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Social media and the festival gossip circuit lit up after the
Screen Daily trade publication reported that a handful of women
had been refused entry to Sunday's premiere of Todd Haynes's
lesbian romance "Carol" for wearing flats.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux tweeted: "For the steps, the
rules haven't changed. 'No smoking, evening wear.' There is no
mention of heels."
Asif Kapadia, the director of the Amy Winehouse documentary
"Amy," said on Twitter that his wife was initially refused entry
to his film's Cannes premiere on Saturday because she was not
wearing heels, but she was eventually allowed in.
Actress Emily Blunt, asked about the Screen Daily report, called
it "very disappointing, obviously".
"I think everyone should wear flats to be honest, at the best of
times, we shouldn't wear high heels anyway, that's just my point
of view. I just prefer wearing combat sneakers," Blunt said at a
news conference to launch her competition film "Sicario".
The film's Canadian director, Denis Villeneuve joked that he and
his male stars, Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin, would wear
heels to the evening premiere of "Sicario" in protest.
Careful scrutiny of television footage of the red carpet for the
film's premiere showed no sign of any of the trio in heels.
(Writing by Michael Roddy; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
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