Full report, clarification and details about the most amazing day/night ever below! Just a warning this may get very long but I am such a high right now I don’t even care :)

OKAY! So the autograph line was INSANE, thankfully we had tickets that got us near the front so that was incredibly helpful. It was very fast and there wasn’t much more than a quick “thank you Heidi”, a quick look at those beautiful blues and that amazing hair before we were moved along. If you’re interested in seeing what I got signed you can see that here.

After that was photos, again it was super quick and my best friend and I had a photo together and separate and when it came to both of us he said “ooh double trouble!” and we died a little inside.

Later on was his panel, which we managed to somehow luckily get into the second row right next to where he entered. The panel was amazing, even though it was hot and we had to open the doors for ventilation. He also went to grab his wine and said “oh shit! Something’s fallen in my wine!” when a bug had fallen in it, which was hilarious. There was copious amounts of swearing and waffling of course, and he gave the most touching recount of his first meeting with Stephen Hawking. Someone asked him if he’d work with Simon Pegg again after what he did and before the girl could finish asking the question he yelled “NO!” but then laughed it off and said he would absolutely love to work with any of the Star Trek cast again. Hopefully the video will become available in the near future.

Now. Here comes the ohmygoddidthisreallyhappen part. We had a meet and greet but his autograph line was so huge that it was about 40 minutes late, which we were all totally fine with of course! He must have been exhausted so it was lovely that he decided to keep signing until he had done everyone. There were 50 of us and we were divided into groups of 10, and put at a table with wine and cheese. I was the first one into the room and sat at the back corner, and when someone tried to sit next to me one of the staff said not to sit there, because that’s where Benedict was going to sit.

I was just like OHMYGODWHAAAAAAAT!? So we all got chatting and drinking and then Ben walks in to a huge cheer and he brought two of the Hobbit dwarves (Stephen and John) with him! Being a huge Hobbit fan I was ecstatic about this, and the first guest to sit with us was John Callen. He was lovely and chatted about all kinds of things, and demonstrated meeting Prince William using my hand. Next was Stephen Hunter, he was so nice and let us all take a look at his Hobbit ring which all of the dwarves had made as a momento. Then, there was the batch. At this stage he was just wearing his white T-shirt, (he had awesome polka dot socks btw) and he came over with nibbles and a wine glass. He was literally 10cm away from me, I couldn’t believe my luck! He asked if we had any questions so I asked him about Malaysia, which he said he adored and he spoke a bit about The Lost City of Z and how he’ll be filming in a similar climate. I also asked him about if he liked certain cars and he spoke about his childhood cars, voicing for Jaguar and driving a bike in London. He also said how he felt like this was much better than the photos and auto sessions for having a real conversation, and I mentioned that I’d never been to something like this but was really enjoying myself, and he smiled and said “oh that’s so good!” He made sure to look the person who he was talking to right in the eye, (in this case me eek!) and it was incredibly engaging. After that one of the other lovely girls on my table asked about the drunk scene in Sherlock, and he laughed and said most of it was improvised, but they really had done that rumoured gay club scene and he wished it had made the cut. He also gave us a little bit of his Sherlock in this deleted scene and it was hilarious, I can’t believe I actually got to see his drunk Sherlock with my own eyes like what!? Then as quick as a flash he was off to the next table, but not before we tried to yell the loudest CHEERS! And we all clinked wine glasses.

As he left we all waved like crazy, he blew us kisses and gave us one of his shoddy hand heart things, it was the beeeeest.

Best. Day. Ever. I met the most amazing people and we had so much fun together! I feel incredibly privileged to have experienced this amazing opportunity and I truly, truly hope you all get to meet this wonderful, kind, and patient man. As always I am happy to answer any questions or give further context/clarification.

EDIT: On Sunday I went to the con again and had Benedict sign this amazing piece of artwork. He remembered me from the night before, which was just crazy awesome! At the end of the day over 2000 people attended his panel, which I talk a little bit about here :)