The actor belatedly praised her “Much Ado About Nothing” co-stars Reeves and Robert Sean Leonard for their handiwork at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Kate Beckinsale is belatedly expressing her gratitude to former co-stars Robert Sean Leonard and Keanu Reeves for their last-minute assistance in making sure her first-ever Cannes Film Festival appearance went smoothly.
On Monday, Beckinsale posted a throwback photo on Instagram showing her on the red carpet with Leonard and Reeves just before a screening of their film, “Much Ado About Nothing,” at the French festival in 1993.
Though the trio of stars is all smiles, Beckinsale said the image disguises the fact that she would have experienced a wardrobe malfunction were it not for Leonard and Reeves’ help.
“I had bought the bodysuit in the Sock Shop at the airport and when I got in the car to drive to the premiere with Denzel and Pauletta Washington, all the poppers in the crotch popped themselves open and it flipped up like a roller blind,” the British actor wrote in the caption. “I didn’t feel it was appropriate to go delving around in my undercarriage with all of us in the back of the car so I just quietly panicked.”
According to Beckinsale, she informed Leonard and Reeves about the issue and the two men “both jumped in to save me” without reservation.
“In this picture I am holding the front gusset down and the two of them are holding the back gusset,” she explained. “Absolute legends who may not even have fully understood the physics of what was happening or even heard the word ‘gusset’ before.”