Jennifer Connelly makes a chic arrival to Shelter premiere showing in NYC

I thought maybe a love story on the streets of NY City would be an interesting template with which to discuss judgment.

While Bettany says he was inspired by gritty “70s NY dramas, “Shelter” is quite different from the likes of “The Panic in Needle Park” and the like, which were less catch-all in terms of social issues and more straightforward in presentation”. It’s dedicated to a homeless man who long camped out in front of the creative couple’s Manhattan building, and hasn’t been seen since Hurricane Sandy evacuated their Hudson River-front neighborhood.

“To name a few, Sandra Bullock and Jennifer… they are really just over themselves and not entitled”, Mackey said. I feel like that’s the truest essence of being in a relationship is taking care of the person you love. “Yet the culture that I live in seems to be increasingly entrenched in black-and-white positions”. Writer/director Paul Bettany, stars Jennifer Connelly, and Anthony Mackie were all dressed in Louis Vuitton. You must have a very different perspective on invisibility, because as an actor you have none. I wanted her to feel as protected and as safe as she could within the parameters of what the scenes were asking her to do. “I remember meeting him at the first read through”, she says with a smirk. He said, ‘You need a (hair) cut. Like I’m in a relationship with you because I want to take care of you.

The performer then posed the question of how the two leads reconciled that struggle that they’re both in, as well as the conflict that’s between, them.

It’s really simple. What I’ve realized is that I love telling stories, so at one level it is all that. Mainly because I try to ignore it as much as I can in my life… I think that’s something true. Every time I walked past a homeless person, I’d think, get a job. And I adore the experience of working with other people to tell a story. Her fellow leading actor, Mackey, said that he’s been fortunate when it comes to the leading ladies he’s worked with as of late-Connelly included. “I’m ashamed to say that”, the director revealed. “So we do the first take and I’m, like, a little shy about it and Paul goes, ‘Kiss her, mate!'”