My missed Hollywood movie opportunity

May 5 2008 by Our Correspondent, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

REGULAR Examiner readers may remember last summer when I travelled to Las Vegas to watch boxer Ricky Hatton defeat Jose Luis Castillo.

During my trip, as well as meeting Wayne Rooney and his fiancée Coleen McLoughlin, I visited the set of the movie Iron Man which stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr.

I used my English charm and easily managed to worm my way past security and queued up for a costume with the extras outside the famous Caesar’s Palace Hotel where the action was happening. Whilst waiting I picked up some acting tips by watching a few scenes being filmed but after a couple of hours of that I got bored and decided my film debut could wait.

The film has just been released in this country and I couldn’t believe it when the producers broke the story that 29-year-old Carl Kelly of Knebworth blagged himself a part when he explained to security guards that he’d left his pass inside and eventually ended up sharing the set with Gwyneth.

Apparently the guards believed his excuse and let him in because he had a British accent. Exactly how I had convinced them too.

Having no previous acting experience it took him 38 takes to perfect his lines and he missed his plane home as a result. Sounds like it was worth it to me and I’m kicking myself for missing out on the opportunity of Hollywood stardom!