‘I was fangirling’: Jon Hamm catches movie at Manitoba theatre

Jon Hamm and several other actor friends in Winnipeg shooting a movie caught a film at the theatre in Stonewall.

A small-town Manitoba theatre got a surprise over the weekend when a trio of Hollywood actors stopped by to catch a movie.

Jon Hamm, Johnny Pemberton and Paul Walter Hauser were at The Flicks Cinema in Stonewall, Man., on Sunday night to catch a showing of “The Running Man.”

“I was fangirling a little bit when they walked in,” said Griffin Levenec, one of the co-owners of The Flicks Cinema.

Levenec was working with two others at the theatre when the celebrities came in.

At first, he was unsure if it was really the three actors but got confirmation when he saw the trio taking pictures with other theatre patrons.

Levenec said the actors were happy to talk with everyone and expressed their appreciation for small-town movie theatres.

“I thought it was cool, they were actually a lot more interested in asking me about the theatre and stuff and less so in answering questions we had for them,” he said.

“They were a lot more interested in what we had to say than saying anything themselves.”

Levenec said he hopes the actors’ visit inspires others to get out to movie theatres.

“It kind of sucks that in the last few years, with everything that’s gone on since 2019-2020, that movie theatres have just not been doing so hot lately,” he said.

“So it’s awesome to see [the actors come in]. Hopefully we can get more people coming back into these things, because I know these things are special for a lot of people.”

CTV News previously reported that Hamm is in Manitoba to film the television series “American Hostages.”

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