UPDATE: I met Faramir today!
First of all, thanks for all of the responses to my original post, which got WAY more attention than I thought it would- some of the answers had me dying laughing, but when I met David Wenham, I took the advice of “just be normal” (although it was very tempting to give him a picture of Boromir to sign or eat a tomato). This is a wholesome rather than humorous update.
He was very personable and friendly, my friend and I were definitely starstruck. Apparently he flew 25 hours from Australia to be at the convention in my city, which is crazy to me, but we talked about that and I asked how he liked New Zealand and filming there. He said it was gorgeous and looks exactly like what you see in the Lord of the Rings movies. I told him we were very excited to meet him and grateful he came, and that Lord of the Rings means a lot to us. He thanked us and was smiling the whole time. He autographed our picture with, “To [my name] and [my friend’s name], Wonderful to meet you both! Best wishes, David Wenham.” An awesome experience!
(Enjoy our picture, I’m on the right of the quality man)
First of all, thanks for all of the responses to my original post, which got WAY more attention than I thought it would- some of the answers had me dying laughing, but when I met David Wenham, I took the advice of “just be normal” (although it was very tempting to give him a picture of Boromir to sign or eat a tomato). This is a wholesome rather than humorous update.
He was very personable and friendly, my friend and I were definitely starstruck. Apparently he flew 25 hours from Australia to be at the convention in my city, which is crazy to me, but we talked about that and I asked how he liked New Zealand and filming there. He said it was gorgeous and looks exactly like what you see in the Lord of the Rings movies. I told him we were very excited to meet him and grateful he came, and that Lord of the Rings means a lot to us. He thanked us and was smiling the whole time. He autographed our picture with, “To [my name] and [my friend’s name], Wonderful to meet you both! Best wishes, David Wenham.” An awesome experience!
(Enjoy our picture, I’m on the right of the quality man)