My 15 Seconds of Fame (well, more like 12)

A few years ago, Rylan and I had the opportunity to "audition" to be extras in an upcoming Liken the Scriptures movie called Daniel and the Lions. Liken had made several movies prior to this one and Rylan and I loved them. They are all musical in nature, but each one tells a scripture story in a fun and entertaining way. I think Rylan's favorites are the first one, Nephi and Laban, and David and Goliath.

So we drove down to Provo and took a tour of the studio. They unfortunately didn't need as many youth as adults, so Rylan wasn't able to have a part, but I was able to be an extra. I got to miss a day of work and get paid for doing it. We shot for a total of 12 HOURS that day for just ONE scene.

It was really fun to go to "Hair and Make Up" and costuming. I had bangs at the time and since they didn't want bangs on any of the women (that wasn't the style back then, you know) they had to work them into a very tight French braid.

The funniest guy on the set cracked us up all day. His name was Jeff. I got my picture taken with him. He was the biggest HAM ever. If you've seen any of the Liken movies you will definitely recognize him. He always has one of the best roles. In Daniel and the Lions, he was the king's assistant who wanted to catch Daniel praying. He had his own little gang who followed him around. One of the best scenes was when he climbed up this ladder up to spy on Daniel through his window, where he was praying inside. He ended up falling backwards on the ladder (written in the script) and messing up his glasses... and he made the goofiest faces ever. If you watch the movie you'll know the scene.

As far as my 12 seconds of fame, you can see me walk across the screen from left to right during the marketplace scene. Then you can see the back of me standing at the "SOCK shop." I made lots of friends that day and had a blast. I'd love to do it again sometime!

Here's me just being my own silly self.