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Well, I ran into Kevin Nash today at World Market.I didn't ask him much, he was shopping and I didn't want to bother him too much.Weird part is my sister met him 2 years ago at a gym, I guess he lives in town.Anybody else ever ran into a celebrity ?, share your stories if you have any.
I met the entire cast of the WWF back in 1997 on a couple of occasions when I was working at World's Gym. That was the period just before The Rock and after Hulk Hogan, so I didn't meet those two.
In 2000 or 01 I "helped" Tyrese Gibson get some money from his American Express when I worked at a bank.
At a distance, I saw Ricky Martin. I also dealt with Colin Farrel a couple of times.
Just the other day, a few weeks back, I was driving down biscayne Blvd to my house and there was a camera crew at a motel. And there in the middle of the sidewalk, there was The Rock holding a bat over his shoulder and smiling. That was a perfect opportunity to just stop my scooter and meet him, but I was both embarrased and extremely sleepy after examinations.
Man, that's awesome, would have loved to meet those guys from WWF.Quote:
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I had an awkward staring moment with the Prince of Qatar once.
I met robin williams briefly. I was also dancing infront of maria carey in that stupid movie "glitters".
Lets see.. I've met
James Earl Jones
Lou Ferrigno
Linda Blair
Robert Englund
George Bush Sr
Ronald Reagan
And I think maybe one or two others I can't think of at the moment.
I was in a Gentlemen's club in Soiux City Iowa back in the 90s'. I guess the WWF had a Monday Night Raw event going on in town that evening. The British Bulldog, Jim Powers and Owen Hart showed up at the club. They were sitting in an empty part of the club, off to the side. I gave them a thumbs up, when I was exiting the club. Owen gave me a nod.Quote:
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Also in the 90s', I saw Kerry Von Erich in Addison Texas. He was on the other side of the street (I was driving), holding the hands of his twin daughters. This was a couple of months before he took his own life. :(
I rode in an elevator with Roger Staubach. He asked us how we were doing. He's a really nice guy. I also rode in an elevator with ex Dallas Maverick Roy Tarpley; he sort of hid in the corner with his cell phone to his ear.
I was at Chicago Ohare Airport when I saw William "The Fridge" Perry heading towards the gate for a flight to Philly. I stood there to watch the television interviews, as the local media piled around him. I think we all know the rest of that story. ;)
I know there are more celebrities that I've met, but these stood out the most.
My brother saw Vanilla Ice on a roller coaster once. And he saw Hulk Hogan a few times at a wal-mart in florida
The only celebrities i've seen personally are:
Bear Grylls
Sammy Stevens (the flea market Montgomery guy!)
And i'm pretty sure i've seen Ice Cube and Béla Fleck before too.
I live in Vancouver, where a hell of a lot of film and TV is made. My next door neighbor until a couple years ago was Rachel Luttrell, the woman who played Teyla on Stargate Atlantis.
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She held a garage sale before she moved and I bought a crew hat from her, which she kindly signed.
I've also met several other stargate people around the city, like Bill Dow and stuff.
If you include non-screen/stage people, I've also run into Science Fiction authors Spider Robinson, William Gibson, Larry Niven. Spider used to live here in Vancouver until moving out to Bowen Island, and he still comes into the city quite often. I think Gibson's still local, given how often I pass him on the street or see him at a book store or something.
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Here I am having the creator of the cartoon ReBoot sign my SGI computer, which is one of the machines they used to make the show. I've bumped into Gavin at a few conventions and he's always come off as a normal every day nice guy. I suspect he doesn't get recognized quite so often, which is a shame in my books, as I'm sure there are a lot of people out there who grew up watching his shows who'd thank him if they knew who he was.
I should also mention I think robin williams is the nicest guy in the world. He gave us free standup comedy in between shots and came and shook hands / took pictures when the day was over.
^Wait, Robin Williams is a guy?! I always thought he was the missing link.
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Haha sorry toronto slang I have a bad habit of saying "guy" all the time.
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I met Dan John Miller he is in the band Blanche and played Luther Perkins in that dumb Johnny Cash film. I also met Dex Romweber, a guy who claimed he played for Herman's Hermits (I don't think he did), and a guy who claimed to be in The Temptations (I definitely know he wasn't). I could have potentially run into Donna Summers at Walmart. I also briefly met the guy who played Sandy in Flipper and his wife. I don't care to meet any celebrities, but that seems like quite a few for a 19 year old (even though none of them are really that famous).
I used to sell cigarettes to Alice Cooper's gardener.
That counts for somethin' right?
I met, and recieved a hug from Brian Fucking May
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People really shouldn't smoke around plants. Especially pepper plants and tomato plants, its really bad for them.Quote:
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For a second I thought that was a picture of Kevin Cronin from R.E.O. Speedwagon.Quote:
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Lol, they do look similar, the hair is what does it.Quote:
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I didn't meet any per se, but I saw a good number of people from the cast of To The Wonder a few times - namely Ben Affleck and Rachel McAdams (and Rachel Weisz - who was completely cut from the film). It was filmed in my town a couple years ago, and I literally couldn't leave work without passing the film crews, actors and crowds of people following them all around.
At one point my friend and I got a stern glare from a couple of the crew when we drove down an ally (through the middle of a shot). My friend was the one driving, and he didn't care so long as we got close to them.
I work in a call center for a popular computer/phone/tablet company. I get to talk to all sorts of people, famous-----------and not so famous.
In person, I met morgan freeman at a flea market when I used to work at a computer booth. So cool! lol
I met Gene Simmons at an Indy Car race a few years back. He was hanging out in a party tent and he was by himself. I just sort of struck up conversation with him. He was a great guy. He offered me a beer.
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