Meryl Streep and Celebrity Amy Adams hit LA

Ahead of the film's official New York premiere this week, the leading ladies brought Westwood, Los Angeles to a standstill with a special advanced screening of the film.

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Fans screamed and went wild for Amy but it was the Mamma Mia! actress who received the most frenzied response

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Dressed in a simple red knee length dress, paired with a black cardigan, Meryl surprised fans by spending most of her time signing autographs rather than speaking with press.

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In the movie, the actress plays American TV chef Julia Child. Amy Adams' character is based on a real-life culinary blogger Julie Powell who challenged herself to cook and blog daily about Child's recipes.

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Julie herself hit the red carpet for the special cinema showing, full of praise for Amy's take on her.
"It's incredible, she's a lovely actress, I could not think of someone better. I've just recently met her she's lovely.

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"The Julie Powell of the movie is not me, she's softer, she's sweeter, she doesn't curse as much, she's not quite as mean as I am but she did get the hysteria down which was really good,