MONROEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — Fans of Steel City Con flock together Friday to meet celebrities, shop for interesting art and vintage toys, and even cosplay as their favorite characters from TV, movies, and video games. , was doing all sorts of things.
People like Draco from Beaver County showed up dressed as Wolverine from the X-Men. He says he rarely misses Steel City Con.
“I've been coming to Steel City since 2014,” Draco said. “I love the competition and I love the atmosphere. I have a lot of friends here as well. It's always fun to spend time here.”
One of the others who came out Friday was Kevin from Cincinnati. He drove up wearing a Michael Myers mask just to meet legendary Halloween director John Carpenter.
Kevin said he was “very excited.” “He's someone I love and grew up watching. It's really great to meet someone who inspires you. I'm happy. This is like a checkmark on my bucket list. Thing.”
Other celebrities in town to attend the event at the Monroeville Convention Center include Debra Messing from “Will & Grace,” Christina Ricci from “The Addams Family” and Rosie O’Donnell from “A League of Their Own.” Includes people.
Among the other celebrities headlining this weekend's Steel City Con, who spoke exclusively with KDKA-TV, was actor John Rhys, best known for his role as Salah in Indiana Jones.・It's Davis.” Gimli from the movies and The Lord of the Rings” Trilogy.
This is Rhys-Davies' first time attending Steel City Con and he said he loves meeting fans now. But he says that wasn't always the case.
“The first show I went to, I had to go to promote the show and I really didn’t want to go,” Rhys-Davies said. With such things they cannot get life? And I went and slowly realized that they had lives. And it's a wonderful and rich life. Every day I meet heroes who really touch my heart. And they changed me. When I was younger, I didn't really like people, and when I was older, I realized that I loved people. ”
If you're looking to see Rhys Davies and other celebrities this weekend, Steel City Con runs until Sunday.
