When veteran actor Bryan Brown turned up to a film premiere on Monday night, nothing seemed to be amiss.
The 68-year-old, who has a storied career in Australia and overseas, was only too happy to walk the red carpet and have his photo taken ahead of the new Sam Neill film Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
But once he got inside and started mingling, Neill – his former costar – was nowhere to be seen.
"[I] got into the event and asked where Sam was and they said, who is Sam?" Brown said on Monday night, according to News Corp.
"I even did the media wall and everything."
In a mistake that has caught many others, Brown went to the Palace Verona Cinema on Sydney's Oxford Street instead of the nearby, similarly-named Palace Chauvel.
It turned out he was at a screening of documentary Be Here Now.
Brown quickly realised what was happening and dashed up the street. He managed to make it in time for the second premiere, where he once again walked the red carpet.
His mistake may have escaped the notice of everyone but photographers had Neill not happily pointed it out after the screening.
In a question and answer session, Neill revealed that Brown had also supported, however briefly, the Australian documentary.
"Well, Bryan Brown turned up to the wrong premiere tonight," he reportedly said.
Brown and Neill are longtime friends who starred together in ABC drama series Old School in 2014.
Fairfax Media
