On the Scene at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards
By Emily Christianson, Hollywood.com Staff
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Universal’s early morning fire, left a damper cloud of black smoke over the awards show and snarled traffic on surrounding streets, but luckily that didn’t keep these stars from making an appearance.
Jon Favreau on what he loves about Universal:
“I don’t know what’s been destroyed. I love Universal. It was one of the first places I came when I moved to town. It is a very special lot with a lot of history, a lot of memories. It looks like it is still standing and the show must go on and I heard nobody got hurt so it is all looking good so far.”
Doug Benson on what the fire means for the theme park:
“I am excited to be out here tonight we could barely get here because the whole place is on fire…this can’t stop just for the fire. We could open up a whole new Backdraft attraction just based on this fire. We need to recreate this fire for tourists from now on.”
Shane Sparks on his concern over the fire:
“[It delayed us] just a little bit cause we live right here in Los Feliz so that whole strip was kind of crazy but it worked out pretty good, because we got here and the fire is under control so that is good…The Mummy, if we had lost the Mummy [coaster] I would have been upset. That is my favorite ride out here.”