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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Wombat on September 22, 2006, 04:21:23 PM
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Chick i just took a look at Kevin L myspace page and was pretty impressed with what he seems to be doing...Regardless of what the movies he is doing do at the box office, he is getting his name out there..
My question to you is have you thought about going the route like Kevin and really downsizing your look to appeal to the mainstream? Now that you turned 40, and you still have your looks...Is their enough time to make a push toward something like that or is it something you just don't want to do?
thanks
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Chick i just took a look at Kevin L myspace page and was pretty impressed with what he seems to be doing...Regardless of what the movies he is doing do at the box office, he is getting his name out there..
My question to you is have you thought about going the route like Kevin and really downsizing your look to appeal to the mainstream? Now that you turned 40, and you still have your looks...Is their enough time to make a push toward something like that or is it something you just don't want to do?
thanks
If Bob downsizes, he would have to buy a whole new closet full of shiny pirate shirts. That could get expensive!
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If Bob downsizes, he would have to buy a whole new closet full of shiny pirate shirts. That could get expensive!
lol!
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I agree! I implore you to strongly consider pursuing a career in acting! Your role in Dodgball was a modest display of a truly impeccable performance. It was compelling, moving, and made my eyes well a bit.
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Monster Talking about nonexistant subject matter
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Chicks in the Del Taco Commercial!!!! remember?
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Bob has had a number of small roles in movies, and in commercials also.
One good commerical can net you $30,000, with residuals...
So if there is an oppurtinity, why not, for anyone.
As for Bob, working with bb.com, and Weider, and the emcee of the Olympia means that Bob is having a great year, plus radio show, plus Del Taco commericial, plus getting married, new baby... damn.... he can afford lots of special shiny shirts...
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Bob has had a number of small roles in movies, and in commercials also.
One good commerical can net you $30,000, with residuals...
So if there is an oppurtinity, why not, for anyone.
As for Bob, working with bb.com, and Weider, and the emcee of the Olympia means that Bob is having a great year, plus radio show, plus Del Taco commericial, plus getting married, new baby... damn.... he can afford lots of special shiny shirts...
It can only make you that if its a national Ron. And only very few play that long or many markets to make that kind of money. Emceeing the Olympia makes no money. I haven't seen the Del Taco commerical. Dodgeball was a day player role that paid the SAG minimum for the day. He of course might have been in some scenes that got deleted though. Everyone that appears in a commercial are not paid SAG wages. And they are not entitled to residuals. From what Chic said he is not covered by the medical insurance provided by SAG. That means he did not make the union minimum to be eligible for medical insurance. It is pretty safe to say he makes more with BB.com than in acting. He does have his foot in the door but he will have to lose size to make some good money. The "big guy" part is just to limited.
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Dodgeball was a day player role that paid the SAG minimum for the day. He of course might have been in some scenes that got deleted though.
Has he even had any speaking rolls? If he hasn't I don't think he could be SAG. I do know if he has had one speaking roll they have to "Taft/Hartley" him damn near on the spot.....right?
I rememeber way back when, I couldn't join SAG until I was Taft/Hartly, that was the early to mid 80's.
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Didn't he grunt in dodgeball? probably not captured on mic though.
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Has he even had any speaking rolls? If he hasn't I don't think he could be SAG. I do know if he has had one speaking roll they have to "Taft/Hartley" him damn near on the spot.....right?
I rememeber way back when, I couldn't join SAG until I was Taft/Hartly, that was the early to mid 80's.
He's had a few speaking parts and I recal at least one of them was more than 5 words so I'm pretty certain he has his SAG card. Chuck Norris offered to help me get my card once when I put him on a training routine. I never followed up with it and Benny Podda ended up doing it. I still had fun doing Hart to Hart, Charlies Angels and Blind Date (the movie) though.
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He was great in "Malcolm in the Middle".
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He was great in "Malcolm in the Middle".
That kid needs to bring up his lats.
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He's had a few speaking parts and I recal at least one of them was more than 5 words so I'm pretty certain he has his SAG card. Chuck Norris offered to help me get my card once when I put him on a training routine. I never followed up with it and Benny Podda ended up doing it. I still had fun doing Hart to Hart, Charlies Angels and Blind Date (the movie) though.
Max my friend who got me into stunts worked on that movie. Eddie Braun. He has done well over 100 films and TV.
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Has he even had any speaking rolls? If he hasn't I don't think he could be SAG. I do know if he has had one speaking roll they have to "Taft/Hartley" him damn near on the spot.....right?
I rememeber way back when, I couldn't join SAG until I was Taft/Hartly, that was the early to mid 80's.
I'm not even sure he talked in Dodgeball. I would think by now he is SAG. Not everyone knows about Taft/Hartley. It is only good for 30 days then you become a "must-sign". I actually did Over the Top, Apple Computer, SouthWestern Bell, and a Ralphs commerical under Taft/Hartley and then became a must sign. I got my SAG card for the Gillette Commercial (which won a CLEO). I haven't been in the business since 1995 was the last year I did anything which was a McDonalds Commercial. I had to chop up the old menu board with a chain-saw. They were introducing the new Money-Saving Menu Boards. So things might have changed. What is the SAG minimum now?
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I just remembered something. Gold's Gym used to have a talent division at the gym. They got inside the industry by providing talent in lieu of payment. Paul Grymkowski told me one time that in all the years they had that program they figured they got over $16 million in marketing exposure for free. That is why you always see guys wearing Gold's Gym shirts back then on TV and the movies. I was of course in a certain "click" in the industry. Whenever they needed football players, weight lifters, bodybuilders, or large thug type I got a call. Well I remember seeing allot of the same guys at calls. Mr. T, Jacko, Pete Koch and others. Gold's Gym would send guys to interviews and I remember no one like them there cause they weren't SAG or somethign like that. We felt they had an unfair advantage over us. It was fun though. I got tired of it and it was a main reason I moved here.
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Both sucks at acting
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He should stick with his BB.com gig, he's really good at it. Retire his ass from competitive bodybuilding ASAP.
Cicherillo has a golden opportunity with BB.com, should really try out pretty much everything, he'll become seasoned for the big time that way. Doing it all also seems to be a good call, radio, TV, interviews, commentary, everything.
He really needs to slim down though. Start to look like a normal muscular dude.
I *think* it will help him.
YIP
Zack
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Both sucks at acting
What about phyxsius grammar?
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Both sucks at acting
Yea but your great at sucking
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Yea but your great at sucking
LOL.. My bad.. Originally I put Chick but heck, KL sucks too
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He really needs to slim down though. Start to look like a normal muscular dude.
I *think* it will help him.
I slimmed down and it helped me! I'm definitely getting more "dialogue" roles now!
****cough****
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haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
::) ::)
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I just remembered something. Gold's Gym used to have a talent division at the gym. They got inside the industry by providing talent in lieu of payment.
Yeah wasn't it a guy named Derik that ran that division/agency for Gold's. I can't remember the guys last name but it wasn't the guy with big arms. My ex-wife got a movie role (the made for TV movie about a female bodybuilder where the star was trained by Franco), a workout video and she and I were in a Gold's Gym Clothing line print ad in a magazine from that division/agency. Some day I have to scan that ad. I have a copy in storage. I was told they still have it hanging in the corporate office.
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Grant... so slimming down is the secret to your on-screen work?
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Yeah wasn't it a guy named Derik that ran that division/agency for Gold's. I can't remember the guys last name but it wasn't the guy with big arms. My ex-wife got a movie role (the made for TV movie about a female bodybuilder where the star was trained by Franco), a workout video and she and I were in a Gold's Gym Clothing line print ad in a magazine from that division/agency. Some day I have to scan that ad. I have a copy in storage. I was told they still have it hanging in the corporate office.
Yes you are right Derek Barton was his name. He stills up the marketing division.
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Yes you are right Derek Barton was his name. He stills up the marketing division.
Yeah that's it. Thanks I couldn't think of it.
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Grant... so slimming down is the secret to your on-screen work?
Yes, Max..... and using more "method acting" techniques!!!
My favorite is.... "working under-cover"!
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Yes, Max..... and using more "method acting" techniques!!!
My favorite is.... "working under-cover"!
You've got more p*ssy than a cat shelter. ;)
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"Now that...that's what I call posing!" ;D
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So what does Chick have going for him with BB.com needs him for? Is an aging third tier bber who may never compete again going to bring in the bucks? Are the teens and twenty somethings just starting out going to know who he is or be able to relate?
They would be better off signing a Phil Heath or Richard Jones and teach them some mic skills if needed. They have better looks and longevity...
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So what does Chick have going for him with BB.com needs him for? Is an aging third tier bber who may never compete again going to bring in the bucks? Are the teens and twenty somethings just starting out going to know who he is or be able to relate?
They would be better off signing a Phil Heath or Richard Jones and teach them some mic skills if needed. They have better looks and longevity...
Phil Heath???????The guy has bodybuilt for 3 years...What is he actually gonna teach a kid...He is all genetics....What do these guys really know about competing????
Chick has been into the game for well over 20 years....It took him many shows to be a pro with plenty of trial and error...Add the fact that he has brushed elbows with almost every pro bbuilder(past/present) on the planet...He has been in movies...Kids eat that shit up...and he can actually spit out a sentence or two without fumbling over his words while on the mic...
Some people are just jealous of this guy its unreal...
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I slimmed down and it helped me! I'm definitely getting more "dialogue" roles now!
****cough****
Yo dude I thought you just let the cock and ballz do all the talkin? BTY what was the name of that Vivid movie you did where you were some kind of demon and had the seen where you were butt-slamming that chick when you turned into a demon - that was classic funny shit. Oh yeah the chicks shot a whole thru your chest also - most special affects I ever saw in a porn flick!! LMBAO