Celebs That Have Gone Above And Beyond With Fans

Celebrities have pretty hectic schedules, so it's nice when they take the time to reach out, respond, and make lasting memories for the people who look up to them. Growing up I was known to be a big and vocal fan of my pop culture obsessions. I dreamt about being one of the little girls who got to hang out with the Spice Girls on the Spice Bus from their hit movie Spice World, I went to tons of concerts, and I rarely missed an episode of the television shows I loved, most notably One Tree Hill. I once took a bus from Toronto, Ontario, to where it was filmed in Wilmington, N.C. It was there I experienced the joy most fans get when they meet their favorite stars.

There's nothing like the feeling when a celebrity goes above and beyond for fans. Check out these celebs who have done just that (and more) to support and give back to their fans.

David Beckham has fans all over the world that have been following him for as long as he's been in the spotlight. In 2015, one of his longtime fans, Andy Moss, was battling a stage four cancer diagnosis, and meeting Beckham was at the top of his bucket list. Thanks to the help of other fans around the world, Beckham saw the posts being shared on social media and arranged to have their families meet, making Andy's dream come true.

Beckham also makes many trips abroad to raise awareness for issues affecting children as a UNICEF ambassador, meeting some of his young fans along the way. He spends some of his spare time meeting soccer fans as far as Tokyo to playing a few matches with his fans, like he did with students from Nepal after the 2015 earthquake. In 2016, on a cold day in London, Beckham was walking down the street when he passed a paramedic treating a patient. Ten minutes later, he came back to treat them to a coffee and a tea. It seems like whether you're a fan or not, if you stumble into David Beckham he'll likely go out of his way to be nice to you!

Chris Pratt is a celeb who is a superhero on the big screen, but an even bigger one to kids who are struggling through their own health care battles. Over the years, Pratt has made many trips to the Seattle's Children Hospital, visiting young fans and stopping to spread some love in the NICU. Pratt, along with Chris Evans, also put smiles on many faces when they made good on their Super Bowl bet and visited Christopher's Haven children's hospital in Boston.

During the filming of Jurassic World, Pratt even spent some time teaching children how to train raptors at Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital in Baton Rouge.

When he's not out in public meeting his fans, he's still chatting with them online. He's very responsive to his fans, from encouraging them to do well on exams to agreeing with how much they loved his wife, Anna, in a movie to retweeting them for doing something fun and silly.

Over the years, Tom Hanks has done some really cool things for his fans and for random strangers. He has been a spontaneous photo bomber on more than one occasion, like at a couple's wedding in Central Park and with a couple of guys at a diner. He's been known to help return student IDs, help a group of Girl Scouts sell some cookies, and help a woman settle a bet with her friends. I find my face bursting into a smile every time I read another fan encounter with Hanks, evidently the nicest guy in Hollywood.

One day, a New York City cab driver picked up Hanks without realizing who he was at first. When it finally dawned on him who he had picked up, they had a great exchange, and Hanks affectionately dubbed him Mr. Ferrari from the hat and shirt he was wearing that day. One day, Mr. Ferrari was driving around and got a text from someone he had previously driven saying that Mr. Hanks was inviting him to come backstage and see his Broadway show called Lucky Guy.

Bill Murray seems like he's always ready for a good time. If you're lucky enough to be in the same place as him, you might just be lucky enough to have one of those special encounters. There's even an entire website dedicated to people sharing their unbelievable stories.

He could photo bomb your engagement photos, join in on your karaoke party, play a game of kickball with you and a group of friends, or even tag along to a house party.

It should go without saying that celebrities are just like the rest of us. They may have high profile jobs that come with lots of pressure, money, and excessive travel, but at the end of the day they are only human. As fans, we look up to them, admire them, and support them, so it's a real treat when we hear about them returning the sentiment, whether the gesture is big or small.

When Ellen DeGeneres accepted her People's Choice Humanitarian Award in 2016, she said something that can resonate with anyone, famous or not: "It's a little strange to actually get an award for being nice and generous and kind, which is what we're all supposed to do with one another, that's the point of being a human." She went on to say, "I don't think you need to have a talk show to be nice to people and to do what I'm doing." While these stars and several others go above and beyond for their fans, DeGeneres is right when she says we all should be more generous to people in our own lives every day.