You could also have it be a case of mistaken identity. That is the character who your characters think starts the fight isn't the actual actor but someone who resembles the actor in question. There are people who do look quite a bit like actors. I remember a program on tv where they showed a man who looks quite a bit like Jack Nickelson for example. It is a potential minefield to use real people in fiction though I agree. Famous or not people don't always appreciate how they are portrayed in fiction if they are dropped into a story.
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
One of them is just going to be a cameo walk on, selling records out of a plastic carrier bag, then getting on a stage to sing. It's meant as a knowing wink to people who know who he is, because the characters in the story have no idea who he is until he gets on the stage. I don't see any problem in getting permission from him, and trying to sell people records from a carrier bag is something he is quite famous for.
The other has a more important role, because he instigates a fight that ends up inolving some of the characters, and a lot of the plot hinges around events that take place as a direct result of that fight. That one I might struggle with, so far I haven't found any contact details for him.
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