The Independent
Anne Hathaway has explained why she slipped into “mom mode” and started directing paparazzi on at the premiere of her new film, Verity.
Last week, footage of Hathaway, 43, went viral after she was seen taking charge of the chaotic red carpet as she and her co-stars Josh Hartnett, 48, and Dakota Johnson, 37, posed for photos.
Hathaway recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the host introduced the clip to his audience.
“I know exactly what you’re going to show, it can only be one thing. It’s horrifying; it is the stuff of nightmares, Jimmy” Hathaway said as the host protested.
“You kind of went into mom mode,” Fallon admitted.
The clip shows Hathaway directing photographers like an orchestra conductor, waving her arms and suggesting they take it in turns to get the best angle.
“It was like mom mode by way of chorus line,” Hathaway said after the video aired.
“I was trying to be helpful,” she explained. “There were so many of us and the photographers were getting upset, and the vibe was changing.”
She admitted that “as soon as [she] was done,” her first thought was, “Oh, no.”
“I was doing it because I was trying to get them their picture, but when I was done I was like, ‘but there’s also video!” And I went into a full cringe crouch from inside.
“I apologize, everybody. That girl came out to play last night. Actually, she didn’t come to play. She came for business,” Hathaway said.
Another angle of the moment shared by Page Six shows Hathaway saying: “OK, everybody ready? We are going to start from the left and then we can make our way that way.”
Last week, footage of Hathaway, 43, went viral after she was seen taking charge of the chaotic red carpet as she and her co-stars Josh Hartnett, 48, and Dakota Johnson, 37, posed for photos.
Hathaway recently appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where the host introduced the clip to his audience.
“I know exactly what you’re going to show, it can only be one thing. It’s horrifying; it is the stuff of nightmares, Jimmy” Hathaway said as the host protested.
“You kind of went into mom mode,” Fallon admitted.
The clip shows Hathaway directing photographers like an orchestra conductor, waving her arms and suggesting they take it in turns to get the best angle.
“It was like mom mode by way of chorus line,” Hathaway said after the video aired.
“I was trying to be helpful,” she explained. “There were so many of us and the photographers were getting upset, and the vibe was changing.”
She admitted that “as soon as [she] was done,” her first thought was, “Oh, no.”
“I was doing it because I was trying to get them their picture, but when I was done I was like, ‘but there’s also video!” And I went into a full cringe crouch from inside.
“I apologize, everybody. That girl came out to play last night. Actually, she didn’t come to play. She came for business,” Hathaway said.
Another angle of the moment shared by Page Six shows Hathaway saying: “OK, everybody ready? We are going to start from the left and then we can make our way that way.”
