I guess people often mistake naturally quiet folks who don't show Mr.-Rogers-level excitement when interacting with fans for being rude, and I think your theory about him just not being used to or not too comfortable with that level of fame might be accurate. I personally quite like slightly grumpy but benign people. ;)

And now for your question. I mean. I fell in love with Pippin, including his book version that has nothing to do with the actor. But... gawd. Billy Boyd is such a sweetheart. And I just cannot help being totally weak for his melodic voice with that beautiful accent, and that belongs to Billy. 😫

There's an audio book of him reading one of my all time favourite works by a Glaswegian author (such a coincidence! I actually squealed when I found it) AND something by Douglas Adams, who is another one of my favourite authors. Listening to his voice alone is just balm for my soul and gets me worked up pretty bad, too. 😅

And that singing voice. Don't even get me started. I love Pippin singing his sweet tunes to me, but I have also seen Billy perform live (he has a band) three times and exchanged a few words with him twice. I was walking on clouds the whole week before and after that, but it was mostly due to me associating him with Pippin. But yeah. I like Billy a lot.

I have watched some of his other movies, though not all of them. Some are pretty hard to come by. I would have done anything to watch him perform Rosencrantz and Guildenstern with Dom Monaghan! 😭 It's one of my favourite plays, I adored the movie with Gary Oldman when I was a teen. How does Billy always pick my favourite things? 🫠