Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIn Hollywood why do all actors and such have fake names besides their own? How do they come up with them? If I went to hollywood could i make up something like Don Dickle Pickle Wiggler?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down18
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-squareIn Hollywood why do all actors and such have fake names besides their own? How do they come up with them? If I went to hollywood could i make up something like Don Dickle Pickle Wiggler?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoIf I recall correctly the Acting Guild has requirements for actor names. One is no two actors can have the same name which is why Harrison Ford was credited as Harrison J Ford in his early career.
If I recall correctly the Acting Guild has requirements for actor names. One is no two actors can have the same name which is why Harrison Ford was credited as Harrison J Ford in his early career.