Meeting Charlie Cox

Without a doubt I am a big kid and that's why I'm a children's book author and I'm a huge superhero fan too. So it's needles to say I was super psyched when I heard that Chris Hemsworth would be in town for The Huntsman Premiere. About a week later it was announced that Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan would be hitting our shores too for the Captain America:Civil War premiere at Marina Bay Sands. If that were not enough, Charlie Cox, star of Netflix's Daredevil was scheduled to drop by for a press junket.

Cox, the newest Marvel superhero, was the first to hit our shores to    promote the second season of the highly successful Netflix series, Daredevil. Singtel ran a competition for highly coveted meet and greet passes that I, unfortunately, did not win.  But on the day of the press junket a journalist posted a photo of herself with Cox on instagram and geo-tagged the location! But by that time, the post was two hours old and I was unsure if the junket was over. But I just had to try my luck.

Without any hesitation I hailed a cab and floored it to the hotel. When I got there, the media signs were in the lobby and there were a group of journalists who were waiting to be ushered up for their interviews. My friend Ray was already there with two other fans and so we waited it out in the lobby for about an hour and a half. During this time the press banners were taken down and the netflix staff came down with press kits and other assorted promotional items and departed the premises.

I was beginning to wonder if Cox had left by some other secret exit, and just as I was about to pack it in and leave, Cox, accompanied by his minders, emerged from the elevator. 

He took his time posing for pictures and signing autographs. I, of course, had a copy of A Day with the Duchess to give him as a souvenir, which he graciously accepted and began flipping through the pages on the spot.

"I look forward to reading this," he said with a smile. I asked him to sign an index card for me and one for my friend Anthony who was unable to join me there. We all took turns having a photo taken with him before his minders rushed him off for a meet and greet with contest winners.

All in all it was a pretty great day. Thanks, Mr Cox. It was a pleasure meeting you. Thanks to Ray Liw for taking the photos.