I just spoke to one of my heroes over the phone. This is not a drill!
So, my best friend jack_is_love17 is at NYCC this weekend. At about noon this afternoon, I got a phone call from her that someone wanted to speak to me.
And whom was said person?
Only GREG GRUNBERG!! And he refused to tell me his name of course, so I spent the first minute trying to figure out who he was based on the obscure clues he gave me, and then he was saying something to my friend and the way he said it sounded so much like his tv character Eric Weiss on Alias that I was finally able to place him and say his name without worrying about accidentally thinking it was the wrong person.
I seriously have followed this man's work since I was 14 (I'm 26 now), and getting to speak to him made it feel like I was speaking to every tv and film character of his that he's ever played. I'm pretty sure I made a legitimate idiot of myself, but I can't even bring myself to care. How often can someone say that they got to speak to one of their heroes/favourite people/favourite actors without ever visiting a fan con?
7 hours later, and I am still DYING over it. And he signed one of his pictures for me and gave me a personalized message on it, which my friend will give me the next time she sees me. Just...a;sdkf;asi;arl;kjas;f.
Never getting over it. It's never going to happen. My inner Bad Robot Productions fangirl cannot handle it (Greg is JJ Abrams' best friend and stars or guest stars in every major Abrams production, minus Fringe which he was never able to be in due to filming conflicts with Heroes through the bulk of Fringe's production.)
I now want to re-watch all my shows/films with Greg Grunberg in them. That could take a while...
And whom was said person?
Only GREG GRUNBERG!! And he refused to tell me his name of course, so I spent the first minute trying to figure out who he was based on the obscure clues he gave me, and then he was saying something to my friend and the way he said it sounded so much like his tv character Eric Weiss on Alias that I was finally able to place him and say his name without worrying about accidentally thinking it was the wrong person.
I seriously have followed this man's work since I was 14 (I'm 26 now), and getting to speak to him made it feel like I was speaking to every tv and film character of his that he's ever played. I'm pretty sure I made a legitimate idiot of myself, but I can't even bring myself to care. How often can someone say that they got to speak to one of their heroes/favourite people/favourite actors without ever visiting a fan con?
7 hours later, and I am still DYING over it. And he signed one of his pictures for me and gave me a personalized message on it, which my friend will give me the next time she sees me. Just...a;sdkf;asi;arl;kjas;f.
Never getting over it. It's never going to happen. My inner Bad Robot Productions fangirl cannot handle it (Greg is JJ Abrams' best friend and stars or guest stars in every major Abrams production, minus Fringe which he was never able to be in due to filming conflicts with Heroes through the bulk of Fringe's production.)
I now want to re-watch all my shows/films with Greg Grunberg in them. That could take a while...