Belgium rolled out the blue carpet for Rihanna and other stars who turned out for the world premiere of the new Smurfs movie.
Rihanna produced Smurfs and voices Smurfette in the summer family film, a live-action animated reboot that takes the little creatures on a Smurfette-led rescue mission to save Papa Smurf. At Saturday’s showing in Brussels, the visibly pregnant Grammy winner chatted with children, linked arms with someone dressed as her cartoon alter-ego, and joined the audience arm-in-arm with A$AP Rocky.
Belgian comics artist Peyo created the Smurfs — known in Belgium as ″Schtroumpfs″ — and the city of Brussels embraced the premiere with a weekend of events. It took place in central Brussels, not far from a Smurfs museum. The city’s famed Mannekin Pis statue was dressed for the occasion as No Name Smurf. The city’s Grand-Place held Smurf-themed events all weekend, and tourist buses and train cars were decorated in blue.