Kurt Russell, one of the stars of Poseidon, on the red carpet with Kid Reporter Jamie Sanders (Photo: Genet Berhane)

Saturday, May 6—The stars were out on this Saturday night, as the Tribeca Film Festival rolled out the red carpet for Poseidon, a remake of the old movie, The Poseidon Adventure. It's a disaster movie about a ship that turns upside down and the passengers' struggle to survive. I wasn't the only reporter covering the event. All along the carpet, print and television reporters were squeezed together, raising their voices as the stars approached.

First up was actor Andre Braugher, who plays the captain in Poseidon. I asked him how he felt about ships.

"I wouldn't want to be in one that turns over," Braugher said, with a smile.

As he moved on to other reporters, I greeted another actor—Victor Garber. He wasn't in Poseidon, but he knows plenty about disaster movies—he was in the film Titanic. I asked him what he was like in sixth grade.

"I had a lot of confidence and I went out and became an actor," Garber said. "And I was just about your age."

Freddie Rodríguez, who plays Valentin in the film, came next. He told me that his favorite movie is The Never Ending Story. I thought this was pretty interesting because the director of that film, Wolfgang Peterson, also directed Poseidon.

As Freddie moved on, Wolfgang Peterson actually stopped to chat with me. I started things off by asking him how difficult it is to work with water.

"It used to be more difficult," Peterson said. "I've learned that it's easier to work inside with a tank than it is to work on a real boat [where] the crews get seasick!"

Emmy Rossum, one of the stars of Poseidon, on the red carpet with Kid Reporter Jamie Sanders (Photo: Andrew Fried)

Emmy Rossum, who appeared in the movie The Day After Tomorrow, stopped by next. I asked what it was like to be in another disaster movie.

"I had no idea what I was getting myself into. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do," she said. But that didn't stop the actress from giving it her all. "I had to show the guys [that] girls can be tough, too!"

My final interview of the night was with Kurt Russell, who recently played a superhero in the movie Sky High. I asked if he liked being a hero with powers (in Sky High) or one without powers (in Poseidon).

"I enjoyed Sky High, because I thought it was a good story about a relationship that I think a lot of kids can relate to," he said. "I liked being a superhero."

Russell also shared the best advice he'd gotten in his career. When he was a child actor, he explained, his father said, "You're gonna' be paid a man's salary, so you've gotta' do a man's job. That means showing up on time, ready to go." It's a lesson, Russell explained, that he has appreciated throughout his long career in show business.