During the arrivals there was no hope, as the crowd was enormous and press row kept the fans from getting very close. However, after the screening, a few lucky fans got to meet Hugo briefly just outside the theatre. He kindly signed a few autographs, including one for me on my LOTR movie poster.

Here's two pics from the event which I took. One, before the screening when he was doing a TV on camera interview. And two, when he came over to our small group of fans and signed a couple of autographs.