Choppering Away from 'The Extra Man' Premiere

New York – When you're a big movie star, it's easy to whisk away from your movie premiere: just ask Katie Holmes. The actress is currently working in Toronto on the History Channel miniseries "The Kennedys," in which she will bring Jacqueline Kennedy back to life, but her latest flick was premiering in New York City on Monday, July 19. So what's a girl whose husband Tom Cruise makes $25 million per movie to do? Just hire a helicopter, of course.

Holmes turned up fresh and perky for "The Extra Man" premiere, held at the Village East Cinema in downtown New York and greeted her costars with hugs. Paul Dano and Kevin Kline co-star with Holmes in the low-budget comedy created by the duo that brought the world "American Splendor" and "The Nanny Diaries": this time, co-writers/directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini focus on Kline's character, an aging gigolo who acts as an escort for wealthy widows.

Ironically, despite the chummy greeting that the three leading actors shared on the red carpet, earlier in the afternoon Kline had joked to reporters that he barely knows Holmes.

"I've made two films with Katie Holmes, and have yet to act with her," he chortled. "She was in 'The Ice Storm' and I waved to her, and now she's in 'The Extra Man' with Paul Dano!"

The actress that Kline has known forever is Phoebe Cates, his wife of more than 20 years; she and their daughter Greta Simone Kline joined him for the fun, both at the screening and the after party, along with friends Tracey Ullman and Rachel Dratch. Dano brought Zoe Kazan, his girlfriend of the moment, and a gaggle of supermodels, including Doutzen Kroes, Kim Stolz, Lena Gerke, Yaya DaCosta and Jessica White turned out, too. Even members of the fashion world wanted to see "The Extra Man," with designers Elie Tahari, Cynthia Rowley and Nanette Lepore on hand, along with musician Sean Lennon, but Holmes left right away, off to her private helicopter and back to work in Toronto.