Saw this on MSN and had to laugh…

Dying to get into Hollywood — one man’s dream
Monday Jan 23 16:00 AEDT
 

Chuck Lamb is literally dying to make it in Hollywood.

The 47-year-old has a desperate desire to get into the movies — and is willing to set his sights low.

Six feet under, in fact.

Rather than try to be a leading man, Chuck decided he would just try to get a part as a dead body, and started his own website called ‘Dead Body Guy’.

He posted various pictures his wife Tonya took of him in numerous scenes playing dead, telling everyone who would listen: "I will make it even if it kills me."

Now the bizarre website has made him an unexpected celebrity in America — and has already met his dreams with an offer to play dead on the big screen.

As well as becoming a media darling, Chuck has been offered a part in the ideally named film Stiffs.

"It’s absolutely incredible," said Chuck, a 47-year-old father-of-six.

"I had had no idea it would blow up like this."

Chuck says he always wanted to be a famous actor. But, as one commentator told him, he realised he now has "deep creases under his eyes, skin as pale as copy paper, precious little hair and no acting experience".

But Chuck refused to give up on his dream, even if he knew he had to set his sights lower.

And he also knew he needed a unique approach to get him noticed.

He said: "I knew there was no way I could go to Hollywood and go, ‘Hi, I’m Chuck Lamb. I’m old, I’m bald, and I have no acting experience. Can I be in a movie?’

"I mean, they’re going to just go: ‘Next!’

"So I had to think of something, and it actually came in a dream. And I told Tonya, I said, ‘Anybody can lay down and hold their breath’.

"I just had to give it my all. I’ve raised children, had a good marriage, I’ve done about everything I wanted to do. I set my mind on something I’m going to do it."

It took him two days to build the website, and it was almost an instant hit.

DeadBodyGuy received 300,000 hits in its first three weeks. There were 530 hits from Uruguay, 6 from Iran. In two hours, the site received 2,000 hits from Spain. "I’m huge in Spain," he laughed.

He started getting massive media attention in the U.S., and has even been invited to the Los Angeles Film Festival in June, where he will be presented with the Special Achievement Award for Self-Promotion. He also will play dead on the red carpet as film actors step over his body.

"Do you know how many thousands of actors in L.A. would kill for the publicity he’s getting right now?" said Al Bowman, a festival organiser.

Then came the dream break — a movie offer to play dead in Stiffs, a black comedy starring Danny Aiello, Lesley Ann Warren and Jon Polito.

"We are thrilled to be able to make this dream come true for Mr. Lamb," said Stiffs Executive Producer Roger Marino. "It seemed like a natural fit for us to offer him the role of a dead guy in a film focused on a funeral home."

Chuck says he still cannot believe his plan worked so well.

"The fact is, as incongruous as it may sound, the idea came to me in a dream just a couple of months ago and now, it is really happening," said Lamb. "I’m getting to live my dream. It’s amazing."

For other film directors, Chuck offers his ‘Top 10 Reasons Why I Should Be A Dead Body In A Movie Or On A TV Show As America’s Favorite Dead Body’

10. I have fair skin. "Ever see a corpse with a good tan?"
9. I am bald. "Any wig will fit me"
8. I have no tattoos. "So people can’t say I know that guy"
7. I am not a star. "No salary negotiations"
6. It will be great publicity. "Helping a guy live his dream"
5. I have many friends. "More people will see the movie"
4. I can play many different dead people "Cowboy, mafia, gang, business man"
3. I am average size "6’0"… 220lbs."
2. I have no freckles, warts or ugly things on my body.
1. NO HAIR ON MY BACK!!!!! "No one wants to see that! Even on a dead body"

Now if that isn’t ambition with a good dose of entrepreneurial skills I don’t know what is!

Vee