I wasn't planning on meeting Sean Astin at Amsterdam Comic Con. Sean Astin was doing a Q&A at Amsterdam Comic Con together with Sylvester McCoy. It was a paid Q&A. I knew Liv wanted to go.(O hell yeah!) So I wanted to have seen the movies to get the Q&A a bit better haha. And to actually know Sean Astin for his roles. So I also watched the Goonies and Click. Sylvester McCoy played Radagast in "The Hobbit" and because of that the Q&A was renamed to Tolkien talk. I sure as hell did not want to miss that.

I have to tell you: I never know absolutely which actors I want an autograph or photo op from. No matter how much I like someone on a movie or series: If it just doesn't feel 'right' for me, I won't get the autograph. Now might 'feeling right' sound a bit strong. It's hard to describe. When I see an actor or actress on a convention or in a Q&A, I see the person. Not only the roles they played anymore. Of course the actor/ actress is at work so still is in some kind of a role. Still, you get the see the persons behind these roles a little bit. And sometimes.. I just don't feel a thing. I don't feel a connection, or can't relate. That can happen. That actually happened to us at FACTS this year. Laurie Holden (known for her role as Andrea in "The Walking Dead") was announced as a guest and before the Q&A I really wanted to go and get an autograph or a photo op. But during the Q&A it just didn't captivate us. I don't know if she had a bad day or something, but we just weren't that enthusiastic anymore, so we did not do it. No I won't go for an autograph then. It's not a problem. I don't want the autograph/ photo just for itself: But mainly so I can meet this person. Not the character they play. And it can happen the other way around. Even if I'm not familiar with an actor, or wasn't sure before the con: I can suddenly get the feeling I want to meet them. So to finally come to what i want to say: I loved their Q&A. And I was truly interested in what they had to say. And I felt like getting a photo op.

We will get back to that later, but first let's talk about the Q&A. From the moment Sean and Sylvester got on stage it was chaos. I mean chaos in a good way (as you can see on the picture). They were very vibrant and had great chemistry. The Q&A area was in the same hall as the wrestling stage and they made a lot of noise (which was quite annoying).