After answering several questions, Dennis bid the reporters farewell and walked toward the entrance of the music center along the red carpet. As he passed a statue whose name he couldn't recall, he heard someone calling him, "Hey, Dan!"
Looking in the direction of the voice, Morgan Freeman was waving at him, and the couple linked arm-in-arm beside the old man were none other than Tim Robbins and his life partner, Susan Sarandon.
"Hey, Morgan, Tim, great to see you," Dennis immediately went over and shook hands with both, and although his role in "The Shawshank Redemption" was not large, his scenes were almost all with Freeman and Robbins, so they were all quite friendly with each other.
"And this beautiful lady must be the fascinating Susan Sarandon," Dennis said with a smile, nodding respectfully at Sarandon who stood by Robbins.