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Awkward Meeting Him


Met him at a convention and talk about awkward.

This was the conversation...

Me: Hey very nice to meet you, I'm a hge fan of your work.
Brad: Thanks

Me: Obviously you were great as Chucky but I really enjoyed your work on Deadwood. Do you think that...
Brad: That Shows over.

Me: I know, I wish it had gone on. Were they planning on killing off your character? In the last season they were hinting that he had...
Brad: That show is OVER. It ended.

(Awkward Silence)

Brad: What do you want me to sign on this? (Child's Play Poster)
Me: If you could just write your favorite Chucky line and sign underneith that would be great
Brad: I don't have one, so what do you want me to write
Me: Your name would be great, thats fine.

(Signs Poster)

Brad: Yeah man, that show ended a few years ago.
Me: Yeah..... Well thank you and have a great day.

He must not have liked Deadwood too much lol.

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Hmm...well that's kinda confusing since he seemed to really enjoy being in Deadwood. The nearest thing I can think of was that he might not have heard you right.

I met him back in 2003 and told him my screen name (because I was a member of a forum back then dedicated to him) and he didn't hear me very well. I had to repeat it twice.

Those conventions can be loud. Maybe he misheard you and thought you were speaking in the present tense, as if you thought the show was still going on.


-Amanda


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I also met him at a convention few years when I had a vendor booth. During a break i went over to the main area and spoke to a few of the celebrities. He was speaking to a guy so I just looked around his table for a while. He never said hello or smiled even once. He looked at me like he was irritated but I asked him if it he did Eyes of Laura Mars. Yes he said. I asked if he had any stills from it,no he said. That's it two words, no smiles , a rude manner, not friendly at all. I always wondered why he even did conventions at all.

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to make money?

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A lot of actors and artists do the cons for money. We're in the age of celebrities making millions of dollars off of cons.

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You know that there are people who aren't natural talkers? Clearly he's an introvert and you're a stranger. Get over yourself.

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I just met him again over the weekend at Fandomfest in Louisville and it was great!
He was very tired, but at the same time very gracious and posed for free pictures and gave hugs and even talked to my friend who couldn't make it over the phone for about five whole minutes.

Since I was there all three days, I had a lot of chances to go up and talk to him a few times, which I did with my friends when they had stuff for him to sign. He didn't act annoyed or irritated, he just signed and posed for pictures and even when I asked him for a hug he did so very readily. I even told him I was sorry for going up to his table a lot and I was afraid I was bugging him and he said "It's an honor" or something to that effect. He doesn't smile very big all that readily because he has missing teeth and like I said he was very tired, probably from jet lag. But he was very warm and inviting.

He does come across as very aloof and at first glance he looks kinda severe, but if you actually talk to him, he's one of the nicest celebrities you could ever meet.
Just don't ask him to do the Chucky laugh, people ask him to do that too often and most likely he'll say no hehe.


-Amanda

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Based upon the previous comments, I'm guessing you have large breasts, and/or are kind of cute. :)

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The world may never know.

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OMG why doesn't he get his teeth fixed already? It's been several years...

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In all fairness being a introvert is no excuse. These celebrities get a paycheck and nobody is forcing him to do it.
No excuse for rudeness.

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Than you know what kenjiros 14? You stay home. What a ridiculous excuse. You're there to meet and greet fans and interact.

Excuses....LOL....if you're mother had been a man she would have been your father.

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