W (Part 2)

 W (Part2) 

And so we arrive, alphabetically speaking, at the end of this journey thorough my convention photo album, remembering those I met along the way.  Thanks for sticking with it. 

Today we recall meeting:

Peter Weller

Gemma Whelan

Billy Dee Williams

Mary Wiseman

Rupert Young

 

Peter Weller

The star of RoboCop (1987) and later to join the Star Trek universe as Admiral Marcus in Star Trek:Into Darkness, he has a career spanning film and TV both in front of and behind the camera. The photo shoot took forever to get set up and then it was one of those where you were pushed in one side and pulled out of the other. Mr Weller seemed nice enough in the few seconds I was in his company. 

Gemma Whelan

This was one of those rare occasions for me, at a convention, where I took my photo to be signed. Purely because I wanted to chat to Gemma Whelan about her performance in the Pinter play, A Slight Ache, which I’d recently seen her in. Most everyone else was there yattering on about Game of Thrones but as soon as I mentioned her theatre work…this is a story I’ve told before. Real actors love it when you talk about theatre. She was utterly wonderful. 

Billy Dee Williams

A legend. Now past his 80th year. Infirm and unresponsive. Sitting there with a smile on his face, not even noticing who was standing beside him. Was he there for the fans? I don’t know. Sad. 

Mary Wiseman

I think Mary Wiseman’s work on Star Trek:Discovery is quite brilliant. That she had received so much abuse from so called fans makes me angry for her. I found her to be quiet and polite and I made sure I told her that in my opinion she was bloody wonderful. I think she appreciated that. 

Rupert Young

Not a household name perhaps, his biggest TV break probably playing Sir Leon in Merlin for 39 episodes. Again, it was for his theatre work that I’d specifically booked to meet him. Again, there was no queue. Again, I was able to chat away for ages and discovered Mr Young seemed a lovely man. 

I specifically enjoyed chatting with him about his performance as C K Dexter Haven in The Old Vic’s  2015 production of High Society. Of course since then, he has reached a bigger and perhaps younger audience, with his work on Dear Evan Hansen. Nice to finish off the alphabet with a nice memory.

Next week a special entry, you’ll have to pop back one more time to find out what that is.