Bryan Alexander | USA Today

Lena Headey is clearly not a big Kiss fan. At Tuesday night’s premiere for 300: Rise of an Empire, rocker Gene Simmons found that out the hard way after Headey snubbed his aggressive social advances.

It was a scene that would have fit in perfectly on the rocker’s canceled reality show.

Simmons tried in vain to pull Headey, one of the 300stars, away from an ongoing black carpet interview . He wanted to introduce her to his son Nick Simmons, 25, who was waiting with a pained expression a few feet away.

At first Headey smiled politely as Simmons assured her that she would much rather meet his son than continue an interview.

Then Simmons joked lamely about the AP microphone in front of him. (“I have an app on my phone,” he said.) No one laughed.

Then he found out that Headey was not going to move despite being guided by his left hand on her back. Headey, who plays Cersei Lannister in Game of Thrones and Spartan Queen Gorgo in 300: Rise of an Empire, stood her ground and continued her interview.

Simmons eventually moved away as Nick Simmons offered an apology of sorts before the family continued into the premiere.

The interlude did bring up the question: What was Gene Simmons doing on the 300: Rise of an Empire black carpet anyway?

Turns out both father and son are big fans of the 300 franchise, giving the rocker a chance to continue railing about critics. But this time it wasn’t critics who don’t like Kiss; it was those who didn’t like the 2007 original 300.

“That was my favorite movie that year,” said Simmons. “All the Vincent Canbys andThe New York Times critics mean nothing. Because the people always rule. I think the rule of thumb here is ignore critics.”