Absolutely Fabulous stars Jennifer Saunders and Joanne Lumley join London Pride as Patsy and Eddy
The actresses came as their beloved characters as they led the LGBT parade through the capital
THEY are huge gay icons and with their very first feature film about to hit the big screen, who better to lead this year’s London Pride than Patsy and Eddy!
Actresses Jennifer Saunders and Joanne Lumley arrived in character as PR guru Edina Monsoon and fashion magazine director Patsy Stone to opening the parade.
The ladies cut the big red ribbon to officially kick off proceedings and then joined the Absolutely Fabulous float and had a boogie with dancers dressed up as their characters.
They then stopped and posed for a photo call to promote the upcoming movie before leading this year’s Pride parade through London.
And it’s not the first time they have attended an event in character – in November last year the ladies put on a raucous display as their alter-egos as they switched on the Christmas lights at fashion designer Stella McCartney’s London store.
Jennifer, 57, and Joanne, 70, are back as the hell-raising, pill-popping, Bolly-loving party girls as Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie gets set to hit cinemas across the UK next Friday.
The sitcom first aired in 1992 and went on to make five series with three specials including a three-parter to mark the show’s 20th anniversary.
The film reunites the original cast from the hit BBC show – Joanna, Jennifer, Julia Sawalha as Eddy’s daughter Saffy, June Whitfield as her mother and Jane Horrocks as Eddy’s assistant Bubble.
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It follows Patsy and Eddie on the run from London to the South of France after Eddy accidentally kills supermodel Kate Moss.
The movie, which is released on July 1, is full of famous cameos including Moss, Alexa Chung, Kate Moss, Lily Cole, Jourdan Dunn, Daisy Lowe and Suki Waterhouse.
Jennifer Saunder’s long-time friend Dawn French is also set to make an appearance, as are singers Lulu, Emma Bunton and Alesha Dixon, and fashion designers Stella McCartney and Giles Deacon.
And Rylan Clark-Neal and Rebel Wilson also appear as air stewards as Patsy and Eddy flee to France.
Jennifer and Joanna have been on the promotional trail this week and last night they appeared on the Graham Norton Show during which Joanna admitted that she and Jennifer didn’t exactly hit of off when they first took on the Ab Fab roles.
“It was very awkward at the read through. It was just the two of us and she just stared at me. I told my agent I didn’t want to do it and she said, ‘It’s just a pilot, just do it…’”
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