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Filming starts this fall
Dashwood teen lands role
Michael Stevens will star in
The Return of Tommy Tricker
A long shot comes through for Michael Stevens of Dash-
wood who is going to be starring in a Lafayette Film pro-
duction of The Return of Tommy Tricker. Stevens was cho-
sen from thousands of young boys who auditioned in the
U.S. and New Zealand as well.
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DASHWOOD - It's hard to be-
lieve the only thing between Mike
Stevens and stardom was half an
inch of foam and rubber.
Stevens has recently been chosen
for the role of Tommy Tricker in a
childrens movie production entitled
the Return of Tommy Tricker.
However, getting the role was no
easy task.
Stevens first heard of the audi-
tions on CKCO-TV and asked his
mother, Debbie, if he could go. "I
thought it would be ridiculous,"
said Stevens mom, "but he bugged
me so much I finally took him?
Upon Stevens arrival at the Kitch-
ener audition he was checked to see
if he could meet the height require-
ment, Stevens got in line but was
disappointed to learn that he was too
tall. Said his mom, "I told him
'there was he happy' I had told him
all along it was silly, not only had
they auditioned 200 children that
day but thousands more in New
Zealand, -.and the U.S." However
Stevens looked down and noticed
his shoes, the soles must have been
at least a half an inch thick, he took
them off and went back in. This
time he was just tall enough.
After a series of auditions that day
Stevens was notified last Wednes-
day that he was one of five finalists,
and that they would be calling again
to let them know. The call Thurs-
day clinched it. When a representa-
tive of the Lafayette film company
called again to ask that Stevens
mom proceed with getting a medical
and a passport they told her that her
son had been chosen to play the
main role of Tommy Tricker.
The Stevens had never even heard
of Tommy Tricker, but many of the
neighbourhood children had seen it
on First Choice before and seemed
very familiar with it.
"We were so surprised," said
Debbie Stevens, "immediately I
checked into the company's refer-
ences, and found out that not only
are they very reputable, but the
Tommy Tricker series won an
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Despite his lack of experience Ste-
vens felt he's always had a knack
for it, and if'this works out he might
like to pursue acting as a career.
On September 15 Stevens will be
heading out to shoot in locations
such as Sorrel Island, Montreal,
along the St. Lawrence river, and
Cooke Island in New Zealand. "It's
a dream come true, they're sending
a script by courier, and I can hardly
wait to get started," said Stevens„
The Return of Tommy Tricker is
the 15th part of the Tommy Tricker
series. Stevens character is a broth-
er to five bothers is and sisters, his
father is an alcoholic, so Tommy
supports the family through his
tricks. "It's a good childrens show.
There are no guns, violence, or
swearing that's what impressed me
most," said Debbie.
Stevens will be gone for seven
weeks, but will have a chaperone
with him. Though his mom would
love to travel with him she will be
busy taking care of her othertwo
children. Says Debbie, "It's all so
new, exciting and unfamiliar that
right now were just getting used to
the idea."
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