Back in early to mid 2000’s they filmed a lot of movies up my way and met several.

Was in downtown Minden to see a customer but they had street blocked to film a scene. Had to sit on a bench on main street until they finished. While I was sitting there Willie Nelson came walking up and asked if he could sit with me while they finished shooting. He wasn’t in that particular scene. We chatted for a good 10 or 15 minutes. Super cool down to earth guy. Yes he smelled like weed.

Buddy of mine was renting a house in South Highlands at the time. Film studio had rented out the house next door for a film. One while I was over there they were filming a scene in the front porch. We sat on his front porch and were able to see and hear the whole thing. Houses were very close together. I believe they actually shared a driveway. Anyway, when they were done, Queen Latiffa came walking over and sat with us for about 20 minutes while they were setting up for next scene. She also was really cool and down to earth. My buddy had actually already met her previously and spoken with her on several occasions as they filmed.

Wa in Hilton in downtown Shreveport to meet a client in there lounge. While I was waiting on him to get there, Rob Drydek and Chanel West Coast came in and sat down. They were staying there at hotel and were in town cause MTV was shooting some kind of skateboard show in town. Rob was pretty cool. Chanel was pretty dang hot but dumb as a sack of rocks.

Stopped in a local Starbucks one morning and Mike Rowe from Dirty Jibs was in there having a cup with one of the show producers. We were the only three in there at the time. Spoke for a few minutes. Just a dude. Could have hung out with him just as easily as any of my other buddies.Talked hunting and fishing mainly.

Jessica Simpson almost ran over my 6 y/o son as we were leaving Mall St Vincent. Not sure if that counts as meeting her cause after I snatched my son out of the way, she just sped off real fast.

When I was a kid, my grandfather was the ringside announcer for MidSouth wrestling and also worked for KTBS Channel 3. I got to meet all the wrestlers back then. You name them and I met them. Hogan, Randy Savage, Junk Yard Dog, Roddy Piper, Ice Man King Parsons, Rick Flair, and my absolute favorite Andre the Freaking Giant. Talk about a nice guy. And to little 7 y/o me he seemed 20 feet tall.