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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
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Acting up: Russell Brand and Helen Mirren put on an amusing display on the red carpet for the premiere of their new film The Tempest in New York last night
He plays the jester in the film.
So fittingly Russell Brand ensured his red carpet performance for the premiere of The Tempest was equally jovial.
The comedian-turned-actor put on a flirty display with co-star Helen Mirren, before taking one a camera off one of the assembled photographers.
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Russell started taking pictures, holding the camera to his crotch and pulling a series of funny faces at the New York event last night.
Clearly he was in a better mood than on his recent trip through LAX Los Angeles Airport when he allegedly assaulted a photographer.
His fiancee Katy Perry stood by his actions, saying he was defending her honour after the snapper apparently tried to take a picture up her skirt.
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But last night, Russell was on form as he took to the red carpet at The New York Film Festival.
Mirren plays Prospera in the movie, adapted from the Shakespeare play, while Felicity Jones stars as her daughter, Miranda, and Brand takes on the role of jester Trinculo.
Speaking on the red carpet, Mirren, who has just finished film the Arthur remake with Brand, said: 'The adaptation is free and classical and not too radically experimental.
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In the comedy drama Prospera's throne is usurped by her brother, and she is sent off on a ship with her four-year-old daughter.
They find themselves stranded on an island devoid of society. A power struggle develops between Caliban (Djimon Hounsou ) and Prospera due to her efforts to become a father figure to Miranda.
The film originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
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