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katiebell · 03-03-2007, 01:37 AM

Equus producer David Pugh has instructed Dan Radcliffe to only sign Equus-related items at the Gielgud Theatre stage door.

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I have told him that he can meet his fans at the door but only sign Equus stuff.

We have had hundreds of people at the stage door every night and he is very good, he always meets them.

He has even taken to signing hundreds of cards before the performance and handing them out.

Thanks to SuperJess! for the nudge to post!

Undead_Sadako_Sasaki · 03-05-2007, 05:55 AM

I understand what he's trying to say, but that's a bit stupid. Don't stop Dan's fans from getting autographs!

Branola · 03-05-2007, 06:39 AM

I understand why this is happening and I find that it's actually a good reason, it may (though there's no possibility) help stop people from always thinking of Dan as Harry Potter.

slytherin's_advent · 03-05-2007, 07:10 AM

geez..that odd.

BrigetteAlisia · 03-05-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Branola

I understand why this is happening and I find that it's actually a good reason, it may (though there's no possibility) help stop people from always thinking of Dan as Harry Potter.

I agree completely....

tia_leoni · 03-07-2007, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by EmmaRiddle

It's a matter of the minority spoiling it for the majority. Dan said in some interviews that every night the same people come, autograph punters, wanting signatures night after night. Obviously they're just there to sell them on.

Besides which, to ask him to sign something HP related, at a non-HP related event, just seems rude to me.

I didn't even consider the fact that the 'fans' might just be ebay people. That changes everything. It is one thing to have real fans asking for autographs and quite another to have greedy autograph hording sellers besieging him at the theater exit.

So far it being wrong to ask an actor to sign a photo or memorabilia from a different work I don't think it is rude. People do it all of the time. Often a fan of the actor has seen him in several different movies or plays and they have a picture they want signed. Still, it does make more sense to have the actor sign the Equus stuff like a Playbill or something than to have him sign HP stuff.

GinnyW21 · 03-07-2007, 06:50 PM

interesting!

EmmaRiddle · 03-08-2007, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tia_leoni

I didn't even consider the fact that the 'fans' might just be ebay people. That changes everything. It is one thing to have real fans asking for autographs and quite another to have greedy autograph hording sellers besieging him at the theater exit.

So far it being wrong to ask an actor to sign a photo or memorabilia from a different work I don't think it is rude. People do it all of the time. Often a fan of the actor has seen him in several different movies or plays and they have a picture they want signed. Still, it does make more sense to have the actor sign the Equus stuff like a Playbill or something than to have him sign HP stuff.

Besides which, most people who'd actually seen the play would have 'Equus' stuff on them, be it a programme or even just their ticket stub. 'Equus' signed merchandise, though probably harder to sell, would be rarer, in terms of value and so for fans it would make more sense NOT to ask for HP stuff to be signed.

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