On the film festival's opening night, Myers shares his dream of joining the NHL.
By Eric Ditzian
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Cameron Diaz, Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Antonio Banderas
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NEW YORK — The Tribeca Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday evening with the premiere of the fourth installment of the billion-dollar-grossing "Shrek" franchise. Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy, Antonio Banderas and more were at the Ziegfeld Theatre (ironically far from the actual Tribeca neighborhood), which was transformed into a green-carpeted wonderland of Hollywood talent, screaming paparazzi and microphone-waving reporters.
"Shrek Forever After," the final film in this series about a lovable green ogre constitutes a story reboot of sorts. Shrek makes a magical wish that thrusts him into an "It's a Wonderful Life"-style scenario where his friends and family no longer know him — even though all he wanted was just one day away from his normal life to cut loose and indulge his baser instincts. So, in their wildest dreams, what would Myers and his castmates do if they could go wild and crazy for one day?
"I would be in the NHL," said the Canadian-born Myers. "That would be my thing. And I would love to be in a hockey fight."
Not that he thinks he'd win. "I'm 5-foot-nothing," he said. "I weigh nothing. It's just one of those things you watch your entire life as a hockey fan and you go, 'I wonder what that would be like?' Every hockey player I meet, I go, 'What's it like to be in a fight?' They say it's exhausting.' "
The hockey-crazed comedian then lifted up his pant leg to show off a fresh gash that came courtesy of a puck, but that was nothing. "Imagine being in a hockey fight," he said. "That's crazy."
While Myers would opt for a punch-throwing workout, Diaz would go for just the opposite on her fantasy day off. "Sleep!" she cried. "I'm so tired!"
Eddie Murphy's rowdy days, it seems, are behind him as well. "I don't really cut loose and go crazy much," he said. "Not in a while. I got a lot of kids. I'm not taking it easy, but I'm not cutting loose and going crazy."
But the answer of the evening goes to Antonio Banderas, who was walking the carpet with wife Melanie Griffith. "I would like to be a woman," Banderas said. "Because it would be great for one day to be something that attracts me so much. I would just feel it from the inside out."
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