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Marti met Bill Nighy off Braodway

On a random Sunday in November a friend and I went into New York City for a walk and some holiday shopping. We parked at a lot around 68th street and began making our way downtown to Herald Square. As we were about to pass the Balducci's on 66th street I noticed a very familiar and posh-looking form emerging from a car. The following thoughts passed through my mind in about 3 seconds. "Wow, that guy looks familiar. He almost looks like Bill Nighy from this angle. He's so lanky, he could totally pass for Bill Nighy. But what would Bill Nighy be doing here. Oh wait, he's on Broadway now. Oh my god... NO it isn't! YES IT IS!!! AAHHH!" And then I stopped dead in my tracks with a goofy smile on my face and started gushing about how I love his work and what a pleasure it is to meet him and he extended his hand to me for a good shake. After a moment I settled down enough to have a nice little chit chat while Bill was kind enough to humor me for a few minutes. We talked a bit about what he was working on, how he was relieved about not sitting through hours of make-up for Davey Jones, that he liked doing The Vertical Hour, etc. I was about to say "nice to meet you" and leave him to his shopping but I remembered that I had stuck a camera in my bag a few days earlier. I asked if I could be a complete pest for a moment and would he mind standing for a picture. He was quite nice about it, even when my friend started experiencing technical difficulties with the camera that refused to take a photo. In the end, we got the picture you see here and the day went on to be a lovely little ray of sunshine, made all the more entertaining by a run-in with one of the coolest men on the planet

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