The visitors hit back with four tries before the break via Matt Smith, Ben Youngs, Billy Twelvetrees andTom Croft - Varndell claiming another in reply.
On Saturday, premieres in Pittsburgh and Los Angeles for Tom Cruise's new action film Reacher andBilly Crystal comedy Parental Guidance were postponed in light of the shootings.
The 31-year-old starred in the British TV medical drama "Monroe, " and in 2011 performed on Broadway in the revival of Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" alongside Billy Crudup and Raul Esparza.
Oscar winners Marcia Gay Harden andBilly Bob Thornton have signed on for the Tom Hanks-produced "Parkland, " named for the Dallas hospital where Kennedy was pronounced dead.
What saves the opening sequence is the inspired pairing of a black sociopath (Michael Beach) and a white psychopath (played by Billy Bob Thornton, who co-wrote the script with Tom Epperson).