hope you enjoy her in the movie and after the movie we can raise a vesper in her honor and celebrate the great Diana Rigg.”.

.@edgarwright pays tribute to Diana Rigg, who turns in final perf in @lastnightinsoho.

"We're terribly sad that she's not here to celebrate with us but I have to just choose to be happy we got to know and work with her at all…after the movie we can raise a vesper in her honor.” pic.twitter.com/NUvpE0k9Z3.

“I honestly don’t think I would’ve really come up with this film if I hadn’t read his books when I was at a very impressionable age, like 13, 14,” Wright continued.

Wright no doubt hopes moviegoers share multiplexes this weekend and he’s not just hoping all the tickets purchased are for his film