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⌈ Secret Post #2689 ⌋

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I love hearing stories about peoples' encounters with a famous (or slightly famous) person, good or bad. Share your stories!

How celebrity-y are we talking about? Because I've never met like, a Hollywood celebrity my dad and brother got to meet Nathon Fillion, a thing they rub in my face every fucking time it comes up, but I've met like, VA's and stuff at cons?

However you choose to define it!

Cool.

So, I was at this con when I wandered over to the Funimation booth. I don't recognize either of the people, and I figure that they're probably just funimation people that got to work the con.

Then one of the guys opens his mouth to answer a question, and it's J. Michael Tatum. I knew he was going to be at the con, of course, but I hadn't expected him at the Funimation booth. He was super chill though, and took some pics with me, and signed my stuff.

:)

I met an actor who starred in Shameless (UK version) at a party, the one who played the policeman who dated Debbbie.

He shamelessly (oh ho) ripped off my accent and way of speaking. Party trick for real. It was impressive but also somehow annoying and belittling.

He's a good actor, though.

One time I stood next to Pikmin Link in a Tim Horton's line at a convention. I was frozen in awe and crushing. Does that count?

Brandon Sanderson was at a con I went to last year. He had scheduled signings, of course, and I brought 'The Way of Kings' to one. As he entered and walked by the line, he shouted "does anyone have a copy of 'The Way of Kings?'" I wound up handing him my copy.

"Oh, fantastic!" He started flipping through it, then said (I'm paraphrasing, of course), "one of the people who's doing art for the second book is here, and I wanted to show him some of what we did for the first book so that he has a better idea of what we're looking for. But I completely forgot to bring a copy! Is it okay if I take this and run over to him? I'll be right back!"

I was like "*deer in headlights stare* ...OKAY!"

"Thanks! I'LL BE RIGHT BACK EVERYONE!"

So, not only did I get my copy signed, but he used it to talk shop with one of his artists, and he wrote "thanks for loaning me your book" in it. I just about died. It was awesome.

That is an awesome story! He seems like a pretty cool guy-- the kind of person who would be nice to hang out with.

Okay.

I was waiting with a friend outside the Old Vic in London at the Stage Door sign for Ethan Hawke's autograph. No one else was waiting. Actors were trickling out and we just stood there under the streetlight waiting for Ethan. Josh Hamilton came out and leaned against the wall, waiting for someone, I guess. He just leaned there, about five feet away, staring at us. We stared back. This went on for an uncomfortable ten minutes, just the three of us. Staring.

Whoever he was waiting for never showed up and he walked away. Ethan came out a couple of minutes later, chatted with us, signed our programs and thanked us for coming to see him, which was very cool (he's super nice). But mostly? I remember Josh Hamilton. Staring.

That's...so strange! I don't know what to make of that. Ten minutes of staring. Wow.

I can certainly see how that would stick out in your memory.

Re: Most memorable encounters with a celebrity

asecretchord - 2014-05-15 22:46 (UTC) - Expand

...Maybe you passed the test?

"Only in the stare from Josh Hamilton's head will you prove your worth."

Re: Most memorable encounters with a celebrity

asecretchord - 2014-05-15 22:42 (UTC) - Expand

I met Bill Bailey at a stage door after one of his concerts. This was when he was taking a break from Buzzcocks. He told us he wasn't going back because he found it so aggressive. I think he said the word snakepit.

I thought he was joking, but the next week I found out from the news that he wasn't.

Bill Bailey is amazingly lovely, by the way. Sweet and brilliant with his fans.

Not my story, but my mom's.

She was at a con once, years ago, and met Isaac Asimov, who wrote her one of his famous Lecherous Limericks. We still have the original, with his signature. It's pretty awesome.

Cool!

I uh.

I might have told a minor internet celebrity long ago about the RPF I'd written of him.

...It was. Kind of awkward. If it had been smut I'm sure he would have remembered it forever, but as it was, it just kind of...was a thing that happened, and he seemed to forget about it soon enough.

*cringes*

Yeah, whoops.

A fandom friend of mine once showed an actor very lightly erotic art I'd made of him (more silly than anything else) and I wasn't even there, and I'm still cringing.

It's all over now, at least. Right?

I went to Dallas Comic Con last year specifically to meet/see Ioan Gruffudd, who I've had a crush on for years. I went dressed in my "homemade" (assembled from stuff I bought at thrift stores) Hornblower cosplay, despite the heat. Furthermore, I and a bunch of Hornblower fans had written letters to him/his agent, offering support for the rumor that he wanted to bring Hornblower back to the screen, but none of us had even gotten a form letter in response, so I was planning to ask about his fanmail policies.

Long story short, I was the last person called on during the Q+A, and I, nervous and in front of Ioan, the moderator, and at least two hundred people, blurted out, "What's the weirdest piece of fanmail you've ever received? Because I sent..." and that's as far as I got before the audience started laughing. Somehow I managed to explain myself and then sat down, absolutely mortified. Ioan had a sense of humor about it and answered the question, and then he had to leave. I stood up to clap, because hey, EVERYONE stands up to clap nowadays, right? Wrong. I was the ONLY one who stood up. I stopped after a few claps and put my head on my knees, just kicking myself.

And then the audience started making a lot of noise, and I looked up to see Ioan sprinting down the aisle towards me, where he then proceeded to give me a hug and apologize for never writing back. I was in shock.

Later, I went to the autograph booth, where he recognized me, sounded genuinely pleased to see me, and signed my "Making of Horatio Hornblower" book with "You are just wonderful! Thank you for all your support."

One year on, and I STILL can't believe it actually happened.

This story is my favorite. <3

That sounds absolutely adorable (though had I been in your spot I probably would have combusted on the spot out of embarassment).

Mine first one is kinda lame and typical. I went to a David Cook concert with my mom last summer. It was quite fun, and afterwards since it was a small enough concert he actually stayed to greet fans. I shook his hand and got a pic with him and had him sign my poster.

My other one is more interesting but also more obscure. When I was in fifth grade we went on some government-themed field trip, I think to the state capitol, and the then-governor of Indiana (who later retired and has since died) went down lines of students shaking peoples' hands. I thought it was pretty cool, though I doubt he gave a second thought to any of us.

1. I dated Phil Foglio for a while.

2. I also was friends with Dan Savage's brother Bill for a few years (Dan was @13 at the time, a gangly dork with curly brown hair and braces.)

3. I saw Scottie Pippen at our local Office Max once.

I've met Dan twice!

My brother and I met Chuck Yeager in an airport many, many years ago. My brother, who was about six at the time, idolized the man. (He had Mr. Yeager's biography on tape and could recite huge chunks of it from memory. Which drove us all crazy.) Mr. Yeager was very gracious, took the time to talk to my brother just as if he were an adult and not a star-struck child. He even signed a deck of playing cards that I had in my backpack - which remains one of my brother's prized possessions.

I randomly met Miyavi on the street when I was in Tokyo. He was super sweet even though I probably was bothering him running up to him and asking for an autograph.

I'm always amazed at the stories people tell about celebrity encounters because I never, ever would recognise a celebrity on the street. Or even if I did, I'd probably think "Eh, that's just someone who looks a lot like them, no way is this the real person".
But yeah, I'd probably be the most failtastic paparazzi ever.

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