Melyanna's thoughts and memories - Elijah at Giffoni. Pt. 2

If I hadn't known he was a star, I could say he simply was a gorgeous guy living next door.  The very sight of him, behaving so charmingly, talking so easily with everyone was something I really appreciated. I felt my heart swell with joy, I felt so happy for him and proud of him, proud of being a fan of his.

Waiting for the shooting to begin.

Then someone brought him a glass of water and he said “Grazie” (thank you, in Italian), and I melted, because it was the very first time I’ve heard him saying a word in Italian.

And here's a small videoclip showing it all:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEYh5hFaSUU

When everyone was ready and the recording began, Elijah was introduced for the program (shown on Canale5, an Italian TV) by Marco Liorni (already known in Italy to have conducted Grande Fratello, the Italian version of Big Brother). 

They talked about Frodo and LOTR, then Liorni asked Lij why, in his opinion, he has the right face for fantasy roles and Lij laughed, saying he didn’t know. So Liorni said that maybe it was because of his blue eyes and his dreamy air and Elijah had another burst of laughter. When he was asked if he could imagine LOTR without special effects, as if the set was real, Elijah said that it actually was all real!

Then it was time for kids to ask questions, mainly about his role of Frodo.

At some point, I remember clearly (but that’s not  been showed on the TV final editing) that someone asked him if he could sing a song. He said that he could not sing. They asked if he knew any Italian songs and he said “Volare” (if only had he started singing right there I would have died!).

During the program interview

Here's a short videoclip of Elijah being introduced for the program:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwna7mLyGw

When the recording ended (it was a very short program, ten minutes or so), all the kids were allowed to ask for autographs and take pics. There were a few moments of total chaos, and Lij completely disappeared from my point of view, but I heard him laugh. God, this guy has a lovely (and very frequent, bless him) laughter.

When the children left the place, there were just the TV crew, some body guards, the photographers and a few journalists A guy from the crew proceeded to remove Lij’s microphone and Elijah thanked him. I noticed that Lij has this lovely way to thank everyone around him, from the organizers, to the body guards, to the TV crew. (And I couldn’t help but think that it was unfair that a guy had to remove the mic, let’s have a lady do that! Me, for instance!).

Then I don’t know how it happened, but when the crew dispersed, after having collected all  wires and gears, and I was finally able to have a good point of view on Lij again, I was greeted by one of the most lovely sight ever: Elijah was bent (I don’t know what he was doing) and his lovely bottom was pointing up directly at me. I know I was behaving very badly, but I had to restrain myself from pinching it (too tempting!). 

I must say that he has the smallest hips and bottom I’ve ever seen on an adult, almost a child bottom (lovely and rounded and tempting, but so small!). I know, I know, I’m being very fangirlish now, sorry! And I even tried to capture it on my camera, furtively … (*blushes with shame*).

That’s the result, it could have been better, but that’s it. He still has the back part of his mic on.

The smallest of the bottoms 

Then, since it was a relatively calm moment, I decided it was the right time to approach Lij and (feeling very guilty inside for the previous pic) I politely asked him if I could take a photo of him holding my magazine, explaining him that I work for that magazine.

He stared at me with those gorgeous blue eyes (oh my, I’ve never realized how they shone in the daylight and how sweet and piercing they are), smiled (again!) and said “Sure!”.

Such a sweet guy he is, he never denies anything to anyone! I handed him my magazine and he posed for me, like this:

Lij posing with the magazine I collaborate for (an Italian teen agers magazine) You can see he is still biting his nails.


Then the bodyguards escorted him until he entered the car to go to another conference and meet a group of older guys and girls. 

I wish I could attend that conference too, but it was more important for me to be present at the press conference, and the locations were quite distant from were I was, so I chose to go directly to the place were the press conference was supposed to be.  

During the walk, under a merciless sun, I had another quick glimpse of Elijah when the car he was in passed by.