Stallones table with the other main characters was diagonal from ours, about 12 feet away.
But I didnt put anything together.
Now does that bother me?
Thomas Mooneyham on the set of ‘Tulsa King’ in the Bred-2-Buck SaloonCourtesy
Not in the least.
What bothers me is that somebody overheard him and the director.
It aint even the part that I am fat.
I wasnt the only big one that was there.
But I do feel like I was singled out because they said old tub of lard with the cane.
I was the only one there with the cane.
Deadline first broke the story on Monday; reps for the Paramount+ show and Stallone have yet to comment.
That is just an old roughneck cowboy country bar.
And the name the bar, heres my point, is Bred-2-Buck.
Tell me how many old bronco-riding cowboys who are old and who are not hobbled or crippled?
How would a gentleman with a cane not fit into that?
But the main thing is my cane was not even visible in the scene.
I had it hidden behind my body.
When I worked onCivil Wartwo years ago, I weighed 390 pounds.
The producers went out of the way to help me get my scooter loaded into the van.
He says his experience onTulsa Kingwas a far cry from what his experienced on the motion picture.
I know there was all this talk about older folks.
Older, too old.
How do they justify that we are too old when hes 20-some years older than we are.
Im 53 years old.
How the hell am I too old?
Ive experienced nothing like this before, says Mooneyham, who adds he doesnt fault the casting director.
He also has no plans to quit doing background work.
Some people say Im thin-skinned.
People think that Im making a fuss.
I never made a fuss until Rose contacted me about it, says Mooneyham.
My feelings got hurt a little.
But you know what?
Im more pissed than hurt.
And its just because of my disability.
