This time I went as Xena with Sean as Jack Sparrow. I was really pleasantly surprised by the crowds reaction to me what with Xena not being on the screen for a while. I had loads of photo's taken and had a couple of very excited fans jumping up and down when they saw me!
Great to see the spirit of Xena continuing out there with fans showing their appreciation of me.
Met some really great people and some of the stars were just great! Had to have my piccie taken with the only actor with a Xena connection at the event, Tony Todd who played Cecrops.
Scary bloke but nice too! He said he enjoyed watching Xena climb the ropes from below!! cheeky
Other actors that were really lovely was Neil Dickson who played Biggles in the 80's movie what a gent. Anthony Montgomery from Star Trek Enterprise was just lovely and very friendly, chatted with him for a while. The kind of guy you could imagine being mates with. Catherine Schell from Space 1999 and Return of the Pink Panther remembered us from last Mem and invited us to go horse riding with her in France! How cool is that! Mitch Pileggi who plays Skinner from the X files was very nice and complimented me on how much I looked liked Lucy. He said he was great friends with her and that he had seen several Xena impersonators at similar type of events and how I was the closest he had seen! Wow great compliment! Another nice meeting was with Deborah Moore, Roger Moores daughter who I worked with on a film called Merlin several years ago with Jason Connery. We chatted about the film, she was very nice and friendly, it was lovely to see her again.
There were so many cool things over the weekend, had a piccie in a Back to the Future car, one coming out of a Tardis with the Doctor to name a few. I may put some other pics up on my My Space page in the next few weeks will let you know if I do.
As ever had a great time at Mem with the family G and Sean and to finish off a great photo of us with Warwick Davis and family our new found friends
Until the next one!
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( 3 / 278 )Well here we are again 3rd time around, Movie Mania 3. I remember the first one where I played an Alien in the Alien Encounter for the whole weekend! I missed the second one due to work but thankfully I was free for this one. The event had star signings by Dave Prowse (Darth Vader) Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Jerome Blake (several Star Wars characters) Warwick Davis (Wicket plus several other characters) and Trevor Steedman (Pvt. Wierzbowski) from the film Aliens.
The UKG as ever was out in force supported by the UKCM (Alien Legacy guys) and the Replica Prop Boards with an amazing display of real and re-production props and costumes.
The welcome return of the Alien Encounter went down well and was busy all day long scaring the heck out of all who dared to enter. I started the day as Dark Phoenix with Seans Wolverine, after lunch we changed and both took part in the Alien Encounter.
As ever it was a great experience and made all the better by all those taking part in it. It was great to wear the Alien costume again in the best surroundings that there can be. This time around at one point there was 5 aliens! After the last public tour of the day 3 of us in our alien costumes went outside escorted by some of the colonial marines. We joined other characters outside and were mobbed by the crowds! People cautiously edged towards us to have their photo taken with us. There was also a very special treat for the UKG as well as the public, something which has never happened before and a first not just for the Garrison but a first anywhere. The actor Jeremey Bulloch who played Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi had secretly slipped away for a surprise. Members of the bounty hunter forum "The Dented Helmet" had pooled together and made Jeremey his own Boba Fett costume. In the changing room a surprise presentation was announced that required everyones attention, as Teri the UKG CO handed over to "Mark" who was dressed as Fett, he removed his helmet to reveal Jeremey in the Fett costume! Well you can see the reaction here "Jeremey's Reveal" He then spent the next hour or so trooping as Boba Fett! What a top bloke, he is so lovely!
Another reason why I enjoyed this troop was my good friend Big Tony, I helped him get his costume together so he could get involved with the UKG. This was his first troop and he was dressed as Indiana Jone's dad from the third Indy film The Last Crusade. He went down a storm with the UKG and the public and even made the Leicester Mercury website! Check him out Indy's Dad 4th image on the page.
Well a big thanks goes to all who made this event happen and here's hoping we will do it all again next year. As ever thanks to Sean for trooping with me and making a crackin tag team!
Thanks to Mike Watters for the Alien photo and Samantha Jones of the Jeremy Photo's.
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( 2.9 / 238 )The Help for Heroes day held at Hindlip Hall, near Worcester, had parachute display teams, helicopters and bomb disposal teams entertaining thousands of people who attended, along with a number of special guests, including some brave soldiers who were themselves injured in action.
Organisers believe they have doubled the number of visitors they had at last year’s event, with an estimated 12,000 people turning up, helping to raise about £40,000 over the day for the charity.
Also on display were emergency service vehicles, tanks, helicopters and an amazing fly over by a Spitfire. The UKG were there in support for this very worthy cause, with Darth Vader, Stormtroopers, Vaders Aprentice, Batman and Sean and myself as Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann. The UKG members themselves raised over £650 with their collection tins aided by the cadets who followed us around.
We had a brilliant time at this event, were well looked after by the organisers and was humbled meeting the injured servicemen. Speaking to the soldiers it brings it home what these lads go through over there in Iraq and Afganistan and they should be supported by us all. It was a pleasure to support this event!
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( 2.6 / 171 )Every year The Great River Boat Race is held on the Thames over a 22 mile course starting at Ham in Richmond and ending at the Isle of
s. This year they changed the direction of the race making Ham the finish and the Isle of s the start. The UKG had been invited along through Medicinema to add a bit more character! At the start of the race Darth Vader and several Stormtroopers over looked the proceedings and saw the racers off at the start.
At the finish line some cannons were laid on to greet the rowers as they crossed the line. Sean and myself were there as Jack and Elizabeth letting off the cannons throughout the afternoon. 2 lovely chaps who were in charge of the cannons looked after us and re-loaded the cannons. Sean and I arrived at the finish ahead of time, kitted and ready for the first boats. The rest of the Garrison guys were to meet us there once they had been at the start of the race. Due to very heavy traffic it took them over an hour and a half to arrive and kitted up quickly to catch the rest of the show! The crowds where entertained with live bands and live coverage on a large outdoor screen, beer tent and stalls. The UKG were very well received and were kept busy with photos opportunities. Sean and I had a great time firing the cannons, listening to the salsa bands and basking in the sun. A very enjoyable troop in a lovely setting.
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( 3 / 191 )This amazing show featured an extensive selection of Oscar-winning composer John Williams' unforgettable scores from all six Star Wars movies in an extraordinary two-hour musical event that featured scenes from the movies, live narration by Anthony Daniels and, at the O2, the 86-piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and choir.
The live multi-media performance also included an exhibition of memorabilia from all six films, provided by the Lucasfilm Archives, including original models, props, costumes and production artwork.
Photo taken by Diz of the UKG
As ever the UKG were there for both nights, I attended the Saturday and was lucky enough to catch the first half of the performance. It was truely amazing to hear the music live with the choir. There are plenty of clips on Youtube if you wish to get an idea of what it was like, I have added a link to one, just a random clip as I didn't film it YouTube clip
Throughout the build up to the evenings entertainment the UKG were kept very busy by the fans wanting photos and were swamped before and after the event. Near the end of it I have to admit I had had enough and was pretty weary. It was a great troop and great to get a chance to see some of it first hand too!
Great to be able to retire to the hotel and rest for the evening and take a leisurely drive home the next morning!
Top troop and company and as ever thanks to Sean.
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