By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com
Published: 04:30 BST, 8 May 2019 | Updated: 06:19 BST, 8 May 2019
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The biopic Tolkien, about the early life of the author of The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, opens in movie theatres on Friday.
But those who couldn't wait to see it were able to take in a special screening Tuesday night along with a Q&A between die-hard Tolkien fan Stephen Colbert and the film's stars Lily Collins and Nicholas Hoult.
The event was held at the Montclair Film Festival in New Jersey and was beamed love to cinemas nationwide.
Stylish: Lily Collins wore a Grecian-inspired patterned mini dress for a special screening of her new film Tolkien at the Montclair Film Festival on Tuesday night in New Jersey
Collins and Hoult were joined by their Finnish director Dome Karukoski.
Collins, 30, who plays the love of Tolkien's life Edith Bratt, arrived at the screening in a strapless patterned mini dress.
She bared plenty of skin in the Grecian-inspired number that she paired with black
