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[Film] Do you know someone related to someone famous but....



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Oct 8, 2003
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....never mention the famous relation when you meet up?

I taught, 30 years ago, the brother of someone who became a very famous actress, and we occasionally catch up for a chat, but in all these years I have never once mentioned his sister. Badge of honour.
 








jcdenton08

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Oct 17, 2008
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Not quite the same, but I work in the arts and have become friendly with some pretty well known names - never talk shop though. Based on my experience, most of the time the last thing famous actors want to talk about is their work.

If you praise their work/show deference it can change a whole dynamic from a friendship situation to a fan one, and that just makes everyone uncomfortable. It can be hard when internally you’re slightly fan-boying out and want to gush about their performance or ask questions about the time they were in such and such, but it’s really not the done thing so it’s best to stick to the weather and holidays.
 










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BiffyBoy

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:
....never mention the famous relation when you meet up?

I taught, 30 years ago, the brother of someone who became a very famous actress, and we occasionally catch up for a chat, but in all these years I have never once mentioned his sister. Badge of honour.
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Give us a clue? Kate Winslet?
 






Klaas

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jcdenton08 said:
Not quite the same, but I work in the arts and have become friendly with some pretty well known names - never talk shop though. Based on my experience, most of the time the last thing famous actors want to talk about is their work.

If you praise their work/show deference it can change a whole dynamic from a friendship situation to a fan one, and that just makes everyone uncomfortable. It can be hard when internally you’re slightly fan-boying out and want to gush about their performance or ask questions about the time they were in such and such, but it’s really not the done thing so it’s best to stick to the weather and holidays.
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That's interesting, I sometimes wonder how I would be if I found myself in the presence of someone I really, really admired. I don't mean just oh look it's Timmy Mallet, but actually spending time with them.
I remember reading an interview with Steve Coogan, whose work I love, and he was talking about working with the Monty Python crew once. He said he spent a lot of time quoting bits of python at them, being a massive fan obviously. Funny to think of stars being fans themselves and doing stuff they might find a bit annoying to their heroes.
 


jcdenton08

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Klaas said:
That's interesting, I sometimes wonder how I would be if I found myself in the presence of someone I really, really admired. I don't mean just oh look it's Timmy Mallet, but actually spending time with them.
I remember reading an interview with Steve Coogan, whose work I love, and he was talking about working with the Monty Python crew once. He said he spent a lot of time quoting bits of python at them, being a massive fan obviously. Funny to think of stars being fans themselves and doing stuff they might find a bit annoying to their heroes.
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Yeah, it’s a really interesting dynamic. I’ve worked as a stage manager so it’s very strange being a fan of a performer, but also never letting this on when you’re a colleague with (nominally) equal footing in the stage and rehearsal space. I think the main thing I always remember is my credibility would be shot if I let on I was a big “fan” of someone. I imagine as per your example above, known performers get a bit more leeway on this front than mere crew - our priority is mostly to look professional I think!
 




Klaas

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jcdenton08 said:
Yeah, it’s a really interesting dynamic. I’ve worked as a stage manager so it’s very strange being a fan of a performer, but also never letting this on when you’re a colleague with (nominally) equal footing in the stage and rehearsal space. I think the main thing I always remember is my credibility would be shot if I let on I was a big “fan” of someone. I imagine as per your example above, known performers get a bit more leeway on this front than mere crew - our priority is mostly to look professional I think!
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Right, I think I also remember Coogan saying they quoted a bit of Partridge back to him, but I may be misremembering.
 


Gabbafella

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Aug 22, 2012
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In my younger years I used to get stoned with Liam Neeson's nephews. I never knew they were related until someone dropped it into conversation
 






Happy Exile

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My ‘circle of friends’ has the daughter of an incredibly famous actor. Only found out she was his daughter when I saw photos of them in a newspaper. I’ve never mentioned it because the context of that story was the Daily Mail being the Daily Mail about something private. She’s never mentioned it and I’m fairly sure most who know her don’t have any idea.
 


Guinness Boy

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My step dad (mum’s second husband) is the brother of an incredibly famous singer. I’ve only met the famous one once however. He wasn’t at their wedding due to work commitments.
 


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PascalGroß Tips

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Noddy Holder was cousin of my late FIL.

And mate of mine is a friend of brother of Kate Moss. He DJ’d the brother’s 21st birthday party. I was there as a guest having been to see Amy Winehouse at Brixton Academy earlier that evening - but sadly Kate wasn’t at the party.
 


Papak

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Jul 11, 2003
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jcdenton08 said:
Not quite the same, but I work in the arts and have become friendly with some pretty well known names - never talk shop though. Based on my experience, most of the time the last thing famous actors want to talk about is their work.

If you praise their work/show deference it can change a whole dynamic from a friendship situation to a fan one, and that just makes everyone uncomfortable. It can be hard when internally you’re slightly fan-boying out and want to gush about their performance or ask questions about the time they were in such and such, but it’s really not the done thing so it’s best to stick to the weather and holidays.
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Does this extend to include the YouTuber @Han Solo ?
 




pasty

pasty

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Jul 5, 2003
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A relation of Rod Stewart works in my office. Never gets mentioned. Think he’s a cousin or nephew.

Also had Mike Husseys brother-in-law working there a few years ago, but being a cricket mad Aussie he used to go on about it all the time.
 




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