A Far Cry from Doing Shakespeare

September 28, 2012 3:55 PM

While receiving a good-size paycheck, the actor behind a successful brand character enters a state of existential limbo. He is famous yet anonymous. His face is everywhere, yet his name is largely unknown ... At the same time, for the rest of his life, he will be saddled with the character and treated in public, at conventions, on the street, in the grocery store, like a windup toy. Pull string, say tag line. He is branded for life.
posted by bayani (3 comments total)

He did it twice in one day.
posted by crunchland at 3:57 PM on September 28, 2012

Double from earlier today, actually.
posted by koeselitz at 3:57 PM on September 28, 2012

I don't often brand myself for life, but when I do, it's for a lousy beer.
posted by michaelh at 3:58 PM on September 28, 2012