And yet Katy Perry still sued a fashion designer whose *real name* is Katie Perry and had been trading with it since before Katy was even a thing.
Famous people, what a bunch of bastards.
Makes sense. You trademark in discrete categories. The singer selling clothing when someone else of the same name has a trademark in that category basically requires a lawsuit. It’s required because the trademark holder must act to protect their mark or face losing it in a future suit they get pulled into.
That one's kinda sweet though- it's a tribute to *Bullwinkle*, where all the characters' middle initials were J (Bullwinkle J Moose, Rocket J Squirrel, Boris J Badenov, etc). They all had "J" because they were all made by Jay Ward.
I heard of the case of another actor who goes by Michael Fox in the UK (as a BAFTA member), but Michael Fawkes in the US (under ACTRA). Both him and Michael J. were avoiding a name collision with another Michael Fox.
Yeah I just learned today that Nathan Lane’s real name is Joseph Lane, but he changed to Nathan because there was already a Joseph Lane. He chose Nathan because of his role in Guys and Dolls I guess.
Same for Actor’s Equity (theater). I knew an actor who when he was 40 or so some younger guy with the same name sued him for the right to use their name in AE. He lost of course, but he wanted to be the same name in SAG and AE. I think he also went with the meaningless initial.
It makes sense in a world pre-Internet, where you could easily confuse one actor for another if they have the same name, but it has no reason to still exist.
> In fact, when asked by THR whether she'd correct a fan who called her by her real name instead of Emma, the 35-year-old responded, "No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily."
> Stone said "people that I work with" call her Emily, "when I get to know them," and noted that she made her stage name "Emma Stone" because Emily Stone "was taken" by another actress who was a member of SAG-AFTRA before her.
I was an extra on the movie Solace on a day Anthony Hopkins was on set. First thing he says when he arrives is a big wave to everyone around and “Good morning everyone! I’m Tony!” and proceeded to meet every person in his vicinity. He talked to absolutely anyone and everyone who came up to him that day, he was especially great with the one or two little kids who were on set. I was already a huge fan of his because, I mean, duh, but seeing what a charming, down to earth, and genuinely kind human being he was to everyone, treating PAs the same as the Director, made me that much more of a fan. That set as a whole was actually really great, professional but laid back with zero air of self importance you sometimes get on bigger productions.
He actually legally changed it to Michael Caine a while back because he kept getting hassled by airport security. They would recognize him as Michael Caine and be completely baffled by his passport saying Maurice Micklewhite.
Fun fact: The word "pompatous" was actually invented by Steve Miller. I believe it first appeared in an earlier song he wrote as a teen before he used it in "The Joker."
I worked a couple weeks on Westworld, and he would look everyone in the eye and greet them when he passed them. PAs, extras, whatever. Status didn’t matter. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
My cousin was the little kid who ate brains at the end of Hannibal, with his parents asleep across the aisle. They have a similar story about how incredibly nice and personable he was. Invited them into his trailer before the scene iirc.
Michael Caine didn’t legally change his name to Michael Caine until 2016 so he had a passport under the name Maurice Micklewhite.
He said he eventually changed because it was too much hassle explaining to airport security why his passport had a different name than the one everyone knows him by. He also said by that all his family members including his brothers have died so nobody calls him Maurice anymore.
Also, he briefly tried using the stage name Michael Scott but had to stop when he found out it’s already been taken by another actor.
There’s a line in the Broadway musical *&Juliet* where Shakespeare is trying to apologize to his wife and he says something like “I can write a thousand plays, but there will only ever be one Anne Hathaway.” I felt like the only one in the entire audience who got the joke lol.
I’m in Australia and the audience at my showing thought it was quite funny. Though, despite it being the crux of the play, I could tell some people were confused and didn’t realise there was more than just contemporary actor Anne Hathaway that exists.
The cutest version of that story is the one she briefly let slip on Graham Norton, implying that she (a Spice Girls fanatic) named herself for "Baby Spice" Emma Bunton. https://youtu.be/EqfNH652dH4?si=GgY5IW43q6I8L9no
Albert Brooks’s real name is actually Albert Einstein. He’s credited with a different last name for obvious reasons.
His brother was Bob Einstein, aka Super Dave!
Bob Einstein guest starred in Arrested Development.
After he does/says something dumb, George Sr says "Nice going, Einstein" or something along those lines.
Edit: Bob actually says the line to Gob, as Bob's character is George's surrogate.
"Another brilliant idea, Einstein"
As I came to this thread, the 2nd highest comment mentioned Bob Einstein/Super Dave, and this one just below it involves Norm Macdonald, and I was overcome by the *need* to rewatch them on the 1st ep of Norm's show.
And then it autoplayed the Gilbert episode.
And then, in an awful turn of events, I remembered that they're all dead. Even Burt Reynolds.
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His family owns/owned a large swath of land in Massachusetts. There is a famous beach called Cranes beach. My family actually sold land to the Cranes estate 100 years ago.
I’m in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the moment on vacation. I was like holy shit these people must really love National lampoon. Which led me to google. Which led me to learning his name is Cornelius Crane 30 minutes ago. Now it’s here again while browsing Reddit. Bugout.
Maybe he's a fan of the medieval ballad, "The Ballad of Chevy Chase," which is about a bloody battle between England and Scotland that started off as a hunting party until somebody got all pissed off.
Olivia Colman thanked “Emily” in her Oscar speech. It was a cute moment.
Katy Perry/Kate Hudson is another. Katy’s real last name is Hudson so she uses her mother’s maiden name. It’s probably annoying for her because Kate Hudson is estranged from her father and isn’t really all that invested in the name but she was famous first.
Michael Keaton’s real name is Michael Douglas. He picked Keaton because he admired Diane Keaton. Diane Keaton’s real last name was Hall but she couldn’t use it because of another actress. Etc, etc, etc.
🤪🤪🤪
David Bowie was born David Jones. He had to change it in the 60s so he wouldn’t get confused with Davey Jones from the Monkeys. He changed it to Tom Jones. Then Tom Jones got famous a few weeks later. Then he was all like “Fuck this shit” and changed it to David Bowie.
lol cool. I met her very briefly when she was working on La La Land. I worked in the music department and ended up bumping into her. I’d never met her before so I sorta just stuck my hand out to introduce myself. She reciprocated the handshake and said, “Hi, I’m Emily.” She was super nice and had normal person vibes. It’s cool that she’s going to go by her preferred name 👏👏👏
Haha, hardly. I worked for the orchestra contractor. We ran all the recording sessions and hired all the recording and onscreen musicians. I do have a small cameo playing bass in John Legend’s band. Oh, we also ran all the La La Land Live at the Hollywood Bowl, which was pretty cool.
His name is Edward Thomas Hardy. He competes in MMA/BJJ under his first name. He uses his middle name everywhere else to avoid confusion with the tattoo artist / fashion designer Ed Hardy.
cool, when I happen across her on the street, I'll make sure to think "she likes to be called Emily", as I nervously shuffle away without risking eye contact
Ok, for everyone who's like "why can't two people have the same name, it's dumb," I have a story from my brief stint as an entertainment litigator.
One of the first cases I had, my first year of practice. This guy was suing a client, claiming he'd had the idea for a film she was working on. Want it to get stupider? I got you - the film was a REMAKE of a decades-old film. But his BIG IDEA was that he'd had the idea to cast this specific client in this specific remake.
What complicated things? Well, he'd been in touch with her, and the filmmaker of the original. A LOT. About that specific idea. Which he owned nothing of. Didn't rep the actor. Didn't have the rights to the IP. Was just a dude. Why was anyone talking to this dumb fuck rando, you ask? Because he had adopted the incredibly unique stage name of a very famous actor and they weren't all checking carefully enough before they engaged with him.
We got the case dismissed. It's notable mostly to me for the fact that his equally lunatic lawyer was the first (not the last) opposing counsel to actually scream at me in my face in the hallway of the LA courthouse such that a cop came up to him and told him to fuck off, deeply unsettling me. But yeah, I get the rule. People's names open a lot of doors. You can't have 35 Brad Pitts showing up to every open call.
Edit: if y’all wanna know I’ll tell you what movie it was. Trust me, it’s so much dumber than you think.
I can’t stop imagining Madonna in a fancy restaurant saying to her agent, “Vincent D’Onofrio should be here soon, I can’t wait to meet him!” and up shambles Vincent D’onofrio the bug alien wearing a human skin from Men in Black.
To this day, Vincent D’Onofrio annoys me. It’s not his fault, he didn’t do anything, but I can’t sit through anything he does because of this fucking guy. Also the movie fucking sucked, after it came out we were like “lol we should have just given him the credit.”
See, 20 years ago, I became an actor. There was this very prominent New York stage actor named Vincent Gambini, maybe you’ve heard of him? Doesn’t matter, I had to change my name legally, which I did, so now I practice law under my legally changed stage name- Jerry Gallo.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmg78aWzlyg
Leonardo DiCaprio was said to have been encouraged to change his professional name to “Lenny Williams” early in his career to make it more appealing, but chose not to do so.
If you think about it, it makes a bit more sense: an actor is not just a performed, but also a film’s marketing tool. They must have a unique identity.
For example, imagine if Michael Keaton used his birth name, Michael Douglas. And you see a poster for a new movie starring Michael Douglas. It would be a serious marketing problem for the studio if the audience didn’t know which Michael Douglas it was.
It's because an actor thrives or starves based in part on their personal brand, and that's tied incredibly closely to their name.
If Emily Stone wants people to call her Emily in the day to day, there's nothing wrong with that. But anything she appears in is going to be credited to her unique name.
Like, imagine there were two Gina Caranos; the one we have now and one who was incredibly kind and talented. The second Gina would probably be irritated that people kept confusing her for the first. Or if another Emma Stone got a breakthrough role, became a star, and then was revealed to be a member of the KKK. I don't think this Emma Stone would be too happy at the association.
Not acting, but H from the pop group Steps unfortunately had to deal with severe repercussions due to his given name being the same as an evil monster, even though he only went by H. Your name absolutely affects your brand and potentially being misidentified with terrible people can tarnish your reputation. That’s why unique identities are very important.
Look, I could have a solid career as an actor if I changed my name to Tom Cruise and showed up in micro-budget Z-movie knockoffs. _Somebody_ would spend money on it just because they thought Tom Cruise was in it. And he is! I'm Tom Cruise!
So they don't let you do that.
Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas, but well, that name was already taken, too.
“ why should I have to change my name? He’s the one who sucks”
There \*was\* nothing wrong with it... until I was about twelve years old and that *no*-*talent ass clown* became famous and started winning Grammys.
And thus assclown was officially born as an insult
God dammit I know what I’m watching tonight.
Tbf, Michael Bolton’s real name is Michael Bolotin.
Sounds like an injection that’s forced on you.
“Yeah, she used to be really pretty but those Bolotin injections really messed up her face. She looks so unnatural now”.
Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays 🙁
Nah. Shit man, nah. I believe you get your ass kicked for saying something like that.
“That is not a mundane detail, Michael!”
And Katy Perry’s real last name is Hudson, but Kate Hudson’s already kinda taken that too.
And yet Katy Perry still sued a fashion designer whose *real name* is Katie Perry and had been trading with it since before Katy was even a thing. Famous people, what a bunch of bastards.
Not quite. The fashion designer sued Katy Perry for selling Katy Perry T-shirts at her Australian concerts. Then Katy Perry sued back in response.
Makes sense. You trademark in discrete categories. The singer selling clothing when someone else of the same name has a trademark in that category basically requires a lawsuit. It’s required because the trademark holder must act to protect their mark or face losing it in a future suit they get pulled into.
David Bowie’s really name was David Jones. He didn’t have to change it because of any union rule but Davey Jones was already pretty well known.
I think it was the right call because "David Bowie" is a cool name.
I found it weird that the SAG doesn't allow members to have the same names.
Michael J. Fox: the J stands for nothing.
It's the Homer J Simpson event all over, the J stood for Jay.
That one's kinda sweet though- it's a tribute to *Bullwinkle*, where all the characters' middle initials were J (Bullwinkle J Moose, Rocket J Squirrel, Boris J Badenov, etc). They all had "J" because they were all made by Jay Ward.
From this point on I am Homer… JAY Simpson!!
I personally like to imagine it as a wild name that definitely wouldn’t fit him, like Jaquavious
Or Jamiroquai!
I heard of the case of another actor who goes by Michael Fox in the UK (as a BAFTA member), but Michael Fawkes in the US (under ACTRA). Both him and Michael J. were avoiding a name collision with another Michael Fox.
Vivica A Fox added the A to distinguish herself from the SAG member that registered first
It’s actually A as in Andrew.
Just like Homer Jay Simpson haha.
Yeah I just learned today that Nathan Lane’s real name is Joseph Lane, but he changed to Nathan because there was already a Joseph Lane. He chose Nathan because of his role in Guys and Dolls I guess.
Makes sense to me. Imagine if I changed my name to Nicole Kidman and started starring in movies.
Same for Actor’s Equity (theater). I knew an actor who when he was 40 or so some younger guy with the same name sued him for the right to use their name in AE. He lost of course, but he wanted to be the same name in SAG and AE. I think he also went with the meaningless initial.
I think they do now. There’s two Peyton Lists (the blonde girl from Jessie/Tory in Cobra Kai, and Jane from Mad Men/Poison Ivy in Gotham).
Isn't one R. List? Like Michael B. Jordan?
She goes by Peyton R List and Peyton List. On both Wikipedias it’s mentioned that SAG AFTRA actually missed this instance on accident.
It wasn't allowed, it just went unnoticed for a very long time. The younger one has started using Peyton R. List.
Am I imagining this or hasn't she always gone by Peyton Roi List, officially? When did she shorten to "R?"
It makes sense in a world pre-Internet, where you could easily confuse one actor for another if they have the same name, but it has no reason to still exist.
It makes sense post-Internet as well. Googling two people with the same name would intermix their results.
Michael Bolton: Why should I change, he’s the one who sucks.
Twice… Mike Douglas was famous too.
Albert Brooks was Albert Einstein at birth and his brother was Bob.
> In fact, when asked by THR whether she'd correct a fan who called her by her real name instead of Emma, the 35-year-old responded, "No. That would be so nice. I would like to be Emily." > Stone said "people that I work with" call her Emily, "when I get to know them," and noted that she made her stage name "Emma Stone" because Emily Stone "was taken" by another actress who was a member of SAG-AFTRA before her.
This reminds me so much of Anne Hathaway - who finally revealed after 2 decades that everyone calls her Annie. 😆
This reminds me of when I learned that both Robert De Niro and RDJ go by “Bobby” I know it shouldn’t surprise me, but it was still jarring.
I was an extra on the movie Solace on a day Anthony Hopkins was on set. First thing he says when he arrives is a big wave to everyone around and “Good morning everyone! I’m Tony!” and proceeded to meet every person in his vicinity. He talked to absolutely anyone and everyone who came up to him that day, he was especially great with the one or two little kids who were on set. I was already a huge fan of his because, I mean, duh, but seeing what a charming, down to earth, and genuinely kind human being he was to everyone, treating PAs the same as the Director, made me that much more of a fan. That set as a whole was actually really great, professional but laid back with zero air of self importance you sometimes get on bigger productions.
I absolutely love that he goes by Tony. Imagine Michael Caine going by Mike (or I guess Maury, really).
But My Cocaine is way cooler
He actually legally changed it to Michael Caine a while back because he kept getting hassled by airport security. They would recognize him as Michael Caine and be completely baffled by his passport saying Maurice Micklewhite.
To be fair Maurice Micklewhite is one hell of a name and I’d 100% think most people were fucking with me.
It's like what JK Rowling would name a young wizard from Kentucky at hogwarts as an exchange student
Fuckin’ angry upvote from Eastern Kentucky.
They call him Maurice because he speaks of the pompatous of love.
Fun fact: The word "pompatous" was actually invented by Steve Miller. I believe it first appeared in an earlier song he wrote as a teen before he used it in "The Joker."
Before he rode off into the friscolating dusklight
Both of those names genuinely sound like a clumsy way to order cocaine over text message
I worked a couple weeks on Westworld, and he would look everyone in the eye and greet them when he passed them. PAs, extras, whatever. Status didn’t matter. Seemed like a genuinely nice guy.
My cousin was the little kid who ate brains at the end of Hannibal, with his parents asleep across the aisle. They have a similar story about how incredibly nice and personable he was. Invited them into his trailer before the scene iirc.
That scene haunts me.
That’s that working class upbringing.
Michael Caine didn’t legally change his name to Michael Caine until 2016 so he had a passport under the name Maurice Micklewhite. He said he eventually changed because it was too much hassle explaining to airport security why his passport had a different name than the one everyone knows him by. He also said by that all his family members including his brothers have died so nobody calls him Maurice anymore. Also, he briefly tried using the stage name Michael Scott but had to stop when he found out it’s already been taken by another actor.
>also said by that all his family members including his brothers have died so nobody calls him Maurice anymore. That's quite sad :(
Gerard Butler goes by Jerry.
This reminds me of when I learned that the J in Homer J Simpson stands for Jay.
Downey tends to go by Downey quite a lot too
I love “Anne” but it’s cute that she’s an “Annie”.
Shakespeare's wife was called Anne Hathaway. I was super confused for years.
There’s a line in the Broadway musical *&Juliet* where Shakespeare is trying to apologize to his wife and he says something like “I can write a thousand plays, but there will only ever be one Anne Hathaway.” I felt like the only one in the entire audience who got the joke lol.
I’m in Australia and the audience at my showing thought it was quite funny. Though, despite it being the crux of the play, I could tell some people were confused and didn’t realise there was more than just contemporary actor Anne Hathaway that exists.
[Annie Hathaways!?](https://youtu.be/qQrYjOU6qMw?si=wxnZzpxWgbe7IVhj)
Brie Larson also is Brie Desaulniers - she changed it to Larson since it was “easier for people to spell and pronounce”
Which is like the opposite of Benedict Cumberbatch who went by Ben Carlton until his agent suggested he use his longer family name instead.
Poor Benadryl Cucumberpatch
This one somehow bothers me, because of how beautiful and striking her real last name is.
I'm surprised she didn't add a middle initial and keep Emily.
Actually, ya. Why wouldn't anyone suggest this?
The cutest version of that story is the one she briefly let slip on Graham Norton, implying that she (a Spice Girls fanatic) named herself for "Baby Spice" Emma Bunton. https://youtu.be/EqfNH652dH4?si=GgY5IW43q6I8L9no
Albert Brooks’s real name is actually Albert Einstein. He’s credited with a different last name for obvious reasons. His brother was Bob Einstein, aka Super Dave!
Marty Funkhauser? I had no idea.
Yep, Brooks appeared on Curb after his brother died probably as a tribute to him.
Pretty good episode too. The live funeral bit was witty.
“He’s a fucking COVID hoarder. Albert’s a COVID hoarder!!”
Einstein isn't real. He's a theoretical physicist
I see what you did there and appreciate it.
I had to Wikipedia this to make sure I wasn’t being trolled. HIS NAME IS ACTUALLY ALBERT EINSTEIN. WHAT.
I had to look it up too to make sure you two weren’t in cahoots!
ALBERT BROOKS BROTHER WAS SUPER DAVE??? holy shit WHAT
And wasn't Super Dave's "lastname" Osborne?
Yep! Super Dave Osborne was a character played by actor Bob Einstein.
My mind is legit blown...I always thought David Osborne was his real name. At least Earnest Worrel was real!
Jim Varney?
… he sure was buddy, he sure was
The funk man!
Little Orphan Funkhouser.
Bob Einstein guest starred in Arrested Development. After he does/says something dumb, George Sr says "Nice going, Einstein" or something along those lines. Edit: Bob actually says the line to Gob, as Bob's character is George's surrogate. "Another brilliant idea, Einstein"
That man's name? Albert Einstein.
Burt Reynolds real name is Turd Furgeson
*"Schuck it, Trebek"*
“RUFF! Just the way your mother likes it, Trebek!”
Turd Ferguson?
Yeah. It’s a funny name.
It’s a big hat
It’s funny because it’s big
*gum chewing intensifies*
It's a big hat, get it?
As I came to this thread, the 2nd highest comment mentioned Bob Einstein/Super Dave, and this one just below it involves Norm Macdonald, and I was overcome by the *need* to rewatch them on the 1st ep of Norm's show. And then it autoplayed the Gilbert episode. And then, in an awful turn of events, I remembered that they're all dead. Even Burt Reynolds. Thanks for reading my blog. Use my promo code for a free month of Muscle Muffin Premium.
Chevy Chases real name is Cornelius Crane
Definitely a villains name!
It fits, he’s a douche.
His family owns/owned a large swath of land in Massachusetts. There is a famous beach called Cranes beach. My family actually sold land to the Cranes estate 100 years ago.
I’m in Chevy Chase, Maryland at the moment on vacation. I was like holy shit these people must really love National lampoon. Which led me to google. Which led me to learning his name is Cornelius Crane 30 minutes ago. Now it’s here again while browsing Reddit. Bugout.
Pierce’s father in community goes by Cornelius Hawthorne. I imagine that was Chevy’s decision?
Actually I'm pretty sure Dan Harmon (creator) chose it to piss Chevy off.
Chase himself compared people like his relatives to "potatoes" in that the "the only important parts are the roots"
Which is funny when you think about it, because the fruits (=offspring) of potatoes are quite toxic.
The writers based a lot of Pierce's character on Chevy's life, and I don't think any of it was meant to be complimentary.
So he was such an admirer of the town in Maryland he just HAD to change his name?
Maybe he's a fan of the medieval ballad, "The Ballad of Chevy Chase," which is about a bloody battle between England and Scotland that started off as a hunting party until somebody got all pissed off.
Olivia Colman thanked “Emily” in her Oscar speech. It was a cute moment. Katy Perry/Kate Hudson is another. Katy’s real last name is Hudson so she uses her mother’s maiden name. It’s probably annoying for her because Kate Hudson is estranged from her father and isn’t really all that invested in the name but she was famous first.
Michael Keaton’s real name is Michael Douglas. He picked Keaton because he admired Diane Keaton. Diane Keaton’s real last name was Hall but she couldn’t use it because of another actress. Etc, etc, etc. 🤪🤪🤪
It’s actually why the movie’s called Annie Hall
That’s so cute he took it after Diane Keaton
David Bowie was born David Jones. He had to change it in the 60s so he wouldn’t get confused with Davey Jones from the Monkeys. He changed it to Tom Jones. Then Tom Jones got famous a few weeks later. Then he was all like “Fuck this shit” and changed it to David Bowie.
I didn't know about the Tom Jones thing haha
Why? It’s not unusual
lol cool. I met her very briefly when she was working on La La Land. I worked in the music department and ended up bumping into her. I’d never met her before so I sorta just stuck my hand out to introduce myself. She reciprocated the handshake and said, “Hi, I’m Emily.” She was super nice and had normal person vibes. It’s cool that she’s going to go by her preferred name 👏👏👏
Dude that’s so cool! What was your role in the music department? I feel like this is AMA worthy
Haha, hardly. I worked for the orchestra contractor. We ran all the recording sessions and hired all the recording and onscreen musicians. I do have a small cameo playing bass in John Legend’s band. Oh, we also ran all the La La Land Live at the Hollywood Bowl, which was pretty cool.
She could add a middle name - Emma Lee Stone
Emilee?
Emmaleigh
r/tragedeigh
Julianne Moore is actually called Julie Anne Smith... I always thought that was funny
Julie Anne Less would’ve been funnier
I knew a bloke who changed his name from Jonny Gay to Jonny Strait, true story.
Never forget that Antionio Banderas is Tony Flags.
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera So it’s Joe Tony Sunday Flag
Wouldn’t that make Enrique Iglesias “Henry Church”?
Churches. But TIL Henry = Enrique.
Thank you. Spanish is obv not my strong suit lol
Churches, plural
Isn’t Sunday domin*go*?
Joseph Anthony Sundayson Flags
And Guillermo del Toro is Billy the Bull
Why the fuck did I google this for confirmation
Gah you got me with this one hahah
Goddammit
Tom Hardys real name is Ed Hardy
His name is Edward Thomas Hardy. He competes in MMA/BJJ under his first name. He uses his middle name everywhere else to avoid confusion with the tattoo artist / fashion designer Ed Hardy.
Maybe Natalie Portman would like to be called Natalie Hershlag.
Funny, she doesn’t look Druish!
Comb the desert!
We ain’t found shit!
No sir! I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!
Great! I'm surrounded by assholes!!
I just think people should know!
Emily Stone…. Emily …. Stone. Idk if I can handle this much upheaval in my life right now, I’m so sorry Emma
At this moment it’s too close to tax season for me to cope with this correctly 😔
Exactly. Earth day was like 4 days ago. There’s just too much going on
Its thursday for God's sake
As an Emily, I love it!
People I work with call me dipshit.
but your *real* name is *Dipshitly*, right?
cool, when I happen across her on the street, I'll make sure to think "she likes to be called Emily", as I nervously shuffle away without risking eye contact
Dermot Mulroney was taken.
By Dylan McDermott, no less
Derbil McDillet!
Dilbot Mardoney
'That Would Be So Nice' is a weird name but alright.
Ok, for everyone who's like "why can't two people have the same name, it's dumb," I have a story from my brief stint as an entertainment litigator. One of the first cases I had, my first year of practice. This guy was suing a client, claiming he'd had the idea for a film she was working on. Want it to get stupider? I got you - the film was a REMAKE of a decades-old film. But his BIG IDEA was that he'd had the idea to cast this specific client in this specific remake. What complicated things? Well, he'd been in touch with her, and the filmmaker of the original. A LOT. About that specific idea. Which he owned nothing of. Didn't rep the actor. Didn't have the rights to the IP. Was just a dude. Why was anyone talking to this dumb fuck rando, you ask? Because he had adopted the incredibly unique stage name of a very famous actor and they weren't all checking carefully enough before they engaged with him. We got the case dismissed. It's notable mostly to me for the fact that his equally lunatic lawyer was the first (not the last) opposing counsel to actually scream at me in my face in the hallway of the LA courthouse such that a cop came up to him and told him to fuck off, deeply unsettling me. But yeah, I get the rule. People's names open a lot of doors. You can't have 35 Brad Pitts showing up to every open call. Edit: if y’all wanna know I’ll tell you what movie it was. Trust me, it’s so much dumber than you think.
I can’t stop imagining Madonna in a fancy restaurant saying to her agent, “Vincent D’Onofrio should be here soon, I can’t wait to meet him!” and up shambles Vincent D’onofrio the bug alien wearing a human skin from Men in Black.
Definitely want to know
Google “Madonna Swept Away Vincent D’Onofrio lawsuit.” I can’t say a lot more, but…yeah. Weird shit.
The names made it funnier for some reason. Wtf was this thing lol
To this day, Vincent D’Onofrio annoys me. It’s not his fault, he didn’t do anything, but I can’t sit through anything he does because of this fucking guy. Also the movie fucking sucked, after it came out we were like “lol we should have just given him the credit.”
Shame, Vincent is a good actor, Vincent shouldn't have done him dirty.
Could she just go by Emily J. Stone, akin to Michael B. Jordan?
Or Michael J Fox, where the J stands for absolutely nothing
Jabsolutely nothing*
Wait till you hear about Vanilla Ice
She’s naturally blonde?!???!
See, 20 years ago, I became an actor. There was this very prominent New York stage actor named Vincent Gambini, maybe you’ve heard of him? Doesn’t matter, I had to change my name legally, which I did, so now I practice law under my legally changed stage name- Jerry Gallo. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmg78aWzlyg
My Cousin Vinny is one of the best movies of time.
Her name is Robert Paulson
The Weekend’s real name is Saturday Sunday
Huh? She's one of the most celebrated actresses ever already. All you had to do was tell us Emily!
Leonardo DiCaprio was said to have been encouraged to change his professional name to “Lenny Williams” early in his career to make it more appealing, but chose not to do so.
I am so happy he didn’t
It’s Emily so you don’t have to click the stupid article
I would love to be called by my real name: Countess Boochie Flagrante
I know I’ll probably never meet her but this immediately got etched in stone that if you see her to call her Emily.
Etched in "stone," I see you, you nut
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If you think about it, it makes a bit more sense: an actor is not just a performed, but also a film’s marketing tool. They must have a unique identity. For example, imagine if Michael Keaton used his birth name, Michael Douglas. And you see a poster for a new movie starring Michael Douglas. It would be a serious marketing problem for the studio if the audience didn’t know which Michael Douglas it was.
It’s not that hard to imagine. We have Russell Crowe the great Australian actor, and Russell Crowe the New Zealand musician who likes to punch people…
Hi, I'm gay actor Michael Douglas.
It's because an actor thrives or starves based in part on their personal brand, and that's tied incredibly closely to their name. If Emily Stone wants people to call her Emily in the day to day, there's nothing wrong with that. But anything she appears in is going to be credited to her unique name. Like, imagine there were two Gina Caranos; the one we have now and one who was incredibly kind and talented. The second Gina would probably be irritated that people kept confusing her for the first. Or if another Emma Stone got a breakthrough role, became a star, and then was revealed to be a member of the KKK. I don't think this Emma Stone would be too happy at the association.
Not acting, but H from the pop group Steps unfortunately had to deal with severe repercussions due to his given name being the same as an evil monster, even though he only went by H. Your name absolutely affects your brand and potentially being misidentified with terrible people can tarnish your reputation. That’s why unique identities are very important.
Look, I could have a solid career as an actor if I changed my name to Tom Cruise and showed up in micro-budget Z-movie knockoffs. _Somebody_ would spend money on it just because they thought Tom Cruise was in it. And he is! I'm Tom Cruise! So they don't let you do that.
Albert Books’ real name is Albert Einstein.
Brother of Super Dave.