Rubbing shoulders with the (guest) stars

[Tabitha]

So I was out having some food and drink with a friend at a nice place on Broadway, and who is sitting at the next table but the actress that plays Cassandra (version 2.0) and the cheeky kid from "Bane"

Of course my friend was a stargate-hater who ridiculed me constantly once I mentioned it :blush:

Living in Vancouver is pretty cool Stargate-wise, although I have yet to match once of my friend's claims that James Spader keeps coming into his juice bar for smoothies!

 

[Anni]

Umm......and......?

:erm: :errrr: .........

:disturbed

The kid who played Cassandra is just another two bit actress....if this is as exciting as Vancouver gets I'm going to regret working there for three months I think.

I thought Vancouver was a beautiful city with amazing scenery surrounding it....theatres, restaurants, parks, museums and harbour..... not just place to go to spot Stargate actors.

Perhaps I'm going there for all the wrong reasons. Work is my main reason.....money to keep a roof over my head in the UK....a contract to further my reputation in the IT industry. If I do well there, who knows who might employ me and where in the world?! I also want to see Bard on the Beach...and The Savage God (also Shakespeare). Spotting Stargate people is rather the last thing on my agenda....if it's there at all!

Not being horrible, darling.....just pointing out that there is a lot more to Vancouver than Stargate.....

At least I hope there is!

 

[summershake]

I'm sure there is, Anni and I'm sure you'll enjoy it very much.
Seeing actors from a show I love I think is rather cool though...
I know you didn't go to SG-4 in order to see the guests but it was one of my reasons and it's good to see that they're just normal people with your own eyes. LOL

(Imagines how Anni would have reacted if Cronos had sat next to her and giggles...no offense, Anni, you know I'm just nuts...LOL )

 

[kelsi]

Well Anni, it certainly beats the UK, I'm always kinda jealous that everyone (including OB) lives in the US. I mean, I can understand your point, they're just human, but you can't get hung up on that, it's always kewl to see seomone you've seen on TV before (not that I ever have)

So, Tabitha, did you say anythign to her or anything? Who was she with?

 

[spookypumpkin]

yeh, c'mon how many stars have you seen hanging roung the burger bars in READING?!!

 

[Anni]

It does beat the UK as far as Reading is concerned, but 10 years ago, just after the army and four years at uni, I worked in London for a Film Company and saw more stars than I could shake a stick at.....and I'm talking real stars.....Jodie Foster....Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Sir Ian McKellen, Terence Stamp, to name but a few..... When it comes to real actors or stars London would be hard to beat, and that's in the UK.

Now if you are talking Stargate stars, then I have to say that none of them are actually stars except perhaps for RDA who is a very minor 'celebrity'. The others aren't all that well known outside of Stargate. Even Don S Davis is more a character actor than a star. The 'Stars' of Stargate are only stars in the limited Stargate fandom environment.

Vancouver is a cosmopolitan beautiful city, full of lots of interesting stuff, to see and to do. I personally don't find the idea of passing Michael Shanks or Chris Judge in the street or sitting next to them in a restaurant to be an exciting or heartstopping prospect.

If Cronus sat next to me in a restaurant I would be shocked, mainly because he doesn't exist. However, I'd probably recover fast enough to tackle him round the knees! Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.....or gentleman. If the actor who played him sat to me, I'd like to think I would behave in a civilised fashion and allow him to eat his dinner in peace....if he spoke to me, then I would speak back to him. He's a human being for heaven's sake....he takes a dump, eats, farts, loses his temper and drools on his pillow, just like everyone else. I certainly wouldn't behave like a wide eyed hysterical breathless teenager.... mainly because I'm not one.....and I don't believe in setting people up on pedestals. They are no better than me.

I don't envy anyone living in the US particularly, I've lived there and although its a beautiful country in many places, it has many problems and the lifestyle as portrayed in films and TV is not what it's shown to be. America's lifestyle is propped up by low paid workers who went there because they thought the streets were paved with gold. They have horrific poverty and worse, child poverty..... they are a country who have refused to ratify the UN Declaration of Human Rights....most especially children's rights. There are very rich and well off people there, but mostly people struggle by exactly as they do here in the UK.

Canada seems marginally different, but I have not seen enough of it to give an opinion. I'll let you all know when I get back from Vancouver.

I am still looking forward to going though.....but there'll be no postings from me on whether I managed to get a date with Cronus or not ROTFLMAO......that's be between him and me! Of course....he might stink a bit considering he's been dead for the past couple of seasons!

 

[kelsi]

It does beat the UK as far as Reading is concerned, but 10 years ago, just after the army and four years at uni, I worked in London for a Film Company and saw more stars than I could shake a stick at

Well, see, that's my point, it's only London, whereas the chances are far more likely in most places in the US or Canada (speaking generally). But wow, tell us about them, if you got to talk to them?

if you are talking Stargate stars, then I have to say that none of them are actually stars

Ah, see, there you go, we're talking about the stars or SG (which is practically anyone who has a line in any of the eps ...

I personally don't find the idea of passing Michael Shanks or Chris Judge in the street or sitting next to them in a restaurant to be an exciting or heartstopping prospect.

That's cos you are slightly more down to earth than most of us Anni, and we luv ya for it ... :rolly2:

If Cronus sat next to me in a restaurant I would be shocked, mainly because he doesn't exist.

That's what they want you to think!! (OK, relax, I'm only kidding)

I certainly wouldn't behave like a wide eyed hysterical breathless teenager.... mainly because I'm not one.....and I don't believe in setting people up on pedestals. They are no better than me.

I totally agree, but that's the way society is! Can't say I'd stay calm if I saw MS or someone around though!!

I don't envy anyone living in the US particularly,

Me neither, but I wish more TV stars would drop over here from time to time!!

 

[Texane]

Dear Gaters - ify'all speak to one another in such a tacky manner in the UK, then I'm happy to be here in Texas.

 

[Anni]

Darlin......depends what you mean by 'tacky'. We don't all fuss and drool over each other in the UK, if that's what you mean. We're quite a pragmatic bunch really and what we say is what we mean....what you see is what you get. We don't pretend to be nice.....if we like someone we are nice. If someone does us an injury we aren't.

I can't see the point of dripping honey just to impress.....

Just as I can't see myself drooling about a city just because a TV series is shot there. When I go somewhere in the world, there has to be a lot more there to interest me than whether any of the Stargate actors 'often walked along that street before'!!!

Maybe our US colleagues are more easily satisfied!

 

[Tabitha]

Vancouver IS very pretty and a very exciting city to live and work in for many reasons other than Stargate (and if I was that excited by tv shows filming here I wouldn't get much done - as you all know many scifi shows are shot here.)

I love it here, and I hope you do too when you get here Anni.

I only mentioned this sighting 'cos this is after all a STARGATE forum, and since I have been in Vancouver this actress was the first one I have noticed from SG1 - I had only watched the episode with her in it the night before, otherwise I probably wouldn't even have recognised her.

Kelsi - no I didn't say anything to her, she was with her family, and I am too shy to walk up to total strangers and say "you were in Stargate, weren't you?", I mean how does someone reply to that - and besides, whatever way it went down I probably would have made an idiot out of myself.
On top of that I was having a lovely romantic meal!

Tab
*quite confused as to how this turned into an argument*

 

[Dave]

Originally posted by Tabitha
Tab
*quite confused as to how this turned into an argument*

Me too, your original post was simply a reflection on an experience that you had.

I work relatively near the BBC in London so often see well known (and less well known people). It is odd seeing people in real life, that you have only ever seen on TV, even if they are only "just another two bit actress".

Football (soccer) players, 'nasty' Nick from "Big Brother", I've seen them all, often you know you know them, but just can't remember where from.

BTW There is a site (lost the address) with images of all the Vancouver X-Files locations.

 

[CynVision]

I had fun seeing locations for the show up in BC. Mostly because I'd been hearing for all the years the X-files was done that you could find locations reflecting just about every US community. It would have been hard to have actually taken my eyes off of all the cool buildings that look like nothing we have here in Chicago and seen an actor from any series I watch that hails from there.

And I think Tabitha handled it in a good way. See them, but let them be. I bet most of them have a high tolerance of the flurry of attention they generate locally.

What people have said here about local cultures applies to the wierdness that is Vancouver. I fell down in the middle of one of the most busy parks there and not a soul asked if I was all right. One guy who saw the whole thing chuckled as I limped out of the park. Every city has issues, but that unnerved me.

 

[Tabitha]

Originally posted by CynVision

What people have said here about local cultures applies to the wierdness that is Vancouver. I fell down in the middle of one of the most busy parks there and not a soul asked if I was all right. One guy who saw the whole thing chuckled as I limped out of the park. Every city has issues, but that unnerved me.

Hi Cyn - I am sorry to hear you had a bad experience here - I have generally found people to be extra friendly, but I think that might be a cross-atlantic culture-shock thing.
I have heard long-time Vancouver residents grumble about how all the extra money that has poured into the city over the last thirty years or so has made it a lot less friendly.
Come to think of it I had a similar experience with a bunch of tourists in Stanley Park - I was unsteadily gliding along on my rollerblades and they were wandering about on the cyclists path (in my way) and when I found it difficult to go around them and then fell over they all turned around and laughed at me and my bleeding knees, needless to say I was not impressed and cursed at them quite loudly. But hey, they were tourists...

I have noticed quite a lot of locations from various tv shows - it is quite a nice surprise to notice that you are standing outside some apparently "alien" structure or whatever, but I might have a search for the site you mention, Dave.

 

[Texane]

I hope you find us friendly if you visit here.

A new staff member moved here from Vancoover - it's interesting to hear her contrast the two cities.

 

[Tabitha]

Actually I am planning a visit to Texas next month to visit a relation who is working there for a while - Dallas to be precise. I am not really sure what exactly there is to see or do in Dallas. I have heard that there is a slightly creepy museum-type thing in the old Book Depository - so I will probably check that out.
Other than that I will probably spend the rest of my visit catching up with my Uncle and swooning over all those great accents :blush:

 

[Anni]

Hardly an argument...... a strong discussion perhaps!

Strange I had a different set of experiences to Tabitha and Cyn....I found nothing but kindness in Vancouver, and a bunch of folk who were more than willing to be friendly and helpful. It's what convince me to take a contract in that city rather than the one offered in Dallas. I have lived a few places in the US but I found Dallas to be friendly on the surface, but there was an 'edge' to the people there which unnerved me. On the whole I would much rather live in Vancouver or London that Dallas.....or LA. I hated LA. Yet I found Chicago, New York and Boston to be full of wonderfully friendly people.

As for my comments... I was struggling to understand why star spotting seems to be such an enthusiastic hobby among Stargate fandom. It's something I've always struggled with and even when working in the film industry in both London and Beverly Hills where Polygram Filmed Entertainment was based, I still struggled with it and it was common place to bump into celebrities there. I even sat in on a lunch with my boss and Sherry Lansing, the head of Paramount Studios. People were wandering up all the time and I was amazed at the patience that was shown with the constant interruption with what should have been a business lunch. Not to mention the mobile calls.

Maybe I am just too firmly planted on terra firma. Perhaps my life experiences have dulled the youthful enthusiasm I should have had about such things. However, even when I was younger, I still didn't elevate anyone to a position where I was starry eyed about them.

Kelsi..... I talked to most of them, because that was part of my job. I was a personal assistant to the Vice President of Post Production, I worked for him in London and for a very brief period in Beverly Hills and fascinating it was too. Anthony Hopkins was a charming, soft spoken man who was more interested in talking about the Gulf War than himself....Kenneth Branagh likewise. Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins are an utterly charming and funny couple of people. They were okay..... they were just people at the end of the day.

What part of Vancouver do you live in Tabitha? The company I am going to work for have placed me in corporate apartments in the middle of downtown Vancouver, right next to Stanley Park I believe. The apartments are called Lord Stanley on the Park.

 

[Tabitha]

Well, perhaps if your job led you into these encounters on a regular basis then there is no need to be impressed by actors in real life, but growing up in Belfast, and then spending years in Edinburgh, it is not often you see in real life faces that are familiar to you from television. A notable exception is of course the Edinburgh festival.
I get slightly excited when I see these people, but certainly not to the point where I would do anything about it - I probably wouldn't have the guts to ask for an autograph even if it was someone very famous - I put myself in their shoes and think that I would absolutely loath all those invasions of privacy. I understand that they are just people same as you and me, but allow me my understated excitement once in a while!

Originally posted by Anni

What part of Vancouver do you live in Tabitha? The company I am going to work for have placed me in corporate apartments in the middle of downtown Vancouver, right next to Stanley Park I believe. The apartments are called Lord Stanley on the Park.

I live in the West Side of Vancouver in "Kitsilano"- it's a cute little neighbourhood, which apparently used to have a very hippy flavour to it. SOunds like you will be living in the West End - an area that I very much wanted to live in but I could only afford a telephone-box sized apartment there! It's a great neighbourhood, I hope you like it.

 

[Anni]

I went to Kitsilano while I was in Vancouver, it is a cute little part. I was looking for apartments while I was there because of the job, but then one of the perks of the job was temporary accommodation arranged by the company through their relocation people. I thought the rents in Kitsilano were pretty high considering, but I guess you have to do a fair bit of shoe leather wearing in order to get what you want and time simply wasn't on my side.

I also get a relocation allowance which covers all but about £100 of the rent for the apartment I have got. The apartments are serviced and have a gym, provide breakfast etc etc.....the corporate home away from home I suppose, but I suppose that if they want the staff they have to provide the perks.

Of course mine is not a permanent position, I am simply a contractor.... at the end of the contract I will move on to pastures new, and as for the many experiences meeting people...I am 51 years old and have been many places all around the world, done many jobs, lots of them would seem romantic I suppose. I value my experiences greatly. I tend to judge a city or a place by what there is to see and do rather than by who I might bump into.... the only faces which slightly excite me are those of my family and close friends who I value a lot more than any of the other more famous folk I have seen and met.

I am a computer network engineer by the way...... what do you do for a living?

 

[pamie]

Originally posted by Dave


It is odd seeing people in real life, that you have only ever seen on TV,

Yeah i think that is the part that surprised me the most.
Although I have never met anyone 'famous' on the street I have been to a couple of conventions and had a brief chance to meet some of the people from SG1 (and I do mean brief)
But it did surprise me how odd it was to see them in real life..although I was never 'star struck' over them. (but I was nervous when I had my photo taken with Don Davis!)

 

[Tabitha]

Originally posted by Anni
by the way...... what do you do for a living?

I work with Mutual Funds and RRSPs (a bit like ISA's in the UK), pretty boring glorified data entry, but the people I work with are all pretty nice and the pay is not bad (always a help!). I work for a British Columbia Credit Union called VanCity.

I am currently in between graduating from Edinburgh with a History degree and going back (in October) to do a politics MSc. After that I am hoping I can somehow persuade a big bank like HSBC to hire me within a graduate training program in Investment Banking.
I would love a job that allows me to travel as much as possible.

Rents in Kits can be quite expensive - but I was pretty lucky and found a really great house for a reasonable price. Your building sounds pretty nice though! I guess these are the perks for having to move across the globe for your job.

Pamie and Dave - I agree with you both - I wouldn't exactly call myself star struck or anything, but it is a very strange experience seeing or meeting these people up close...