My 2 seconds of fame?

My motion picture debut. The movie is Jersey Girl and I was an extra. I had a blast doing this. I was in the movie for 2 scenes. This is the only one you can actually see me. If it wasn't for pause, you would miss me entirely. Here is the story of how it came to be....

I am a fan of Kevin Smith's movies. Ever since I saw Mallrats for the first time I was hooked. I had become a regular visitor to the News Askew web site. The official site for Kevin Smith news. I was checking in every week or two.

One day in 2002 they posted that they were accepting photos for possible extras. I thought "hey, wouldn't that be cool. Get to be in a movie." My conundrum was that after 15 years of having long hair, I had just gotten it cut short. This left me with no accurate pictures of myself.

As fate would have it, I was being "locked up" by the MDA to raise money. When they locked me up, they dressed me in prison stripes and took a photo of me behind bars. There was my picture, my one shot to get into the movie.

Several weeks later I came home and there was a message on the answering machine. It was an intern at Mike Lemon Casting wanting to know if I could be available for 2 dates. I was ready to bust. This was a shock to my wife as I hadn't told her I sent in the picture.

I checked with my boss about taking the necessary days off work, and it was set. I called, confirmed and gave them my contact information.

To be continued.......