![Richard & Famous: The Man Who’s Been Photographed With 2,000 Celebrities
“To date [Richard Simpkin] has been snapped with more than 2,000 famous people, and over the years has developed a professional detachment. He sees that he gets to his celebrities, even if that means keeping his cool while fighting through a hundred-strong crowd of girls screaming because they’ve caught sight of Robert Pattinson (‘I don’t do that every time otherwise I’d be in a mental home’), or, where possible, thinking laterally. ‘Would he go to the zoo?’ he says. ‘Would he go to the beach?’”
When he couldn’t get near Keanu Reeves, he tracked him to the airport. ‘I’m always polite. There’s a respect between me and the celebrity.’ But he couldn’t control the elderly passerby he dragooned into taking the photo. ‘You look very grumpy,’ said the man to the actor. ‘I want a big smile out of you.’ Reeves didn’t smile.”
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Richard & Famous: The Man Who’s Been Photographed With 2,000 Celebrities
“To date [Richard Simpkin] has been snapped with more than 2,000 famous people, and over the years has developed a professional detachment. He sees that he gets to his celebrities, even if that means keeping his cool while fighting through a hundred-strong crowd of girls screaming because they’ve caught sight of Robert Pattinson (‘I don’t do that every time otherwise I’d be in a mental home’), or, where possible, thinking laterally. ‘Would he go to the zoo?’ he says. ‘Would he go to the beach?’”
When he couldn’t get near Keanu Reeves, he tracked him to the airport. ‘I’m always polite. There’s a respect between me and the celebrity.’ But he couldn’t control the elderly passerby he dragooned into taking the photo. ‘You look very grumpy,’ said the man to the actor. ‘I want a big smile out of you.’ Reeves didn’t smile.”
[Richard & Famous, via The Guardian]
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