i was getting all excited thinking of who the big guest announcement was gonna be and when i saw bill nighy i wasnt over excited to be honest, sure i think hes a really great actor and i thought he was the best thing in love actually and stole all the scenes he was in in shaun on the dead, but im not a big enough fan to bother queueing to meet him,
i agree that some film stars are in a totally differnt league but for a majority of people actors from a really big/popular tv show will be far more recognisable than a really excellent but not huge film star, everyone will know the cast of star trek TOS and most people will recognise the cast of friends, tv is in our homes 24/7 so even if you dont watch a popular show you will prob know about it, for example i haven't watched a single ep lost but i still know who the actors are, people who arent film fans wont have heard of loads of really great actors because the most exposure they get is trailers and maybe a few talk show appreances while the film is hot, no way can you say that Patrick Stewart who is mainly known for tv is a lesser star Mads Mikkelsen who is known for Casino Royal (no disrespect to Mads thou who i know has done loads of really great work)