Taylor Zakhar Perezis recounting a bizarre encounter with a fan at theSAG Awards2024.
While speaking with E! on the red carpet prior to Saturday’s awards ceremony, theRed, White & Royal Blueactor shared that a fan of his trailed him on a trip to China and back to the United States again when carpet hostLoni Loveasked for the story of his wildest fan encounter.
“My wildest fan encounter? Somebody followed me to China and then followed me back home,” Perez, 32, said on the carpet. “So that was interesting. Yeah, that was wild. I’d say that’s wild.”
“Yeah, yeah, she was great,” Perez added, when the host asked to clarify that he “[was] okay, though,”
Perez, who is at Saturday’s SAG Awards ceremony as one of this year’sambassadors for the actors guildalong withTed Lasso’sPhil Dunster, did not explain the extent of this fan interaction any further. Representatives for the actor did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Taylor Zakhar Perez walks the red carpet at the SAG Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. on Feb. 24, 2024.Frazer Harrison/Getty
Frazer Harrison/Getty
“I do - I think it’s up to Casey McQuiston, because I think she has the opportunity to tell a really cool story,” Perez said. In the film, he played a fictional son of the United States' first woman president who falls for an English prince (Galitzine). “So we’ll see, with Amazon Studios, what they say, what Casey says and [director Matthew López], but fingers crossed.”
Taylor Zakhar Perez on Nov. 16, 2023.Phillip Faraone/Getty
Phillip Faraone/Getty
Perez and Dunster were named SAG ambassador’s for the guild’s awards show Saturday because they “exemplify the utmost values of the profession and are positive role models for the next generation of performers,”SAG-AFTRAshared in a press release Feb. 14. “These individuals actively use their platform to advocate for humanitarian and public service endeavors.”
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The2024 SAG Awardsare being held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles on Saturday, and streaming live on Netflix.
source: people.com
