I've never understood why anyone would say the actors do it 'for the love of the fans'. That's ridiculous - I love my job, but I wouldn't give precious weekends to do it for free. Why should I?
Anyone who has been to a con is aware that the guests make a fortune. It doesn't make it any less fun.
I'm with you on this. Conventions are a business, and probably a means to get by for many older genre actors, who might not drown in lucrative acting gigs. Stephen and the other CW actors work twelve-hour shifts five days a week. Appearing at a conventions means that they have to sacrifice a weekend that they could have spent at home with their families/significant others/friends, so why shouldn't they make some money from it?
However, I also think it's a source of personal satisfaction to talk about your character/show and meet fans who really appreciate your work, otherwise I don't believe that actors would have the stamina to spend long hours at these conventions. Other actors, like EBR or Grant Gustin prefer to do something less stressful in their free time, and that's OK as well.
My impression is that Stephen Amell loves interacting with his fans (otherwise he wouldn't do the FB videos or engage in all his various FB projects). Furthermore, he is promoting the show in a way that goes far beyond what could be expected of an actor (especially someone with a wife and a small child). So, I don't begrudge him the extra dollars he makes from conventions and other projects.
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Shooting-Star15
8 years ago
My impression is that Stephen Amell loves interacting with his fans (otherwise he wouldn't do the FB videos or engage in all his various FB projects). Furthermore, he is promoting the show in a way that goes far beyond what could be expected of an actor (especially someone with a wife and a small child). So, I don't begrudge him the extra dollars he makes from conventions and other projects.
He prefers chasing money to spending weekends with his small child and wife, who he barely sees a year?
Quality man.
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kullagulla-84456
8 years ago
He prefers chasing money to spending weekends with his small child and wife, who he barely sees a year?
Quality man.
Judging by his social media, Stephen spends quite a lot of time with his daughter, probably more than many men with a less demanding work schedule. I don't think it's necessary to believe that any of the "Arrow" actors are in any way perfect human beings. On the other hand, I haven't seen anything that would suggest that SA isn't a "quality man" when it comes to his commitment to his family.
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rocket895
8 years ago
He works hard, including weekends at cons, in part to support his family, and provide them with a pretty comfortable life by the looks of things. He's talked in the past about finding the balance between time spent away from them, and the desire to work hard to provide for them.
And besides, they often join him in traveling to the cons themselves and he has time off in the week often - he doesn't work a 9-5 Monday - Friday job.
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Lokisgodhi
8 years ago
Cons are a old age pension for a lot of actors who are no longer being hired for acting parts.
Reputedly Angelique Pettyjohn from Star Trek, Gamesters of the Triskelion, was able to stop doing porn when she started doing cons in the late 80s.
kullagulla-84456 wrote:
I'm with you on this. Conventions are a business, and probably a means to get by for many older genre actors, who might not drown in lucrative acting gigs.
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fin1916
8 years ago
Cons are a old age pension for a lot of actors who are no longer being hired for acting parts.
Chyler Leigh's brother Chris makes a living out of it .
He was in Power Rangers in Space
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