Thanks to @kiwi_all_blacks who reposted this on Twitter – a new sighting of Richard!!! So, the holidays are over, the new year is beginning.
Can you see the embed? Just in case, here’s the Instagram post as a screen shot:
We note: Richard is back in black – is that his ski jacket from “the top of the world”? The cap gets a dry “no comment” from me, but I welcome the half-stubble/half-shrubbery look.
And I look forward to whatever we will get to see from the premiere of The Lodge. First trailer? A few stills with Richard in them? Panels and interviews? Please please please…
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Oh, thanks for the link love 😉
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The Lodge is supposed to view on Saturday night at 6 pm according to Sundance website (I think so) so hopefully he will get some skiing in. Nice reception there at baggage claim!!
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Not even arrived yet, and already at work, pen in hand… Poor man… But yeah, sounds as if he may have some time for skiing.
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Yeah I mean I get he got bombarded and that wasn’t very etiquette wise nice but in a way it is flattering that he would get descended on by fans and photogs(proper term?) His cap-what is on it? Looks a bit grungey from the back. He has a little napey curl going on too. I like the stubbly beard too.
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No, I don’t think he or we need to take it as flattery. Getting off a 10-hour flight, I’d want my bags and nothing else. But maybe it’s a Sundance thing. Idk.
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Da bin ich ganz bei dir. Am Gepäckband, echt, muss das sein?! Wahrscheinlich denkt er sich: Wär ich doch bloß nur mit Handgepäck geflogen.
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Well, attention is flattering – but I think this is not just attention but also demands…
Does it say something on his cap? (I never look too closely – I hate those baseball hats with a passion. I think they look silly on a grown-up.)
Had to look again to check for that nape curl. LOL – eagle eye Michele. That’s a baby nape curl there 😉
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hahahaha if you only knew Guylty! I don’t know about the cap saying either. Listen for someone who has been under the radar for awhile that kind of a reception is big I think! He is ever gracious too!!
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Well then, maybe you are right and that is why he is happily signing everything that is held out to him…
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I totally understand why it would be appalling etiquette wise to thrust stuff in his face after 10 hours on a plane but playing devil’s advocate here to be greeted by a throng of people I assume know who you are Thorin King Under The Mountain has got to be an ego booster and a nice recognition start to this Festival esp if he has been out of the loop or hiding underground for a bit..
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Am I the only one who admires his patience? Yes, I know it’s part of being famous, but I don’t think I’d ever accost anyone in a situation like that.
‘Sorry, just trying to get my stuff here…’
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How are these autograph hunters even getting in there? Or is the baggage claim not a restricted area?
And yes, I would *never* even *dare* to do that to a celeb. Poor baby is trying to please everyone, as usual…
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Baggage claims are generally not restricted access here in the States, at least in any of the many airports I’ve been in since 9/11. With any event like Sundance, autograph hunters, paparazzi and fans will know well in advance that tons of talent will be arriving throughout the days and nights leading up, so they will be in wait. I’d never be able to join a scrum like that myself, not with so many other people in an unorganized situation, and, as you say, when the object of adoration would certainly want to get the hell out of there. I would WANT to, without doubt, but couldn’t bring myself to do it. I bet he wonders at times if even Hobbit money is worth the neverending pestering. But bless his kind, patient heart. (Granted, after I finally reveal how I met Keanu, no one is ever going to take me seriously about not pestering a celebrity crush. But…but…my sister and I were the only ones to approach him that first time and we had a lovely chat with him and his mum about the art exhibitions. Really.)
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I can’t wait to hear that whole Keanu story LoLo – it sounds most intrigiuing.
And really, the baggage claim is in the public part of the airport in the US? But but but that is not very security-conscious??? Anyway, fully agree, however much I always wish I had more courage as a fan (and muscle my way through the throng or right up to the stage door and actually make some coherent demands and insist on a conversation with RA), in the end I actually do think that it is unfair to ignore the privacy of a celebrity.
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guessing the autograph hunters fly in from somewhere too and probably hang round baggage claim all day
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LOL some people will stop at nothing…
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Lolo, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when you and your sis met Keanu and his mum. Wow!!
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I am slightly amazed that he had so many people interested in his autograph. Remember all those photos of him strolling through airports nonchalantly and seemingly alone and undisturbed? Maybe he’s getting more “known”. Or maybe like Rachel said, celebrities are arriving constantly and people can stake the place out. The SLC airport is pretty small and it would be easy to do, but probably super boring waiting around.
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Maybe it only takes one person in the know to say “see that non-descript guy there who is trying to look inconspicuous with his olive green cap? That’s actually hot-as-hell Richard Armitage, he of the famous peaches and ovary-obliterating smoulders. He played Thorin in The Hobbit. I think he’s worth asking for an autograph.” And boom – all 25 other autograph scavengers will follow, like a pack of vultures.
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I agree. Many people also sell the autographs. They’ll get what they can.
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And case in point: the Instagram account where the photo came from, is exactly that. Professional autograph hunters/sellers.
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Guylty one of the well I guess benefits of Twitter is that knowledge/info spread like wildfire so if someone is posting a sighting of him at Salt Lake City airport and fans already know he is descending there at some point soon boom a crowd doesn’t take long to form. Personally unless I had a bottle of whiskey or wine in me and you all by my side I could not waltz up to him and say” The Armitage I need you to sign this for me and can you take a selfie with us also? ” I would pass out I think… from him … from the whiskey or wine … or maybe from all of the above..
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Yep. And the people in the photo really looked like a bunch of pros to me.
LOL on your Armitage encounter scenario 😉
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If I could write like LoLo does I would have it made!! My imagination works better than my mouth…
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Great! I only wish it were a picture from the front.
As for the hat,, I’ve come to the conclusion that it must hide a large-ish bald spot. Wearing the cap is less work than trying to get the hairpiece in place and looking stylish — unless you have a hairdresser by your side. I’d like to see what he looks like without the cap. I bet he’d look just fine, even with a bald spot.
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OMG, Sue, ouch ouch ouch… I am so naive, I never think of things like that, but that is a logical conclusion – and I suspect it is also a strategy that is used by many a man…
BTW, I just can’t shake that visual now “trying to get that hairpiece into place” 😂
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Sorry to share that with you… I was also naively thinking he just likes baseball caps and has a weird bouffant hairstyle sometimes. But I think I was Serv who suggested the idea to me. I felt like I’d been punched in the gut at the time (couple of months ago) because I hadn’t even thought of it. Like when I discovered the whole nose job discussion. But I’m reconciled to both now.
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LOL – yeah, punch in the gut is right. But don’t worry, I am not going to cry myself to sleep over this. It’s one of life’s inevitabilities, and I know that the state of the follicular condition has been discussed… Plus – anything that makes the demi-god a little bit more human, is fine with me.
Still love you, Rich xxx
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Yup. Things certainly change as one gets older and you can’t stop it, only make the best of it and maybe even embrace it. How much harder, though, when how you look impacts the jobs you get, so significantly.
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Very true. But then again that also means he has other things at his disposal than we have… So it’s all relative and it all balances out…
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Like taking a helicopter to the top of the mountain while mere mortals ski lift and slough their way there!!!
Nose job?? What nose job??? (HMMMMMM)
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And we know he definitely likes heli-skiing… Because he did so in NZ…
And you are joking about the nose job, aren’t you? He definitely had his proboscis done about 4 years ago…
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Yep I am joking about the peak being done but I don’t know why he would unless he had bad sinus issues or deviated septum. And that would put it in 2014-15 wasn’t; he uber busy then ? He should watch Botched! a TV show in US that would scare him straight on plastic surgery.
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Yep, it was during a busy period – which is why I didn’t believe it for a long time. But I think it is beyond doubt that the shape of his nose is different to what it used to be…
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I didn’t believe it at first… I didn’t want to think of him as being vain. But the more you look, the more obvious it is.
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Sue do you think it is less bulgey or less curvy?
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It used to be kind of hooked downwards and there used to be a bump. All very straight and pointy now.
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So I wonder if he had a deviated septum and got it fixed for that or you think it was all cosmetic for looks? Why would he wait until he’s in his 40s to do that if it was for looks only?
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I think it was to make him look more like a typical leading man, for roles. My guess.
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Well, we know that he was *always* unhappy with his nose, judging by the comments he made over the years about his looks. I guess he only did it in his 40s because a cosmetic procedure is a costly investment – and a) you need to have the money for it, and b) you need to be sure that the investment will pay off (in terms of leading men/love interest/pretty boy roles). It’s up for debate whether it did…
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Do you think it has paid off? If he could afford to buy a flat in London in 06 you would think he could have his nose tweaked then too? 😉🤔
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Two things: a) I don’t think it was his priority then. He probably just wanted to consolidate his finances. And a house is an investment that always pays off. b) I have a sneaking suspicion that cosmetic surgery might have been seen critically in the UK. So it took moving to the US – where cosmetic surgery is probably a daily occurrence for film industry people – for him to commit to such an invasive procedure. Just conjecture, of course!
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Ah that sounds logical!! You are probably spot on!!
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I know. That whole vanity thing is such a sore spot with me. Not to mention that it is completely subjective whether the pointy nose is prettier than the aquiline nose. But ok, the business and being bankable and all… I didn’t like it when it was new, but over time I got used to it. (Hardship 😂)
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Yes, the many hours of staring at his face has been such a chore!🤣
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We should be reimbursed.
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Paid in kisses?
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Definitely in kind. And by the master himself.
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“It was Serv” not “I was Serv”! Lol.
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*sniggers* I assumed 😉
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Sue I didn’t know about the hair plugs or balding spot either but maybe he likes baseball caps, a lot of men do… going for that 25 year old look again!!
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Well, we’re guessing of course. But now that I’ve focused in on the idea that the weird hair in Oceans 8 and Berlin Station might be a hairpiece, I can’t get it out of my mind! My hubby wears baseball caps, but only when his hair looks weird when he first gets up and he has to walk the dog.
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His hair was weird in O8 yep I don’t mind baseball caps on guys I do mind if the rest of the outfit looks like they wanna to be 25 again 🤣😉
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His father and older brother both have a good head of hair I shouldn’t worry about him balding anytime soon if it appears thin it is just ‘ hair products’ providing texture..
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En cette saison, une casquette en laine (irlandaise ou écossaise), un bonnet de ski norvégien à pompon, un bonnet péruvien multicolore, voire même une chapka russe avec de la fourrure seraient plus indiqués.
Je lui offrirais bien volontiers une de mes réalisations au crochet des années 1970! C’étaient des bonnets à rayures concentriques multicolores. Très faciles à réaliser, je partais du sommet. De plus, j’utilisais des restes de pelotes de laine disparates. J’avais du mal à faire un tour entier de la même couleur. Le summum de la ringardise et du mauvais goût aujourd’hui! Cela ressemblait à cette vidéo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Syg4j2gfWsE , sans oublier le pompon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4KsSWi-BY . A vos crochets!
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Question couleur et finition, cette vidéo est plus fidèle à mes travaux d’adolescente: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYgI44aMDNs
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That’s a sweet little hat, Squirrel. I think my children wore those when they were babies…
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Ugh! Outlaw Hobbies. They are definitely in it for the money. I’ve seen their RA offerings before on eBay. Their autographed pics also include verification of the “in-person” signing -hence the photo with their watermark. Most of the autograph sellers are pretty aggressive and will try and get him to sign multiple pics at a time. He seems to be pretty accommodating most of the time but I’ve read he has been known on occasion to refuse to sign or limit it to one auto. I’m sure he doesn’t mind signing for genuine fans but I seem to remember him refusing a pro at an airport in Canada once and they made a big fuss about it on Twitter.
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Yep, the name sounded familiar to me too.
I am glad that he actually pulls the punches when it comes to autograph signing.
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