While much of his interactions with strangers were positive, some were frightening.
Everybody’s staring at you," Pinchot recalled of the intense fan attention toPEOPLE.
“And people sometimes will even make a death threat.

Bronson Pinchot and Eddie Murphy in ‘Beverly Hills Cop III’.Everett
And then they say, I’ll have to kill you now.
I mean, that’s a real thing.”
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Other encounters were more surreal.
Pinchot wasn’t just a favorite among fans, but also the famous.
“Im chatting with Elton John like, ‘Whats going on?'”
They jumped out and started to make a fuss," Pinchot recalled.
I went from poverty to people driving up on the sidewalk.
I wasn’t ready.
Who’s ready for that?"
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