Not quite Indy-related, but definitely Brett-related!! :D (read on to find out)

Posted by Brett (Maverick) Lambert from 209.5.179.15 on January 16, 2000 at 14:53:07:

I found this at theforce.net. This is kind of an amusing story about
how far some Star Wars fans can go to get a role in Episode II. Check
out this story, and notice what the SW fans name is!!!!!!!! Eerie,
isn't it? :)

Here it is:

How NOT to try and get a role in Episode II
Sun, Jan 16, 00 05:02:26 PM EST
David Morgan-Mar sent us a link to an article in smh.com.au. It's
written by Stephen Gibbs:

A man who climbed to the roof of a cinema at Fox Studios yesterday
told police he wanted a role in the next Star Wars .
Initially considered a suicide risk, he turned out to be a scaffolder
called Brett and was eventually talked down from the Hoyts cinema roof
after almost five hours 40 metres above the street.
"He just wants to be in the movies," a friend said.
About 1.40pm, Brett, in his early 20s, handed a Fox employee a note
saying he wanted to meet Star Wars director George Lucas (who is not
in Australia).
Then he climbed a fence up to the awnings and scaled the front of the
Hoyts cinema.
An ambulance waited below and a long section of Bent Street was
closed. Some people entered the cinema through a back door but
hundreds watched the drama above.
"He must be a stunt man," one woman said. A child asked: "What if he
has to pee?" But some thought the man was preparing to jump and
suggested he should.
Brett's friend, who did not give his name, assured Fox security staff
the scaffolder meant no harm to himself or anyone else but was just a
huge fan of Star Wars and wanted a role in the second "prequel" to be
filmed at the studios.
A spokeswoman for Fox Studios Australia, Ms Anne Markey, said the
climb was a harmless, if disruptive, stunt.
"But when there's an incident like this we have to take all necessary
precautions," she said.
A police spokesman said the man would probably be charged.
As far as we know, this was NOT Leonardo DiCaprio, in case you're
wondering. ;)

I think this "Brett" guy acted out what I wish I could do so I could
be in Episode II!!! ;)
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