KrangPrime
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If I'm remembering my stories right... supposedly Mrs.Brady will hit on just about anyone ;o)
Celebrity jerks?
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WolframCreative
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Met Christopher Walken in line at a rural Pizza place near the Catskills around 1993. it threw me off, because I walked in there (local place been in dozens of times), and there were two people ahead of me, the guy ahead of me looked just like Walkens profile. It took me a minute before I asked "Excuse me, are you Christopher Walken?" , and as soon as he turned around, unmistakable. I asked him why was he there, got a me-durp responce of "Getting a Pizza." Like an idiot, last film I seen him in I liked was Batman Returns, but the movie I mention before he got his pie and left? "I loved you in The Deep Hunter", real original, right?
ambulanceartist
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Had dinner with Bruce Campbell and Ted Raimi a few years ago. Both super friendly but then again I was a guest of Bruce's son.
Sean Astin was genuinely friendly and complimented my wife and I as being "a really cute couple"
stayed a few rooms down from the Workaholics guys a couple comic cons ago, Adam and Anders were super cool, but Blake seemed bothered by our presence every time we ran into them.
Ray Park is always awesome.
Ellie Kemper was super sweet and just like all the characters she plays.
Seth Rogan was a jerk to my brother two years in a row (comic con). Denied him him a pic both times (which is fine) but did it like an *******.
Hideo Kojima was cool though an obvious language barrier. He just smiled and his translator did all the talking.
Michael Dudikoff is always cool and willing to chat. (He shops where I work)
Michael jordan completely ignored me when I was a kid at the space jam filming. I was an extra for a large crowd scene and ran into him by the trailers when we were leaving. Not other soul around and he didn't even acknowledge us.
other than that tons of B- list that were all pretty pleasant experiences
Sean Astin was genuinely friendly and complimented my wife and I as being "a really cute couple"
stayed a few rooms down from the Workaholics guys a couple comic cons ago, Adam and Anders were super cool, but Blake seemed bothered by our presence every time we ran into them.
Ray Park is always awesome.
Ellie Kemper was super sweet and just like all the characters she plays.
Seth Rogan was a jerk to my brother two years in a row (comic con). Denied him him a pic both times (which is fine) but did it like an *******.
Hideo Kojima was cool though an obvious language barrier. He just smiled and his translator did all the talking.
Michael Dudikoff is always cool and willing to chat. (He shops where I work)
Michael jordan completely ignored me when I was a kid at the space jam filming. I was an extra for a large crowd scene and ran into him by the trailers when we were leaving. Not other soul around and he didn't even acknowledge us.
other than that tons of B- list that were all pretty pleasant experiences
Cephus
Master Member
I know a lot of "celebrities", people who have been in movies, TV shows, are well-known authors, etc. Almost without exception, their biggest pet peeve is being treated like a celebrity, especially outside of professional appearances. If you run into one on the street, treat them just like a regular person. They're nothing special. They just have a job that puts them in the public eye. Most of them get tired of being treated like an idol. Some drink their own kool-aid but most of the really nice ones are just good people on their own. People need to stop acting like fanboys. Just treat them like people.
Zombie_61
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The son of a good friend sent me a text in October that included a photo of him getting a choke-hold from Chuck Norris. When I asked if Norris was as nice as he seemed to be, his response was, "Yeah, he's cool, a bit on the slow side. Perhaps too many blows to the head. His wife manages him like a child. LOL" :lol
Cephus
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Well, let's be honest, a lot of the big muscle-bound action heroes weren't hired for their intellect or acting skills, but because they looked good on screen with their shirts off. I didn't really get that impression from Norris but it was a long time ago and we never really talked about tremendously deep subjects.
jlee562
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FWIW I have met Michael Moore when he did a college book tour some years back. He stayed far past the allotted time to sign books for everyone who was waiting in line.
Philly
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He seemed cool when I knocked him on his ass at London comic con a few years ago. I was stood with my back to a display wall that had a tiny gap in, I turned around just as he was popping out and we clashed he fell straight on his ass :lol We had a good laugh about it and he said he needed security like me, again I chuckled but mainly because I didn't have a clue who it was :lol My friend filled me in as he walked away with a bunch of girls swarming him as to who he was.
I hate the Dr Who series
He seemed cool when I knocked him on his ass at London comic con a few years ago. I was stood with my back to a display wall that had a tiny gap in, I turned around just as he was popping out and we clashed he fell straight on his ass :lol We had a good laugh about it and he said he needed security like me, again I chuckled but mainly because I didn't have a clue who it was :lol My friend filled me in as he walked away with a bunch of girls swarming him as to who he was.
I hate the Dr Who series
He was awesome.
Cephus
Master Member
I kind of feel sorry for people today who can't get up close and personal with celebrities. Back in the 70s ad 80s, when you went to a convention, if they had guests, they were just regular people who sat at a table and were very approachable. They walked around the convention floor without bodyguards. They didn't get mobbed. They didn't get attacked. They went to the local McDonalds to eat like everyone else. A friend and I took DeForest Kelley to lunch during a convention in the mid 80s. A bunch of us had dinner with Osamu Tezuka. So long as you weren't a jerk to them, they probably wouldn't be a jerk to you. I got to know a lot of them because I just treated them like people, not like some idol on a pedestal. Today, fans are crazy. Sure, there might have been some crazy ones then too but today, all of them are. I remember a couple of years ago, John Barrowman was at a convention, sitting on the floor, with a long, long, long line and not one person who walked up to him actually treated him like he was real. All they talked about was Malcolm Merlyn or Captain Jack Harkness. I'm not surprised to see some actors get mad after a while, they tend to stop existing and all people care about are their characters. This is especially true because they know for a fact that half the things they're signing are going to go up on eBay 5 minutes after the convention ends. Fanboys have forgotten how to talk to people, then they blame the celebrities for being jerks?
duality
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Couldn't agree with you more. That said, some celebrities tend to drink their own cool aid these days too. I honestly don't know how someone like Chris Evans keeps his wits and sense of normalcy. Someone who just seems like a good guy, gives back, uses what celebrity he has to make the world a little better.
I've had friends from both the artist side and the actor side who have gone crazy with the attention people give them. One celebrity in particular was a rather close personal friend when we were in our 20s. He found fame in his late 20s and now closer to 40 broadcasts every thought he has like its gospel. The sad thing is that because of his persona-capital no one ever calls him out on his batsiht crazy ideas. I can't stand to interact with him anymore.
That said, youre right though. If there wasn't the celebrigod worship, we'd probably have more intimacy. It's the lack of intimacy that drives a lot of the celebrigod worship... The celebrigod worship makes celebrities nuts and angry (in equal parts).
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KrangPrime
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yep, it's totally sad. and alot of them are on guard now BECAUsE of crazy fans and those days are long over.
I read a book about the three stooges and how moe used to even invite fans into his HOME for dinner and a tour. you'd NEVER see that happen these days, especially with a high roller of a film franchise.
has anyone met richard karn or katey segal? so far they seem on the list of chiller theater this year. i've heard katey segal can be a bit stand offish.
This. And the internet has only magnified it by about a trillion times. Whats even funnier though, is how often it's in inverse proportion to their actual success. I've worked with many big name actors who just ignore it and try to act like human beings, while at the same time, I've known quite a few who maybe once played the lead at the renn faire and will act surprised when they walk into a restaurant and everyone doesn't go silent in awe of their presence. It's often the ones who had one tiny glimmer of semi-fame who are the worst. The star of the movie is in the corner drinking and laughing with everyone else while the guy who played extra_9482382 is holding court as king of the world.
It's not that he's intentionally rude. It's that he does not buy into the Hollywood mentality and can't really stand people fawning over him. He doesn't even live in Hollywood and actively refuses to do so. His primary residence is in San Antonio and he owns ranches in Van Horn, Texas and San Saba, Texas (his hometown). He works the ranches himself (i.e. - he doesn't exclusively rely on others to do it) and when he's there, you'll see him out there checking the fences and repairing them as needed. When he goes into town to get lunch, everyone treats him like a normal person, which is what he prefers.
The man was not built for Hollywood life. He's one of those actors that would probably be better off not being an actor. I've met him outside of the Hollywood scene (my mother and her boyfriend owned a pecan orchard in San Saba) and he's perfectly pleasant, if a bit on the quiet side. Basically, he's a hard working cowboy at heart.
Being a former Rennie and knowing some Faire cast members, I can confirm that this actually happens. With some cast members, you see a HUGE ego spike, like they just won the lottery. It was always fun to take them down a peg or two when they act all high and mighty outside of the Faire environment.
Them: "I play a member of the Royal Court at Faire!" (usually said with a huge air of self-importance)
Me: "You're currently unemployed and not getting paid to act. I make more money when I take a leak at work then you do during the entire 8-week Faire season."
Shuts them right up.
Cephus
Master Member
Because they are doing it for their fans, not for people to make a buck. It wasn't too long ago that most celebrities signed things for free, just to make people happy. Now, most of them do charge, mostly because they figure they might as well profit from something that someone else is almost certainly going to profit from. I'm really kind of surprised that more don't refuse to sign anything, or don't write under their signature "Not for eBay!"
Again, doesn't hurt them. Takes less time to scribble than to refuse. Why risk alienating a real fan that you mistakenly think is a profiteer?
(not saying, of course, they should never refuse, I'm talking about at cons and such, not during personal time)
(not saying, of course, they should never refuse, I'm talking about at cons and such, not during personal time)
Stormie
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Because it's all about the money. I remember when my brother was going to get Jeremy Bullock (Great guy!) to sign a Boba Fett helmet that he had. It turns out they were selling the same rubies at the area for far above the price, and it also turns out you had to pay full price for both a helmet and signature if you wanted him to sign the helmet you brought.
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