The 12-year-old , who plays mischievous young Max in the film, said: ''London seems pretty great, honestly. It's so rainy, it's awesome. I live in Portland, Oregon, and it's like this a lot.'' However, fans both young and old braved the winter weather on Wednesday to see the star and director of the feature length adaptation of Maurice Sendak's much-loved children's book.
Looking comfortable in the limelight, the young actor even stopped to sign autographs for some of his equally young fans. He responded to a journalist's question about what it was like acting alongside monsters with: ''Pretty much like working with a guy wearing a monster suit.''
Spike Jonze, the film's director, explained the London premiere was something of a home coming for many of the team who worked on the film. He said: ''We were doing visual effects here for the last year, so we've been here so much and every day on the way to work we'd walk through Leicester Square and see a premiere here, so it's exciting that we're actually able to come to our premiere here.''
The show's producer Vince Landay confessed the biggest problem they faced making the film was turning a handful of short sentences of prose into a one-and-a-half hour long feature.
Landay also paid tribute to his young star's efforts during the filming.
''He worked harder than any other actor we've ever worked with,'' he said. ''Really, he's in every scene of the movie.''
Max replied: ''I didn't realise how hard I was working... I was too busy falling asleep to do that. The only time I ever had to think about it was when I was at home, and when I was at home I was sleeping.''
Landay joked: ''Shhh! Don't tell the child labour laws about that.''
Kate Nash, the singer, Miquita Oliver, the television presenter, and the model Daisy Lowe - carrying two stuffed wild tigers - arrived at the premiere in London's Leicester Square. Where The Wild Things Are is released in UK cinemas on December 11.
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