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Guess Who's Playing Joe Hosey In A Movie

A guy named Charlie Koznick, and it's not going to take him nine hours worth of makeup to pull it off.

Apparently in this movie they're making based on my book, there's going to be a character named Joe Hosey.

I just found this out last night and, when I heard, my head immediately began swelling.

I was very proud of myself, and with good reason. I mean, I never thought somebody would be playing me in a movie.

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But then I started wondering about how this guy Charlie Koznick was going to be playing me. After all, it's not like we ever met.

But who cares? It's probably not going to be too big a part anyway, at least if the cast listing on IMDB is anything to go by. That has Joe Hosey billed as the 13th character, right after "Scott" and just before "Officer Jim," whoever they are.

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Scott, by the way, is going to be played by an actor named Steven Crowley, and James Ellis Lane has the part of Officer Jim.

I never heard of any of these people but that probably has more to do with my not watching enough television. That's going to have to change.

For now, I already sent Mr. Koznick a friend request on Facebook. I haven't heard back. I hope this doesn't give him the idea to make me out in the movie like some kind of celebrity stalker.

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