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Kevin Smith Took Baby Daughter to Dogma Premiere Dressed as Angel as a 'Thousand People' Protested Outside (Exclusive)


Kevin Smith recalls 'a thousand people protesting' at the NYFF premiere of his 1999 movie 'Dogma,' where then-baby daughter Harley was dressed as an angel

When the family arrived at Lincoln Center, "We stepped out of the car and we had this little set of angel wings [on Harley]," says Smith, 54, of his daughter, who is now 25 but was just 3 months old at the time. Speaking to some of the controversial subject matter of the film, he adds, "We get out of the car, it's a thousand people protesting, holding a huge statue of Mary and praying the rosary and shouting at us and stuff." Kevin Smith and daughter Harley Quinn Smith.Getty Images Some people were offended by the filmmaker's irreverent take on Catholicism and religion.

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