Payton Ewalt - Supplemental Post #1

 

Last week I had the most wonderful opportunity to meet Clea DuVall during one of my work shifts. I work in the theaters on campus in the projection booth, and while the classes I work for often have crew members as guests, it’s not often that I’m able to meet a star whom I really admire and who’s work was a part of helping me form my identity. To be completely honest, you’re not really supposed to be noticed as a projectionist until there’s a problem, so I kept my head down as I went my normal route through the class to give the professor her microphone. It wasn’t until I was up by the stage that I saw her and I had a complete meltdown (not really, but it felt like it). When I confirmed with the professor that I wasn’t just seeing things, she offered to introduce me to her (which I declined, but she insisted on doing it).

The conversation I made with her was probably
awful and I’m embarrassed she had to sit there and listen to my nervous yapping. They say not to meet your idols, but I was so glad to have met her because she was absolutely the sweetest person I could’ve ever hoped to meet. Before running away back into the booth, I asked for her autograph after we screened the pilot of her latest series and she graciously agreed.

After her Q&A, I ran down from the booth with my notebook and caught her before she left. When she saw me, she recognized me and said “I was looking for you before I left!” I think my heart melted right then and there. I think she could’ve asked me to do anything and I would’ve done it. I gushed to her more about how influential her work was for me and she wrote me the sweetest note that I’ll save forever. Time to rewatch Happiest Season just for this interaction!


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