I understand what he's trying to say, but that's a bit stupid. Don't stop Dan's fans from getting autographs!

I understand why this is happening and I find that it's actually a good reason, it may (though there's no possibility) help stop people from always thinking of Dan as Harry Potter.

geez..that odd.

I agree completely....

I didn't even consider the fact that the 'fans' might just be ebay people. That changes everything. It is one thing to have real fans asking for autographs and quite another to have greedy autograph hording sellers besieging him at the theater exit.

So far it being wrong to ask an actor to sign a photo or memorabilia from a different work I don't think it is rude. People do it all of the time. Often a fan of the actor has seen him in several different movies or plays and they have a picture they want signed. Still, it does make more sense to have the actor sign the Equus stuff like a Playbill or something than to have him sign HP stuff.

interesting!

Besides which, most people who'd actually seen the play would have 'Equus' stuff on them, be it a programme or even just their ticket stub. 'Equus' signed merchandise, though probably harder to sell, would be rarer, in terms of value and so for fans it would make more sense NOT to ask for HP stuff to be signed.