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Cartooncheryl
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Date Posted: 22:04:35 04/04/04 Sun
Hey!!
>I couldn't agree with you more. I went to public high
>school for my senior year--my only year
Are you American? If so, you are lucky! Where I live now, the schools are very bad, you would not like to learn there! But do not worry, you won't learn there!
>and noticed that the individuals attracted to a certain
>celebrity tended to possess the same traits or personality of
>that celebrity. The actors who were notoriously
>short-tempered or otherwise mean, for lack of a better
>word, tended to attract short-tempered or mean fans.
I should mention here that I am also fan of band Duran Duran, and all through the "Golden Years" as I call it, I could not even fellowship with other fans! The people that were fans were very mean, and somehow believed that if they had Record A, then it meant they had higher priority in band's eye. Maybe they thought "If I have Record A, B, C, then band will love me!" Not! It's very sad. And today, Duran Duran fans are not always nicest, either. Some are very good people, but I do not seek them out to have friendships as I would a Peter Stormare fan, or a Mark Hamill fan. And because of this, I find my appreciation of the band has dropped. I still appreciate what they do, but is not in a way that I can share, and that is sad.
>fans of "Star Wars" to be fun, friendly, and outgoing.
>Similarly, the fans of the "Lord ot the Rings" trilogy
>are generally a fun, lively, and kind group. I suppose
>it has something to do with the underlying themes of
>"good vs. evil" in these films.
You are most likely right, and yes, lots of people who love these are good people! Part too may be that it is "dorky" to be Star Wars fan, LotR fan, but because you are "dorky" it allows you to have fun! You are already insulted by the
mainstream world, so you have nothing to lose; therefore you can enjoy as much as you like and not worry!
>You've met Mark Hamill twice? Wow! That's terrific!
>I'm sure you've been asked this a million times, but
>how did you meet him (twice!)?
Maybe asked a million times, but trust me... I don't mind answering a million million times! :D
The first time was in 2000, he was in a film called "Walking Across Egypt" that was being shown in a theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. I had two good friends who lived within driving distance and one, who was a member of the Markhamill.com website, told me he would be at the showing. They made plans to go and made it clear I WOULD be there! How can I argue?
I met the woman who runs the markhamill.com, and she had talked to Mark's wife, had tickets set aside for all of coming in from other places. When I went to ticket window to ask for my tix, they misunderstood and sent us to press conference! Maybe because I was carrying the largest camera you have ever seen??? :)
The security patrol was misinformed about the event, and people that were supposed to be there, were not. There was a press conference, and somehow it ended up being one television man, and ME! I am a photojournalist and knew the pictures I would take would go to Markhamill.com, so I introduced myself to Mark, had a nice chat with him, and took lots of pictures! He was EXTREMELY nice, and when I told him I had a friend there, he wanted to meet my friend! He left the area of press conference to meet my friend! It was very cool!
The second time I met him was last year, in March. He was in a play called "Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks" in Miami, Florida, and as I laugh I posted to the Markhamill.com message board, "Would anyone like to go? Road trip!" People wrote me back!!! So I had to go! :) Five of us went, and saw the play. Mark would come out of the back door after performances, and we met him a few times there. This was where he signed my copy of "Hamilton" (I tried to get him to sign it in 2000, but he was so surprised to see it, he did not get a chance!) and talked again about how great Peter Stormare was.
:) Part of Mark's admiration of Peter might be because he PUNCHED HIM OUT by mistake! Little known story, and was added to a documentary about the film: there is a scene where Mark is to hit Peter, and he --oops-- really hit him! It was terrible! Mark felt terrible and Peter was knocked out for a few seconds! He wasn't angry at Mark, though, as far as I could tell, and they hugged after they hit.
>Even though I have heard he's one of the
>nicest actors around, I wouldn't have had the courage
>to ask for his autograph. I've been lucky enough to
>meet two actors who played very minor characters in
>"Star Wars" and I could barely speak!
Mark is very disarming. He is a nerd, actually, who loves comic books and all sorts of things. He can talk to anyone and make you instantly forget he is "BIG STAR" in front of you. If you meet him some day, you will find him to be great!
Now if I could only meet Peter! :D
> I heard he's also supposed to be in another film with Nicole
> Kidman called "Birth"...
> I just might go simply to see Peter Stormare!
Right on! Does anyone know how large his role is? No matter, because whatever he does, it will probably very fun and interesting!
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