The TDAT set - we learnt to recognise each other by the colour of our parkas

One thing about doing a big summer blockbuster is that its publicity can take an actor on a tour of the world - thanks to new old pics from IHJ we can see Jake Gyllenhaal, Roland Emmerich, Emmy Rossum and Dennis Quaid at the Tokyo premiere of the Day After Tomorrow, which took place at the Virgin Cinema in the Roppongi Hills Building on May 31, 2004. I've always liked these pictures and it's good to see more of them (I think I like to see Jake holding a bunch of flowers).


In this video, Jake, Emmy Rossum and Dennis Quaid discuss The Day After Tomorrow and what it was like working with blue screens and a whole lot of weather.



The undertaking of this film was a serious business, requiring lengthy discussions of its message 'Every day. We got together. We had meetings in the basement at Columbia University [laughs]. No, I think first and foremost we were all in it because we just wanted to make a lot [of money]. No ... [laughs again]. Whenever I would get down, or I'd be having a hard time, or I'd be in the middle of nowhere in the cold in Montreal, I'd always say to myself stuff like "At least this movie has something to say." ... I don't think it was, like, conscious. ... But ... we think it's an issue that's really important.'


'Every day we got together and discussed it (laughs). No, I think for me, whenever I would get down or I'd be having a hard time or I'd be in the middle of nowhere in the cold in Montreal I'd always say to myself, 'At least this movie has something to say. I don't this it was conscious in us, looking at the monitor and being like, 'did you get that minority in there?' but we all think it's an issue that's really important.'


When in Japan for the premiere, it was a theme that the cataclysmic weather of TDAT was as nothing compared to the winter chill of Montreal: 'Most of "Day After" was filmed in freezing temperatures in Montreal. "It was cold inside the stages, it was cold outside, it was cold as hell at night," said Quaid. "We couldn't escape from it. It got to the point where we learned to recognize people not by their faces but by the color of their parkas." Of course, with all the special effects, most of the time, the actors were called upon to react to fake wind, rain and waves. "I enjoyed it, but it does get to you after awhile," said Gyllenhaal. In any case, the cast and crew have all had enough of the cold to last them for awhile. So if there should be an instant ice age, Emmerich said you can look for him in Mexico, while Quaid said he'll be holed up somewhere with the book "Survival for Dummies."'



The premieres took place in the the more clement month of May, but that didn't stop the filmmakers from bringing sticky snow to the red carpet - as can be seen in this video of Emmy Rossum, Gerard Butler and Roland Emmerich in London.



Includes pictures from IHJ.