David Tennant
I was going to post another chapter of Seduction today, but instead a comment I heard by Olivia Coleman has me completely disgusted. Oh, not with her, but with David Tennant's more rabid fans. From what I understand, she said that part of her real role on Broadchurch was to protect him from some of his "more ardent followers".
Now anyone who knows me or follows me on Tumblr knows I become a complete little fangirl where he is concerned. I have never in my entire life seen anyone more handsome (I've always gone for tall, dark-haired, skinny, geeky guys-- describes the first person I fell in love with in fact). But beyond looks, I think he is as close to being a perfect human being as possible. He is intelligent and funny. He does charity work. He is possibly the most talented actor of his generation. He is incredibly hardworking, doing television, movies, audiobooks and radio, commercials, plays, interviews and conventions. By all accounts he is very nice, lovely to work with and almost never has a bad thing to say about anyone. And he is incredibly patient with his fans, particularly the youngest ones.
But he is also a human being. A real live person. A person who has a life and a family, a wife and young children, and who deserves a certain amount of privacy. So as a fan of his, I am incredibly horrified by some of the behavior of other fans of his, approaching him in private places (he tells one story of a fan wanting an autograph in the shower), taking pictures of him while he was trying to put a microphone cord down his trousers, and asking totally offensive and inappropriate questions at conventions. I am certain he has many, many other stories as well.
So I would just say to the other fans of his out there, if you really love him, show him some respect. Give him some privacy. Worship him from afar. And if you ever have the opportunity to meet him, thank him for all he does. As fans, it's the least we can do.
Now anyone who knows me or follows me on Tumblr knows I become a complete little fangirl where he is concerned. I have never in my entire life seen anyone more handsome (I've always gone for tall, dark-haired, skinny, geeky guys-- describes the first person I fell in love with in fact). But beyond looks, I think he is as close to being a perfect human being as possible. He is intelligent and funny. He does charity work. He is possibly the most talented actor of his generation. He is incredibly hardworking, doing television, movies, audiobooks and radio, commercials, plays, interviews and conventions. By all accounts he is very nice, lovely to work with and almost never has a bad thing to say about anyone. And he is incredibly patient with his fans, particularly the youngest ones.
But he is also a human being. A real live person. A person who has a life and a family, a wife and young children, and who deserves a certain amount of privacy. So as a fan of his, I am incredibly horrified by some of the behavior of other fans of his, approaching him in private places (he tells one story of a fan wanting an autograph in the shower), taking pictures of him while he was trying to put a microphone cord down his trousers, and asking totally offensive and inappropriate questions at conventions. I am certain he has many, many other stories as well.
So I would just say to the other fans of his out there, if you really love him, show him some respect. Give him some privacy. Worship him from afar. And if you ever have the opportunity to meet him, thank him for all he does. As fans, it's the least we can do.