Fans hooked on Peter Pan

A very large crowd of very small people filled Leicester Square for the world premiere of Peter Pan.

Around 1,000 fans, many of them children - including Bob Geldof 's daughters Peaches, 14, and Pixie, 13 - cheered as the stars arrived for the screening in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

The biggest applause was saved for Californian Jeremy Sumpter, 14, who plays Pan, and Surrey schoolgirl Rachel Hurd-Wood, 13, who beat thousands of hopefuls to play Wendy. She said: "I can't believe that I'm here. It is unreal."

But her co-star behaved like a seasoned movie star. "My career is set," Sumpter told journalists. "I'll be an actor for the rest of my life but I might direct a couple of films also. I guess I'll get girls following me now."

He seemed already to have developed a fondness for Ludivine Sagnier, the 24-yearold French actress who plays Tinker Bell.

He said: "Tinker Bell is a total knockout, she's very beautiful. She's my girlfriend. No, I'm joking, she's my friend."

Mademoiselle Sagnier, in a pink Stella McCartney bodice dress, said of her part: "Tinker Bell is naughtier than the average fairy. I had a lot of fun playing her." She continued: "I have never stopped believing in fairies, of course. I have a lot of friends who are fairies."