History Main / PromotedFanboy

It should be noted that, especially in the case of large media franchises, this is often a form of scab labor. Management is always going to prefer someone who is genuinely devoted to the work rather than more well-rounded working professionals who [[MoneyDearBoy see it as nothing more than a job and expect proper compensation]].

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* Two British members of the R2-D2 Builders Club were [[http://www.starwars.com/news/r2-d2-is-in-star-wars-episode-7-and-hes-fan-made hired to build and maintain the R2-D2]] used in ''Film/TheForceAwakens'', on Kathleen Kennedy's recommendation after she saw a demonstration of the club's work. The club's R2-KT droid, which memorializes a young fan, [[http://io9.com/the-heartwarming-story-behind-r2-kt-and-how-she-joined-1744986951 will also appear in the film]].

* Building off of Tennant's promotion? The Fifth Doctor, Creator/PeterDavison himself, was ''also'' this - having been a massive fan of the Second Doctor's run on the series. That's right, the Second Doctor crafted the Fifth Doctor, who in turn crafted the Tenth Doctor. Expect another Doctor in about 20 to 30 years based on Tennant...

* Creator/ChristianSlater, a huge ''Star Trek'' fan, got his role as a serviceman in ''Film/StarTrekVI'' reportedly because he begged his mother, one of the film's casting directors, for the chance to appear in a minor role.

* Inverted with Creator/MattSmith, who became a hardcore fan '''while''' playing the role. Watching the Second Doctor influenced his costume choice (particularly the bowtie), and he apparently wrote a fanfic where the Doctor meets UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein. He also apparently called up Steven Moffat in the middle of the night to rave about [[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E1TheTombOfTheCybermen "The Tomb of the Cybermen"]] after watching it.

* King Abdullah II of Jordan is a ''giant Star Trek'' nerd. In 1996, when he was still Crown Prince, he appeared in a non-speaking role on ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''.

* LetsPlay/JackSepticEye started out as a big fan of the likes of WebVideo/{{Markiplier}} and LetsPlay/PewDiePie. Eventually, as he started growing his own channel, his subscriber count soon hit the millions and he found himself befriending and often collaborating with the two, among others.

* * ''Series/DrQuinnMedicineWoman'' saw Creator/FredRogers of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' as a SpecialGuest in the episode "Deal with the Devil", playing the role of "Reverend Thomas". The part was created for him when producers heard Rogers (who famously had a low opinion of TV in general) say that ''Dr. Quinn'' was one of the few shows he enjoyed watching. It was Rogers' first and only on-screen appearance as a fictional character.

* ''LetsPlay/HermitcraftServer'': The Hermitcraft Recap, "a show by fans for fans", is a resource used by both the fanbase and occasionally [[ApprovalOfGod the Hermits themselves]] to keep up with the happenings of the server, since there are too many Hermits and too many different points of view for any one person to reasonably be able to keep up with. As a result, narrator Pixlriffs is a FandomVIP with a channel that have come to rival some of the Hermits in terms of size; later, not only has Pix gotten the chance to collaborate with some of the Hermits and other big [=YouTubers=] on the Empires SMP, but the ''Empires'' Season 2 crossover with ''Hermitcraft'' Season 9 has led to Pix being whitelisted onto the Hermitcraft server itself as a guest.

* Many of the contributors on Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses started out as fans of WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic. Almost all of them had been featured as Transmission Awesome's Awesome Blog of the Week before being picked up.

* ''[[Creator/CMAtanasio C. M. Atanasio]]'' was an avid writer of fanfiction for ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', a deconstruction of superhero Tropes, until he eventually started wtiring his own deconstructions of ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' in the form of ''[[Literature/ThePrecipice The Precipice]]''.

* On the topic of Game Grumps and Ninja Sex Party, Ross O'Donovan was one of NSP's very earliest fans and introduced longtime friend Arin Hanson/Egoraptor to their music, who became a fan too. Both of them got to work directly with Dan and Brian at Grumps on ''Steam Train'' and other series; they've both featured in ''many'' different NSP music videos over the years; and Arin even started another band, ''Music/{{Starmbom}}'', together with Brian and Dan.

* The special ''Westernanimation/BeautyAndTheBeast: A 30th Celebration'' had in its cast mostly actors and musicians who were fans of the cartoon, including Belle portrayer Music/{{HER}}.

* LetsPlay/JackSepticEye started out as a big fan of the likes of LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}} and LetsPlay/PewDiePie. Eventually, as he started growing his own channel, his subscriber count soon hit the millions and he found himself befriending and often collaborating with the two, among others.

* From the ''Mandalorian'' Season 2 rogues gallery, Creator/DianaLeeInosanto and Creator/RichardBrake respectively agreed to play Morgan Elsbeth and Valin Hess out of enjoyment for Season 1. Even though Lucasfilm has yet to confirm if Ahsoka successfully killed Elsbeth, Inosanto still holds close ties to the studio; she helped cast some of her fellow martial artists -- including her husband, Ron Balicki, and adopted son, Michael O'Laskey -- as Tusken Raiders in ''The Book of Boba Fett''.

* The 3rd Edition version of D&D's TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}} setting, produced by Arthaus under license from [=WotC=], was crafted almost entirely by fans. Arthaus recruited them from the "Kargatane", a web-based group of fanzine writers. (TSR's original Ravenloft design team took its name from an in-game secret police force, the Kargat, and the Kargatane are their [[TakeThatUs brainwashed mook underlings]], so....)

** Dang, did this become a thing in ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury''. The only one in the main cast who didn't watch Power Rangers as a kid is New Zealander Creator/TessaRao, who despite that is also a fan. Both Kai and Chance's kids are also huge fans of the series that their dads have now become part of.
** In general, from ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' onwards at least one of the Ranger actors was a fan of the show as a child and are now old enough to be a part of it.
----->Actually, it started much earlier when it comes to PromotedFanboys among ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' cast; Kevin Duhaney (Ethan James) from ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'' had grown up watching the show and was very excited to meet Jason David Frank when he met him.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'' star Creator/SamReid has been a fan of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles'' since he was 13 years old, and jumped at the chance to play Lestat de Lioncourt when he heard the show was in development.