by Aya on Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:04 pm
Newbie posting, so please be gentle.
The "famous person" has to be in on the joke, or we'll more likely scare someone really badly and/or have the cops called.
My hubby did this (really small scale) in Vegas for his brother on his birthday several years ago. The brother wore regular clothes but my hubby and his friend wore basic black with sport coats on. They would walk One in front/One behind, with his brother in the middle. If his brother wanted to play a slot machine, they would stand at his back, facing out until he was done. IF someone wanted to come close, they'd fold their arms over their chests and say, "Sir/Ma'am, you're too close, please step back," like a bodyguard and even hold an arm up to block if someone pushed forward anyways. Every so often, one would talk into their cufflink (they wore fake earpieces). They were so convincing, Casino security came up and asked if they wanted assistance. 'No, thanks. We've got it," was the standard reply. Pretty soon, people started pointing and staring, taking pics, and stuff like that.
We could do this here, at one of the casinos, and have even have agents ask for pics and autographs too. People do strange things when they think famous people are about.