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gee you did well to get on that set it was like fort knox. a few of my friends were working working on the prequels and told me to come and check out the set, so i go in and didn't get past the guards. but they were having a party at good bar so they said come to that instead. i go to this party and everyone is off their heads, i ended up taking luke's mum back to my place. next day we had a burger at mickey's in paddington then went clothes shopping, never heard from her again after that
Had a mate working on random movies. He told me they were looking for extras for a movie and wanted to know if I wanted to be an extra in the movie. I believe my exact response was, "The Matrix? Sounds like it'll be shit. No thanks"
 
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Had a mate working on random movies. He told me they were looking for extras for a movie and wanted to know if I wanted to be an extra in the movie. I believe my exact response was, "The Matrix? Sounds like it'll be shit. No thanks"
damn you would have enjoyed it, i worked on that film as a graphic designer. my mate was in it he was mouse, he also did the death sticks bit in star wars
 

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Wow that’s really impressive mate. You should be really proud
Things just happen. I used to tell my kids that they only have to walk out the door and they'll meet all sorts of interesting people. My son has met a lot more personalities than I have.

I also met Angry Anderson (had a coffee with him), John Farnham; and even had Abe Saffron as a customer when I worked for one of the big banks.
Farnham was on the same plane as me to Melbourne one time. It was delayed, and the people I had to meet were about to give me a lecture on keeping them waiting, so Farnham came over, put his arm on my shoulder, and said "that was a great gig, mate -we must do it again sometime", then walked off, leaving them with their mouths open.

Played didgeridoo with Charlie McMahon from Gondwanaland, at an outdoor event at Darling Harbour many years ago. It was just for a few minutes as back up, nothing brilliant. I was just supposed to be road crew helping a mate, but Charlie needed extra didjes for one song, so got us on stage. All very impromptu.

I also knew Paul Keating quite well when I was in the ALP; met Gough Whitlam a couple of times, and was good friends with the late Tim Fischer.

I once met leading paleontologist and Tyrannosaur expert, Phil Currie at a lecture one time. I asked him if dinosaurs tasted like chicken. Said he'd never been asked that before in his life, but on reflection, probably, yes.
 

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Things just happen. I used to tell my kids that they only have to walk out the door and they'll meet all sorts of interesting people. My son has met a lot more personalities than I have.

I also met Angry Anderson (had a coffee with him), John Farnham; and even had Abe Saffron as a customer when I worked for one of the big banks.
Farnham was on the same plane as me to Melbourne one time. It was delayed, and the people I had to meet were about to give me a lecture on keeping them waiting, so Farnham came over, put his arm on my shoulder, and said "that was a great gig, mate -we must do it again sometime", then walked off, leaving them with their mouths open.

Played didgeridoo with Charlie McMahon from Gondwanaland, at an outdoor event at Darling Harbour many years ago. It was just for a few minutes as back up, nothing brilliant. I was just supposed to be road crew helping a mate, but Charlie needed extra didjes for one song, so got us on stage. All very impromptu.

I also knew Paul Keating quite well when I was in the ALP; met Gough Whitlam a couple of times, and was good friends with the late Tim Fischer.

I once met leading paleontologist and Tyrannosaur expert, Phil Currie at a lecture one time. I asked him if dinosaurs tasted like chicken. Said he'd never been asked that before in his life, but on reflection, probably, yes.
Wow you have some great stories mate and so true about meeting very interesting people when you leave the house. That doesn’t happen when you’re keeping to yourself and it’s not hard to say hello to someone or give them a smile
 

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Wow you have some great stories mate and so true about meeting very interesting people when you leave the house. That doesn’t happen when you’re keeping to yourself and it’s not hard to say hello to someone or give them a smile
Just ask them about their job. People who are passionate about what they do will talk to you quite happily, especially if you know a bit about the subject.

At 72 years of age, I've had the time to meet a lot of people. The ones that I really enjoyed meeting were not famous, but were experts in fields that interest me.
 

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As I stood at the entrance this Vespa came toward me and I wondered where he was going as it nudged closer to me. I wasn’t moving as I had a prime pozzy but it kept nudging closer to the point where it was nearly on my foot.

This 5 foot nothin bow legged bastard was Paul Newman.:tearsofjoy:
More front than Grace Bros! He could’ve at least given you a jar of pasta sauce for that Baz. A personalised version too! What’s that - tomato and ??? :-)
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Talking about tennis reminded me of when I kind of met and totally embarrassed myself in front of Anna Kournikova.

We were pretty young and down in Melbourne for a sporting trip. It was around the Eminem phase and being young dickheads we had bleached our own hair before the trip. We had sat in the sun next to my pool cooking our hair in glad wrap for hours and my head was pretty bloody tender and blistered.

A couple of my mates talked us into going to the Australian Open. I don’t like tennis but reluctantly went after being told Anna K was playing (or looking good trying). I loved her. I sat in the sun on a 40+ for hours with no hat waiting to watch her play and my scalp had started to blister really badly.

That night we decided to check out Crown Casino. After playing roulette for a bit the dealer told us Anna Kournikova was in the high rollers VIP room with her mum. We begged and eventually bribed the dealer to get us in there.

We couldn’t see Anna and played roulette for about 20 minutes until I felt a firm hand on my shoulder. I thought I was about to get thrown out of the high rollers but it was Anna standing there holding chips. She asked me to put her chips on for her because she couldn’t reach.

I did and turned around telling her we had watched her play that day. She was happy and started chatting away until I felt something going on with my head. The blisters on my scalp had started to burst and pus started running down my face.

I looked at Anna as she had a sickened look on her face. I turned around, walked off and just kept walking. I never lived that down. I thought if anywhere fluid would’ve been leaking in my pants :(
Great story mate and especially because you own it! Little did anyone know that the horror would be repeated 20 years on :tearsofjoy:
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