Low-budget independent movie “Midgets vs. Mascots” is getting the worst kind of publicity on YouTube, courtesy of one of its stars.
Pint-sized TV series actor Gary Coleman (TV series “Webster”) does a rant knocking the film in which is stars. “It was worse than any film school project that I think I could ever bear to be involved in,” Coleman says in the YouTube video. “I should have never been in this movie in the first place, but the mortgage keeps coming.”
He complains the movie was a strain on his personal life, he didn’t get paid much and “I’m going to bash my fists right in my agent’s face.” It’s not clear why the Coleman rant is posted–don’t discount this might be a calculated publicity gimmick for the film.
The film is a farce about a porno tycoon dwarf who offers a $10 million prize to the winning team as midgets compete against a group of costumed mascots (regular-size people in body suits as Gators, Cowboys and Spartans).
“Midgets vs. Mascots” premieres April 25 at the Tribeca Film Festival, and apparently has no commercial distribution lined up after that. Its official website has little info about the filmmakers.
This episode reveals a little-known aspect of the fringe of independent films. Name actors will perform in shoestring-budgeted films for small sums—often times just $5,000—if the shooting schedule for them is just a few days. So the talent’s per-day rate is decent and the producer gets a familiar face to promote the film.
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