Comedy stars swarmed during campus visit

By Renée Guida

Russell Brand took the lead as he and Jonah Hill were engulfed in a swarm of students hoping to get a picture or an autograph from the “Get Him to The Greek” stars on Tuesday.

Students — armed with everything and anything the stars could scratch a signature on, from shoes to book bags to shirts — lined up outside the HUB-Robeson Center at Penn State U. for a meet-and-greet with Hill and Brand. Everyone who stopped at the table could get a signed poster of the duo’s new movie “Get Him to The Greek,” coming out June 4.

As the students huddled around the two stars for autographs and pictures, PSU junior Danielle Arkwright got something completely different from Brand — a kiss. She left her class early just to get a glimpse of the star and wasn’t expecting to get anything more.

“It was amazing,” Arkwright said. “He’s really famous in England, and I’m English. I’ve been a massive fan for years.”

The two stars made an appearance at the Premiere Theatre for a question-and-answer session following the screening of their new film on Monday night. Stuart Yacobian, a freshman, attended the screening and was one of the first people waiting in line to meet Hill and Brand.

“I’m really excited. I’m actually hoping Jonah Hill will do a greeting on my phone,” Yacobian said. “Either way, I’m excited to get their autographs. I like them both a lot.”

Yacobian said Hill is good in every movie he is in, but he thinks Hill’s acting in “Get Him to The Greek” is one of his better performances. As he puts it, “Jonah Hill defines awesome.”

Sophomore Ashley Nathasingh said she was very excited Penn State could come together and get people like Hill and Brand to come.

She was unexpectedly calm when meeting them — they are just like normal people, she said.

To conclude the meet-and-greet and right before they left, they both began a chant — one that everyone knew.

“We are,” they shouted. They got a couple hundred responses of “Penn State.”

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