He has an intense look on his face in anticipation of his grand finale match against rival Lowden Swain of Thompson High School played by Matthew Modine.įrank worked very hard to lose 25 pounds in order to be closer to Matthew’s weight. Frank is on set filming the scene where he steps out of his school’s bus. When it was all said and done, Frank was offered the part of Brian Shute.įast forward two and a half weeks after landing the part of Brian Shute. The two of them then wrestled for the director, producers, and crew. Being a former wrestler, he understood the hardships of the sport and that he had to be resilient in the face of adversity. But this did not deter him from the test. Having gone through a few practices prior to this challenge match, Frank was sore and in a lot of pain. One being an experienced actor from Hollywood and Frank, an unknown college student.Īlthough Frank was an experienced wrestler, the actor challenging him for the role also had wrestling experience. At this point, they had narrowed their search down to two candidates. Stone was the wrestling consultant for the movie. Several additional auditions had followed, one of which required wrestling a live match for Hall-of-Fame Coach Cash Stone. This did not help Frank’s nerves, but he followed through with the task at hand.
The first words to come out of the Director’s mouth were, “ you know the lines now?,” as he took the script from his hands. He was then informed that the Director of the movie, Harold Becker, wanted to meet him in person and observe a follow-up audition. With a little practice and some encouragement by the Casting Director to be more intense, Frank got through the first phase of the audition process.
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