Damian Lewis showed his idiosyncratic sense of style when he joined a slimmed down Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott at the Pressure premiere Tuesday night in London.
The actor, 55, who plays Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in the film WW2 drama – wore a checked tuxedo and dark shades as he posed with his co-stars at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square.
Meanwhile, Brendan, 57, looked fit and healthy in a dark suit as he chatted to Damian and Andrew, 49, on the blue carpet.
Brendan stars as Dwight D Eisenhower in the new war epic – as his Hollywood comeback thunders ahead.
The new film centers on Eisenhower as the Supreme Allied Commander, laying out his plans for D-Day in the 72 hours leading up to the attack.
Eisenhower is wracked with fear after the failure of Exercise Tiger, a rehearsal for the Normandy landings that ended in a bloodbath.
Damian Lewis showed off his idiosyncratic sense of style when he attended the London premiere of Pressure alongside the slimmed-down Brendan Fraser and Andrew Scott on Tuesday evening.
The actor, 55, – who plays Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in the World War II drama – wore a checked tuxedo and dark shades as he posed with his co-stars at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square.
To prevent another catastrophe, he turns to Royal Air Force meteorologist James Stagg – played by Andrew – to predict weather conditions on D-Day.
‘This is the largest sea invasion in history. The fate of the war, thousands of lives depend on it,” Eisenhower says in the trailer, instructing Stagg, “I need a prediction.”
Pressure stars Homeland star Damian as Field Marshal and Kerry Condon as Eisenhower’s War Secretary Kay Summersby.
Chris Messina of The Mindy Project fame has been cast as American meteorologist Irving P. Krick, who also took part in the D-Day planning.
Krick and Stagg clash in the trailer, with the American being sublimely confident in “calm and sunny” conditions, while his British counterpart warns buyers: “We are facing a succession of two aggressive storms.”
As tension mounts and the appointed hour approaches, Montgomery is seen issuing the proclamation: “If D-Day is canceled, we will lose this war.”
Even a “delay,” according to Montgomery, would lead to a situation where “the enemy will be ready. They will slaughter us all.’
Eisenhower erupts at Stagg, wondering why he should “trust” the scientist with the lives of “300,000 men with families they may never see again.”
The new film centers on Eisenhower (played by Brendan) as the Supreme Allied Commander, laying out his plans for D-Day in the 72 hours leading up to the attack.
It also stars Homeland star Damien as Field Marshal (seen) and Kerry Condon as Eisenhower’s Secretary of War Kay Summersby
Meanwhile, Brendan, 57, looked fit and healthy in a dark suit as he chatted to Damian and Andrew, 49, on the blue carpet
Brendan stars as Dwight D. Eisenhower in the new war epic – as his Hollywood comeback thunders ahead
Damian wore a green and blue tartan tuxedo for the occasion
The trio posed for photos together at the premiere in Leicester Square
He added dark tones to the look and wore a light blue shirt under the plaid jacket
To prevent another catastrophe, he turns to Royal Air Force meteorologist James Stagg – played by Andrew (seen) – to predict weather conditions on D-Day
He looked sharp in a navy blue suit and red shirt
The two co-stars continued chatting on the blue carpet
Damian and Brendan were seen having an animated conversation
The film was released in America on May 29 and will hit cinemas in Britain on September 11
“We must face the facts – the facts, however terrifying they may be!” Stagg insists. “The storms I speak of are real, and the wrath of nature is real.”
Pressure is the latest film from Australian filmmaker Anthony Maras, who previously made the 2018 thriller Hotel Mumbai about a jihad attack in India in 2008, starring names such as Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Jason Isaacs and Bollywood icon Anupam Kher.
Maras co-wrote the screenplay for Pressure with English playwright David Haig, who wrote the 2014 show on which the new film is based.
The film was released in America on May 29 and will hit cinemas in Britain on September 11.
Pressure marks the latest step in Fraser’s Hollywood renaissance, which began with The Whale, his first Hollywood project in almost a decade.
Helmed by Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky, The Whale saw Fraser disappear into the role of a wheelchair-bound, 400-pound gay man.
