Star Wars London premiere: Watch The Force Awakens cast hit Leicester Square red carpet
Cast, crew and a host of celebrities are expected at the European launch.
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Your support makes all the difference.Having blasted through LA on Monday, Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits London tonight for its European premiere.
The live show starts at 5:15pm, hosted by Alex Zane, Jim Chapman and Craig Stevens.
Leicester Square is set to be absolutely rammed with fans, press and photographers and the staging will surely be spectacular, for what is set to be the biggest box office film of all time.
A live uninterrupted view, including exclusive interviews with the cast, behind the scenes clips from the film and much more, is available above.
The show will start with an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the film, which has not been seen before interviews take place with cast and crew including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Gwendoline Christie, Warwick Davis, Director J.J Abrams, Producer Kathleen Kennedy and writer Lawrence Kasdan.
Special guests and celebrities expected include Benedict Cumberbatch, Jenson Button, Stephen Fry, Bono, Felix Kjellberg (YouTube sensation PewDiePie), Dermot O’Leary, Felicity Jones, Fleur East, James Blunt, Paloma Faith and many more.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in UK cinemas on 17 December.
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