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September 17, 2008
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Del Toro is TIFF 'signing champ'
By WENN


Actor Benicio Del Toro has been crowned the fans' favourite autograph signer at the recent Toronto Film Festival in Canada - because he never turned a devotee away.

The Oscar winner was at the event for the premiere of his new movie The Argentine, in which he plays the lead role of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto 'Che' Guevara.

And he delighted fans by staying on the red carpet until he had signed an autograph for every fan.

Website tiff.shovine.com writes about Del Toro: "The Che star was almost everywhere during his few days in Toronto - late nights and early mornings. But Del Toro never refused to sign. When one autograph collector mentioned that Benicio did 21 photos in a row at one stop for him - he was crowned our TIFF ‘08 signing champ."

Eastern Promises star Viggo Mortensen, Rose McGowan, Gerard Butler and Kate Beckinsale were also credited for taking the time out to sign autographs for fans.

But others were named and shamed by the site - Led Zeppelin legend Jimmy Page was blasted for failing to make an effort to please his many fans.

Of Page, the website says, "Disappointing for many, considering Page was the one autograph everybody wanted. Jimmy was at least nice and did explain to collectors - from the moment he landed in Toronto - that he 'was not doing the autograph thing anymore. Kind of finished with that.' For his three days in Toronto - he basically stuck to his word and signed nothing. At least, almost nothing."

Canadian Dawn of the Dead actor Kevin Zegers came in second place in the 'worst' list, followed by U2's The Edge, Jessica Biel, and Jennifer Aniston in third, fourth and fifth place respectively.



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