No Yvonne, But Lots of Fun
For those keeping up, Starfury’s T2 Convention was this weekend in London. It’s a sci-fi convention that brought together actors from a few different series, most noticeably for us — Chuck.
Originally, T2 was the hot topic of European fans of Yvonne Strahovski. She was scheduled to appear and a few people from our forums banded together to buy some Strahotski.com gear and make an appearance.
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Unfortunately, Yvonne’s off filming The Killer Elite and had to cancel. No ill will towards her, of course. I think we all can’t wait for her to become the movie star that she should be!
The lack of Yvonne Strahovski did not deter her fans, however. They still showed up in their Strahovski best and made a splash at the show. Many of the actors commented on their shirts, and I’m told that Adam Baldwin even mentioned Strahotski.com in a Q&A.
Julia Ling was asked to step in for Yvonne Strahovski at the last minute and I’m told that she didn’t disappoint. Our own Strahotski Crew was lucky enough to win some raffle tickets for a meet’n'greet with Ms. Ling. Though it comes as no surprise, Julia is apparently awesome and won the hearts of all manner of convention goer.
Since kroblues from our forums was wearing one of our “Got Strahovski?” shirts, Ms. Ling signed an autograph for him, etched with “Got Ling?”. Inspired by her suggestion, I added a shirt to the store just for her and I’m told she thinks it was a great change to the shirt design.
Adam Baldwin is also said to have been great fun, and everyone seemed pleasantly surprised at how funny Bonita Friedericy and her husband, Phlox… I mean John Billingsley… was. Apparently, some convention goers even got to watch a soccer game at the same pub as Mark Sheppard.
All in all, it sounds like it was an amazing time. Though we all wish Yvonne Strahovski could have been there, her fans were not deterred and showed up in force to show both their love for Chuck and their love for Ms. Strahovski herself.
I am also told there was much squeeing to be had. If you want more stories and pictures directly from the convention goers, check out the forum topic on the subject.
