even before i went and did the research on the real kenny wells who was named david walsh -- i had a of research and facts to find out about him -- it hit me immediately, oh, i know this, this is part of who my dad was, it's part of who my dad did business with, it's the chicago johns, the guys i saw my dad dealing with, and they were pipe and coupling salesmen. they were not prospectors, but in a way, they were prospectors. they were pedalling every day, waking up in the morning, throwing their legs over the side of the bed going, today's going to be the day. my dad's line was "i'm going to hit a lick," wish me luck, i'm going to hit a lick. and that means i'm going to make a big sale. and he didn't hit that lick. and he got up again the next day, today's going to be the day, i'm going to hit a lick, and he didn't, for days, for weeks, for months, for years, until he moved on. there's millions of people like that. and this is a story with kenny, he actually did find the gold, he actually did hit that lick. so you know, a lot of it was research i did on the guy, david walsh, whose or

this guy, original name was david walsh, in this film, kenny wells.in a bar in reno, nevada, has run his prospector business company into the groun h night that he knows the guy who knows where the gold is in indonesia. buys a one-way ticket to indonesia, finds gold. >> jimmy: and then? i don't want to ruin any of it. >> finds a lot of gold. >> jimmy: finds a lot. >> and a lot of people want that gold. and now he's got to try and keep it. >> jimmy: yeah. and you run into a tiger along the way? >> yes, run into a tiger. >> jimmy: is that true? did he run into a tiger? that is part of -- >> absolutely not. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that is not true. >> in this movie he will have run into a tiger. pats the tiger on the head. and i did too. >> jimmy: you patted a tiger on the head? >> not for a long time. they scheduled it to be the last scene shot. smart scheduling. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. sure. and you were a producer on the film. >> i checked off on that as a good idea. >> jimmy: you did. you knew that you were getting into that. that's not something