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A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him. - IMDb

Quoting REM, "That's me in the corner. That's me in the spotlight. Losing my religion." No, actually that's me as a correctional officer with Rob Schneider as Big Stan and Jennifer Morrison (Dr. Allison Cameron, House, 2004-2012) as Mindy, Stan's girlfriend, during the final sequence in Big Stan (2007). David Carradine, The Master, is waiting off camera with a driver and child actor in the back seat of a Dodge Magnum to pick up Stan after he's paroled.

This was one my first acting jobs. A fellow actor during an independent film shoot at The Purple Place Bar & Grill in El Dorado Hills gave me a heads-up about the casting call, the largest I've ever attended. The line stretched down the street and around the block from the entrance to Courtyard by Marriott in midtown Sacramento.

I wore law enforcement-type sunglasses, a white long sleeve dress shirt with a black tie, black slacks with a black leather belt, cell phones on each side of my belt, one personally-owned and one from my day job, and some dark gray work boots I wore in a couple of garage bands in the '90s. Paraphrasing John Lennon, I passed the audition and was cast as a Prison Guard.

Worked 13 days over two weeks. Call time 6:15 a.m. 17-hour days. Big paycheck.

Most of the scenes I acted in were left on the cutting room floor including one with the Second Unit when I was in a concrete trench inspecting the underside of a bus for contraband. Not the first time that's happened. Example: Milk (2008).

Also cast on the spur of the moment as a Prison Cook. Before the assistant director could get the words "I need some Prison Cooks!" out of his mouth, I moved forward, raised my right hand - He pointed to me and said, "Okay, you!" - and walked quickly from outside into the mess hall, removed my Prison Guard wardrobe from the waste up, except for my white T-shirt, grabbed a white apron and some stainless steel serving utensils, and positioned myself with another actor behind the chow line during the hotter-than-hell two-week shoot in June 2006 at a California state prison near Stockton.

Rob Schneider, the star and director, was very encouraging. After saying "Cut," he walked over to me and my scene partner, shook our hands, and complimented our acting in another deleted scene when the prison bus arrives at the front gate with a load of prisoners. For me it was beginner's luck.

Scott Wilson (Dick, In Cold Blood, 1967), who played Warden Gasque, passed me every day on a stairway when the cast and crew walked to or from our dining room. I would say "Hello, sir" and he always responded with a cheerful "Hello." A few years later Vince Gilligan cast him as Hershel Greene in The Walking Dead, 2011-2018.

I met Henry Gibson (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, 1967-1971), who played Shorts, while we were both getting some food and beverage at the two mobile kitchens - Catering by Alex drove up from LA - one for the cast and crew and one for the background actors, parked side by side. We exchanged a few pleasantries.

M. Emmet Walsh (Arthur Dales, "The Unnatural," The X-Files, 1999) played Lew Popper.

Kevin Gage (Waingro, Heat, 1995), who played Bullard, complimented my comedic dancing.

As a Prison Guard I stood near David Carradine on top of a building while he threw 5-pointed stars at actors rioting in the prison yard.

When not working as screen actors, some of my fellow Prison Guards served as real police officers or deputy sheriffs in the local area. Some of the actors cast as inmates were real ex-convicts or parolees and, before being arrested, tried, convicted, sentenced, and incarcerated for their crimes, had been busted by some of the real cops who worked on the production. They all ended up working together on set, which made for a surreal experience, so I was told.

Also, I was the recipient of the best craft services I've ever experienced. It reminded me of eating at a 5-star restaurant.

According to IMDb, Big Stan was released theatrically overseas, but went straight to DVD in the U.S.

I was planning to attend a DVD premiere, which was a fundraiser for a public library in Big Sur, during the summer of 2008, but Rob canceled the event at the last minute due to The Basin Complex Fire, a massive wildfire near Big Sur that ignited on June 21, 2008 as the result of a lightning strike. The inferno eventually grew to 162,818 acres, becoming the second-largest wildfire of the 2008 California wildfire season, and burned most of the Ventana Wilderness. I remember there was heavy smoke as far away as Sacramento.

As far as I know, Rob never rescheduled the premiere.

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