Four die-hard stargazers lament the celebrity that got away
Four die-hard stargazers lament the celebrity that got away
Getting the chance to come face-to-face with a favourite celebrity at a TIFF red-carpet gala usually involves camping out for hours with hoards of other eager fans. And even then, there’s no guarantee that the star won’t just give a quick wave and walk right on by. We asked some dedicated stargazers awaiting Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell at Friday’s Welcome to Me premiere about their most heart-wrenching close calls with visiting glitterati. Here, four Torontonians lament “the one that got away.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Kyla Sheridan<br /><br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 27<br /><br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Marketing Coordinator<br /><br /> “I'm a very big Michael C. Hall fan. I went to see him at Roy Thompson Hall in 2010, and all he did was get out of the car, wave and do a little bow. Then, I waited 12 hours for him last year, and he did the exact same thing! Little bow and all.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Arsen Martyrosian <br /><br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 19<br /><br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Student<br /><br /> “At the premiere for <em>Labor Day</em>, I waited over three hours with two of my friends to see Kate Winslet. We even had a huge <em>Titanic</em> poster for her to sign. Everyone else in the movie came out and talked to fans and did autographs. But Kate was pregnant I think and rushed right by. My two friends started to cry after that.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Diana Guglielmi<br /><br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 24<br /><br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Teacher<br /><br /> “Yesterday I went to see Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz for the premiere of <em>Clouds of Sils Maria</em>. No one even showed up! Only Juliette Binoche, and she didn't even stay for the movie.”
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- <strong>Name:</strong> Rija Crishty<br /><br /> <strong>Age:</strong> 19<br /><br /> <strong>Profession:</strong> Student<br /><br /> “I waited in line for eight hours yesterday to see Robert Downey Jr. It was packed and this guy behind us kept shoving us and yelling, 'If you can't handle the heat, get out!' And then Robert completely skipped our section.”
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Getting the chance to come face-to-face with a favourite celebrity at a TIFF red-carpet gala usually involves camping out for hours with hoards of other eager fans. And even then, there's no guarantee that the star won't just give a quick wave and walk right on by. We asked some dedicated stargazers awaiting Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell at Friday's Welcome to Me premiere about their most heart-wrenching close calls with visiting glitterati. Here, four Torontonians lament “the one that got away.”
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