If you’re one of those people who’s only going to see Coriolanus because you want to stare at his ass, I have news for you: you are officially one of those creepy guys you’re always bitching about, who leer over teenage girls and objectify women. Congratulations.
If you’re one of those people who’s going to see Coriolanus and you don’t even like Shakespeare? Not only are you uncultured swine, you’re ruining the production for genuine Shakespeare fans. I doubt Tom would approve.
If you’re one of those people who didn’t even get tickets but feels the need to throw themselves at Tom (to the girl who had to be carried off by security, I’m looking at YOU), that’s called stalking, guys. The man is not an object. He does not exist for your personal pleasure, and your behavior is unacceptable. If you really care about the man, show some maturity and restraint and treat him with the same respect he affords his fans- even the ones who really don’t deserve it.
Well, okay to the last paragraph, fair enough. Knowing how to behave is a good thing and if you need to be carried away by security you’re not stagedooring correctly. Though I’d like to point out that not all fans are disrespectful and not all disrespectful people are fans. Not by a long shot.
The rest, though…
To all you lovely Hiddles fans, if you’re going to see a Shakespeare play (or any play, for that matter) for the first time because Tom is in it, WELCOME to you. Welcome to Shakespeare. I hope you enjoy yourselves and I hope you come again. I went to Coriolanus last month because I like Shakespeare and it was one I hadn’t seen yet (I’m not a Hiddles fangirl, I mean look at the lack of him on my blog!) and I could tell I was surrounded by fans but nobody that day was annoying or disrespectful in the slightest. Did they ruin it? Of course they didn’t. Not remotely. Actually it was nice to look around and see so many people look so excited. The ONE person I noticed misbehaving was an elderly man further down my row who kept trying to take photos of the set at the interval and thought Coriolanus was played by a man called Tim. So yes, come along, have a fantastic time, and marvel at what a gift Tom has for Shakespeare and what a brilliant production it is.
As a side note - take it from someone who isn’t at all interested in getting in his pants - he does look pretty hot in his tight jeans. I noticed and I wasn’t even bothered about looking, so nobody’s going to blame you for noticing too