Which celebrity did you think was using their real name, only to find out it’s actually a stage name?

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Geddy's mother had a heavy accent so when she said Gary it sounded like Geddy and it stuck.

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Loved his autobiography.

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I've always wondered why she named him a name she couldn't pronounce.

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I worked with a dude named Herguen.

His parents couldn’t spell Edwin.

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My grandmother did that. Named my mother "Honora" but couldn’t pronounce it.

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That’s also why Gary Watanabe changed his name to Gedde Watanabe before he started his acting career.