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- robotinc7
I used to work at a vfx company that had a secret sister company that did digital makeup and beauty work on actors/actresses. Its a huge business, though they couldn't show or talk about their work for the longest time as its all covered in NDAs. Same folks have done all the de-aging of actors in Marvel movies.
Anyhow, its the fall, and they are working on a movie with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Mcconaughey. Its 300 or so shots removing her crows feet, and tucking his waddle back into his neck. I take a break to visit my uncle in Austin, and at the time he had a gallery attached to the Four Seasions hotel. I step outside, and Mcconaughey walks out of the hotel, past the gallery and down to the restaurant. He thought I was star struck, but in reality I'm starring at his waddle in person, and thinking about my compositing buddies. Good times.
The waddle is real.
- haha, i have a friend who spent a couple of weeks of her life de-camelToeing a Famous Artist's footage for a music video.
So strange .Nairn - haha, great.Fax_Benson
- lolpango
- I spent so much time rebuilding mel gibson’s face and neck i started naming his valleys and ridgesscarabin
- haha, i have a friend who spent a couple of weeks of her life de-camelToeing a Famous Artist's footage for a music video.
- mg335
I helped Barry Manilow shop for pants once when I worked at Banana Republic in 2002. I thanked him for all the sweet songs my mom cried to after her divorce in the 80s.
- monospaced1
I was backstage at a small punk show in the '90s and Gwen Stefani (not yet lead singer) changed her clothes right in front of us. I'm guessing she was still a teenager.
- mathinc1
Pissed next to James Brown.
I went to high school with, and had a crush on actress Beth Riesgraf (she drunkenly told me once she was crushing back, swoon). She had a kid named, Pilot Inspektor Riesgraf Lee, with Jason Lee.
My grandparents were friends with Dennis Quaid. Used to go out to dinner with him and his girlfriend, and have them over from time to time.
My dad went to a David Bowie concert right before he got big.. said there were 40 other people at the concert.
My pops also once mentioned, "In college, I sold t-shirts at this concert once for a band called the Red Hot Peppers or something. Weird guys." He had no idea they became famous.
Worked in a restaurant where a lot of celebrities came in.. but the coolest part was when they shot Oceans 11 at the hotel I worked at. So I saw Pitt, Clooney, etc. walking in the tunnels below the casino.
Oh, and design-related I ended up hanging out for hours with Michael C Place (Build) and Joshua Davis. Being a design/flash nerd at the time I was awestruck.
When I was 10 or so my mom dropped me off at the 49ers training camp and I chased down Joe Montana for his autograph. I literally popped out from behind a column in a restricted area where me and another kid were hiding. He tried to pedal away on his bike but I caught him.
I think that's it.
- DaveO7
I was running the backstage portrait studio at the Ralph Lauren 50th show and have the following claims from that night:
1 – Robert De Niro came up for his portrait and i didn't recognize him – he looks really different off camera. I told him to wait for a moment because they were finishing up. I had 60 seconds with him, and the only thing i could think of saying was to point out the restoration work on the ceiling that we'd done for the show.
2 – I said 'Bruce, can we get you over here for a portrait' – and guided him to a wall, touching his shoulder. Bruce of Springsteen fame.
3 – I made Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain laugh. Anne Hathaway has a really dirty laugh.
4 – Kanye came into the backstage area and walked right past our lighting, and i greeted him with 'What's up Mr West" – i like to think that he recognized it as a gag on the 'wake up mr west' lyric from the first track on Late Registration.
5 – I held Anderson Cooper's glasses
6 – I stood on Steven Spielberg's toe
- If i were a troll, i'd log into each of my accounts and +1 you many times, but i have but one to give.
1, 3 & 6 are sublimeNairn - Finally an explanation for Spielberg's mid-career dip.Fax_Benson
- If i were a troll, i'd log into each of my accounts and +1 you many times, but i have but one to give.
- DaveO2
My dad used to be a roadie for a Sheffield band (Shape of The Rain) and claims that Pink Floyd saw their light show and decided to go and make their own.
He also used to see Joe Cocker out and about at gigs. "Total pisshead" he said.
- duckseason3
I helped Andy Roddick buy a speaker for his iPod back when I worked at an Apple store – he went with a Bose.
I was returning to work, with a burrito bowl from Chipotle, and caught an elevator with Sam Rockwell and his german shepherd and he said, "Chipotle, huh?" To which I replied, "Yup." and then got off at my floor.
I was at a party in a bar sponsored by Kangol and drunkenly started talking to the dude next to me while waiting for my free drinks, turns out he was the manager for DJ Quik and I said I was a fan. He told me Quik would love to hear that and pointed to the person at the end of the bar leaning against the wall. I stumble over and say, "Hey! I love... (cue drunken brainfart) that one song..." I proceed to start humming the tune to "Tonite" and say, "Yeah..." He told me he wished he were as drunk as me. I informed him that it was an open bar and that he could be if he wanted. We laughed and I stumbled away.
I was at my old local spot having a beer after work when someone sits next to me, orders a beer, and says, "What a day..." to which I replied, "Tell me about it." We subtly raise glasses, and he walks off to make a phone call. The bartender excitedly came and asked if I knew who that was. I didn't see his face but the voice sounded familiar. She informed me it was H. Jon Benjamin.
- _niko3
Since this is no longer claim to fame but cool stories of bumping into celebrities, here’s mine:
Was walking home one night with my brother and we pass by a late night grocery store and he looks inside and says “holy shit that’s gene simmons!”
I look and see a tall, very tanned long haired, well dressed gentleman standing in line at the checkout. At this point, this was before his reality show so most people, me included only knew him with full kiss makeup. So I say “no it isn’t” he says “of course it is, I’ll bet you anything” I say ok you’re on.
We walk in and approach him, we notice he’s standing next to what looks like an 18 year old prostitute of the run away variety.
I say “excuse me, can you settle a bet for us?” He looks at me and says “ that depends, what’s in it for me?”
I look at him puzzled, and he goes “I want a piece of the wager, what did you bet?”
Thinking quickly I say “ we bet a smack in the head, you can have one too if you’d like”
He laughs and then says go ahead, what is it?
I say are you gene simmons? He says yes, we say nice to meet you and shake hands and begin to walk off. He calls out to us as we’re leaving:
“A piece of advice kid, never do anything for free!”
We glanced back and chuckled and walked out into the night.
- fooler2
I was having dinner in NYC and Cindy Crawford was sitting at the next table away from us. Some of our table had worked with her before and we exchanged pleasantries. I went to the bathroom and one my way back noticed someone sitting in my seat. Just as I was approaching the table the waiter was also approaching with an entire entree of sea bass and tripped and spilled it all over the guy sitting in my seat. He was wearing white pants and made a huge diva fuss. I walked up in between Cindy Crawford's and my old seat and said "Well, I'm glad I'm not sitting there anymore"
She laughed and I got my seat back.
This is probably my biggest celebrity interaction besides the time I shared an Elevator with Henry Rollins and my insecure girlfriend mentioned to him "if I had know I was going to bump into you I would have dressed better" and Henry just said " darlin' you look fine"
- CyBrainX2
Not my celebrity meeting but someone I worked with and her friend got into an elevator with Andre the Giant. The friend asks "How's the air up there?". Andre replies "Why don't you stick your head up my ass and find out."
- renderedred0
i was doing some tilling for a turkish hotel owner in london on a sunday morning for some good cash. with a few mates. in the late 80s.
i walk out to go to the corner shop shop for some smokes.
on my way back, 10 o'clock in the morning the streets are pretty empty, i see this guy walking. as we approach each other i begin to recognize him with his sunday paper under his arm, but like i really know this person. i've seen him a thousand times, i am sure, but have no memory of him. i probably made a face while we passed because he just smiled.
i continued walking totally confused. who is this man? why is he smiling at me? why do i know him "so well"? and then it came to me. michael caine!
i am not sure if i yelled his name but i did turn around and he was very far away. he probably saw that face thousands of times :)- That happened with me and Tom Hanks once. We made eye contact and even smiled but he was so normal I didn’t realize it was him until a half block later.monospaced
- doggydoggdog2
All these stories are about being near famous people.
- deathboy0
Just being me
- Gardener6
OK, I have to confess to a claim that is not related to anyone famous, I am unique with this skill which I have never been called upon to use for money although I once performed it on a TV gameshow - footage is on Youtube but am not linking it.
This skill is now sadly totally useless as the item I can do an impression of is sadly no longer in general use, but there was a time it was very popular so I one am a dying breed. I have never met anyone else with this skill indeed I may be the last person on earth with it, ladies and gentlemen, I am...
- face_melter0
Get ready for dynamite action... For a short bit I was one of the top PS2 Psyvariar players in the world.
Psyvariar is a bullet hell shoot-em-up with a buzz mechanic that allows you to graze enemies and bullets without taking damage to rack up points - the more points you get it opens up further stages outside of the regular six or seven. For the most part you can play the entire game without firing a shot. The game carved out a small niche in the shooter scene because of this and still has a dedicated fanbase. The reason I stopped and no longer play it is because the Buzz mechanic - to get it working you had to rapidly smash the joystick left-right to simulate rolling the ship or you could continuously tap a button if you played on a joypad. Practising and playing for a month straight almost broke my hands.
This is from the PS4 version (not me), all the PS2 footage is blurry garbage.
- Game looks nuts. Also looks like you can fly through bullets lasers and ships without getting damage. Always.monospaced
- DaveO0
We were on a plane going to my friends Stag / Hen do in ibiza and David Cameron was on the front row of the Easyjet flight. We got him to sign our mate's t shirt and we ended up in The Sun newspaper.
- David Cameron – Ex UK prime Minister and the one blamed for BrexitDaveO
- http://3.bp.blogspot…Gardener
- Gardener1
I have a piece of the only bomb to fall on Milton Keynes in WW2,
it was given to me by an old soldier I met when my dad did house
clearances in 1977, I've had it tucked away in a box ever since.
- CyBrainX1
No me again but a close friend of mine has had a few.
Helped Mick Jagger sign papers to buy real estate in Midtown Manhattan
Got Frank Gorshin (the only real Riddler) to laugh like the Riddler outside a theater when he was doing his one man show on Broadway portraying George Burns.
Pissed next to Dizzy Gillespie in the Blue Note in Greenwich Village. He thanked him for a great show and Dizzy said, "Yeah I blew their doors off."
Had lunch next to Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead in a hotel. (I forget the circumstances but my friend was a huge Deadhead and did a lot of traveling). Phil introduces my friend to other people sitting nearby as the new member of the band for the current tour. Then he says quietly to my friend, "I just love fucking with them."
- hardhat1
I had a milkshake with Peter Jackson :|
- scarabin1
I set up email on lou ferigno’s phone. He’s pretty deaf so we were yelling at each other a lot. He’s also terrible with technology. He has a son who at the time was a kid of jackass stoner. Met him through work