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You work as a dustman or in a shoe shop for a while, you move on and everyone forgets about it. Do work as an actor in a single role, however, and everyone refers to you as "an actor" for ever afterward.
More broadly, this is when a character has had his [[Andy Warhol|fifteen minutes of fame]] and graciously accepted its end to go back to a quiet private life -- only to find that the world (or some segment of it) is not willing to let him go. This can be played as anything from simple [[Backstory]] to the lynchpin on which an entire [[Story Arc]] -- be it comedic or dramatic -- can be hung.
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* The various nonentities and Z-listers who attempt to cross over from ''[[Big Brother]]'' and related shows.
* Ann Marie in ''[[That Girl]]'', far too obviously.
* This is a plot point in ''[[The Wrestler]]'', both with Randy (Mickey Rourke) being hassled by a fan at his butcher job, and his former in-ring nemesis The Ayatollah owning a few car dealerships.
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