Arrive the evening prior to Dunst's events, find my free parking spot, and sleep. Wake up and it's off to the first spot for Dunst. I failed not only on her but on actress Leah remini as well since they both did no ops going in. For exits Dunst snuck out and I didn't stick around for Leah but heard she snuck out as well.
Went to the next spot for Dunst. As she leaves some go inside the building and get a shades shot. Outside I scream and beg to no avail though I do manage to get an autograph.
On to another spot for Dunst where I actually go inside and attend the talk (was painful to see her so close knowing we couldn't ask for a photo). Tried to wait inside for her to leave but they said we could not do that! So had to go outside with the mob scene where no shock, she wouldn't stop! This spot wasn't a complete waste though. I got actor Holt McCallany and a group shot with the Ghostbrothers (though the latter is pure pokemon). Holt was super nice and did it for all going in. Actor Lee Pace stopped for people leaving but I had a good shot and he was wearing shades so I had no need to fight the crowd for a downgrade. Here are shots of me being miserable as Dunst leaves.
On to the next spot for Dunst! At this spot was also actor Adam DeVine whom I know best from the movie "Isn't It Romantic" starring Rebel Wilson.
As Adam goes in he blanks but I yell to him "ON THE WAY OUT?" to which he responds by giving a thumbs up. Dunst blanks leaving and Adam true to his word stops.
After leaving this spot I see that a strip club has a grand opening and there's porn stars and sports stars. I see Dennis Rodman but I'm unable to get a shot. it's ok I have a couple of good shots with him. I get a few porn stars and I get an update with football player Lawrence Taylor. Apparently his manager appeared in the ring on camera at Wrestlemania 11 so I got a photo op with him. Got football player Ottis Anderson and failed on basketball player Robert Horry (it's ok he's pure pokemon).
Unfortunately while I was here I get a PUNCH as I hear that Dunst did shades shots for everyone waiting at her hotel! Shades was better than anything I had. So this was painful.
With this news, I leave the strip club grand opening to try for Jake Gyllenhaal. I got him before but he has a horrid beard in my shot. With reports of him doing clean shaven shots with the crowd, I had to go get one. After all he is clean shaven in Donnie Darko, my favorite Jake movie. The spot gets crowded pretty quickly but thankfully I manage to score Jake and also actor Tom Sturridge correcting my invalid shot from a few years ago.
I then try to get actor Aaron Tveit but instead get one of the barely valids in his show because he signs but does no ops. Even tried to ask him away from the crowd as he entered his car but to no avail. Then joined Greg at another spot. Had the names at that spot but I just went to chill as there was nothing else to do. I got another shot with Jon Seda.
Adam DeVine
Jake Gyllenhaal
Autograph
Full list of photo ops
With the dust settled and night done, I had to figure out my next move for Dunst. I had her hotel info, so that's a start. It was 3am so I decided to try and obtain her flight information. 10 minutes later I succeeded in that! So now I had a choice. Do I wait at her hotel for her to leave to the airport? Or do I just try at the airport. After much internal deliberation I figured I know for a fact she stops at her hotel as she did just hours ago. But I have no idea how she is at airports. To boot, the flight was early so next to zero chance any NYC hoards would be waiting for her.
I find free parking a few blocks from her hotel, I would be joined by Vanessa the Jersey Shore Stalker, take a nap, wake up, and start waiting earlier than needed. Finally a car shows up and eventually she comes out. What I encountered here was the sweetest lady ever! Nothing like she was the previous day. Happily did photo ops as she said we deserved it for waiting so early. And here I scored my main goal! One that has eluded me for years!
Later on that day I scored free parking at mid town and waited for Vanessa Carlton. Sadly never saw her. No idea if she went in another way or took the day off because it was her birthday. Then I would join Greg for a spot for actress Maika Monroe. This would be a productive spot because I would get her, I would get her boyfriend Joe Keery of Stranger Things fame, and two directors. At this spot was Michael Turney from the 1990 TMNT movie whom somehow Greg spotted despite no photos existing the past 3 decades and him sporting a hat and beard! Sadly he shot down Greg for ops earlier so I didn't bother going up to him based on the interaction that was described to me.
My final spot in NYC would be for actress Kaitlyn Black. Thankfully as Greg dropped me off, I ran, and she came out like 2 minutes later! She was nice as can be. This ended my time in NYC as I would head over to Cherry Hill for Monstermania!
Kirsten Dunst
Maika Monroe
Full list of photo ops
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