Russell Crowe and Emma Watson have braved a sea of fans at the premiere of Noah in London.
Fans flooded in to see Crowe, Watson, director Darren Aronofsky and co stars Jennifer Connelly, Ray Winstone and Douglas Booth walk a carpet printed to look like waves in Leicester Square.
Crowe's friend and Les Miserables co-star Hugh Jackman also made an appearance, to the delight of the crowd.
Watson, who plays Noah's adopted daughter Elah in the film, said her character's childbirth scenes were "really nerve-wracking".
"You feel a responsibility to women in general to portray it in a way that was true the experience and how tough it is," she said.
"From what I've researched, it feels like a really life or death moment and I really wanted to make sure that that came across."
Oscar-winning filmmaker Aronofsky co-wrote the reinterpretation of the classic biblical tale, which sees Noah build an ark to save all the animals from a flood sent by God to destroy mankind after they have turned the world into chaos.
The controversial film has attracted mixed reactions from religious audiences but has already topped the US box office in its opening weekend.
"It has something for people of faith and people who don't have faith. It's an intense experience," Crowe says.
"You come out of it wanting to have a chat. That's the best part of a movie when that sort of thing happens."
Aronofsky says he feels the biblical story has a new relevance today, in light of global warming.
"It's one of our first cautionary tales. It says if you are wicked, then you will be punished. If you corrupt the earth, then you will be punished," Aronofsky says.
"And here we are and the UN just released a report today saying that the water's rising. So the irony is a little strange, to be here today on the day the report came out. So hopefully it will act like a cautionary tale for all of us in some way."
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