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One effect of superhero culture: a proliferation of fan events where Marvel movie heroes and 'Walking Dead' stars walk away with six figures (more than most get paid for their real jobs) for a weekend's work.
But the business has become so lucrative — think $500,000 for Captain America ‘s Chris Evans or The Walking Dead favorite Norman Reedus to appear — that current TV and film stars are popping up at events like Salt Lake City Comic-Con and Heroes and Villains Fan Fest. The demand has become so overwhelming that agencies including WME, CAA, UTA, ICM, APA, Paradigm and Gersh have in the past three years added “personal appearance” agents to sift through the hundreds of annual events, book talent and (of course) score their 10 percent commission. With stars like Evans, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston joining such talent as Lou Ferrigno ( The Incredible Hulk), Kevin Sorbo ( Hercules) and the cast of Buffy on the circuit, the stigma of a convention paycheck has all but vanished.
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