Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor’s children are distinctly unimpressed by Justin Bieber’s cameo in their film star parents’ latest film, Zoolander 2.

In the sequel to 2001’s Zoolander, the Canadian pop star meets his end after a night-time chase through the streets of Rome, amid a spate of celebrity killings.

However, the Hollywood couple’s children – Ella, 13, and Quinlin, 10 – were hardly excited.

Speaking at a “fashionable screening” of the film in London’s Leicester Square, Taylor explained: “Our daughter is almost 14 – of all of the 14-year-olds on the planet, she is the one child who is like: ‘Dad, I get it, everyone loves Justin Bieber, but I’m not one of them’.”

However, another celebrity cameo earned the film’s star and co-writer Stiller some respect from his daughter.

Taylor, who plays Derek Zoolander’s on-screen love Matilda Jeffries, said: “Benedict? Let’s not get started. Ella, our daughter, is obsessed with Sherlock, obsessed with Benedict.”

The film sees male models Stiller (Zoolander) and Owen Wilson (Hansel) attempting to reclaim their place in the world of high fashion.

Unfortunately, they find themselves irrelevant, branded “old” and “lame”.

Zoolander was not a box office hit in 2001, but found legions of fans in the following years. Stiller said: “I felt bad for Derek after the first movie came out, because I think he thought he was going to have a bigger career after the movie. And his modelling career kind of went down. Last few years there’s been a resurgence and now he’s like back on top really, back in the limelight.”

Will Ferrell has returned to the role of Derek and Hansel’s fashion world enemy Mugatu. Explaining how he prepared for the role, Ferrell said: “I watched the first movie again prior to shooting, going: ‘Oh I’d better remind myself how Mugatu sounds and acts and moves’. But once I got in the first wardrobe fitting I was right back where I was 15 years ago.”

He added: “There were a couple of times working with Ben where I would scream at him as Mugatu and he would look so stupid that I couldn’t hold a straight face.

Kristen Wiig joined Zoolander 2 as a newcomer, putting on layers of make-up to play fashion mogul Alexanya Atoz.

“The good thing for me is that I couldn’t move my face, even if I tried, because of all the prosthetics that I had,” she said.

Penélope Cruz plays motorcycle-riding Valentina, an Interpol special agent in the fashion division.

The red carpet event featured a successful bid by Stiller to break the record for a photo taken by the world’s longest selfie stick.

Surrounded by the cast of the film, fans, red carpet guests and the press, he hoisted the selfie stick in the air and was able to take a group photo.

The record-breaking attempt was verified by a representative from the Guinness Book of World Records.

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