b'thathessignedupwithACTRA,Leslie is the Coffee Queen.Rick says hed love future opportuni- Theysourcetheirethicallypro-ties. Palmer Park on the lake, the Oldduced coffee beans from Columbia, Mill, The Piano Inn and Cafe and theBrazil and Africa.downtown core of scenic Port PerryIts a small world, Rick pointed are often chosen for movie sets, heout. His mother-in-law just happened noted. tomeetamanwhospendshalfof ThehistoricOldMillwasre- the year living in Peterborough, and painted a grey-blue colour, and a signowns a little family coffee bean farm reading Point Cafe / Port Haven wasin Columbia. A direct trade arrange-erected,asabackdropforfilmingment was made with him. scenes inThe Way Home . Tallboyscoffeeisavailableat Rick joked that this acting gig wasexclusiveshopssuchasWillowtree his second fifteen minutes of fame. Farms.Theresasuccessfulonline Ten years ago, he was sitting onbusiness,withcoffeesubscriptions aparkbenchinMontrealwithhisand gift cards. So, at home, you can Andie McDowell during a scene. wife Leslie, watching the filming ofmake your own delicious brew, fit for the prank TV showJust for Laughs. a Hallmark star. and do it again. This went on untilA production person randomly cameLook for Port Perrys favourite ba-late afternoon, with a break for a ca- up to Rick and asked if he wantedrista Rick when you watchThe Way tered lunch at Trinity United Churchto be in the scene. He had to hand aHome originalprimetimeseries,to hall. Production shut down early duebucket to a lady who threw up in it,premiere in 2023.to the rain. and his job was to react to it.By Lynn Campbell, Focus on ScugogRicksaidthatHollywoodstarThis changed the way I watched Andie MacDowell was really friend- the show, Rick commented. He had ly. Although she lives in California,alreadywitnessedothersdothis she comes from South Carolina andscene so he knew what was going to her voice has a very pretty southernhappen.twang. It was a fake reaction, revealed RickpretendedtomakecoffeeRick,whowasdirectedtoact most of the day, but he did actuallygrossed out.brew some espresso for a few people,That was my first big break, he includingactressSadieLaflamme- quipped. You can view it on YouTube.Snow from Toronto. A bit about the coffee bizThe actor playing a customer at theWhat started out as a hobby for coffee bike improvised and picked uptheBosmansthreeorfouryears a Tallboy Roasters coffee bag and pre- ago evolved into a side hustle. They tended to ask Rick a question about it.turnedtheirgarageintoaroastery, Maybe there will be a glimpse ofequipped the cool coffee bike, built it in the show, Rick said.awebsiteandFacebookpage,and He had to sign a release for theRicks dad designed the logo.Tallboylogotobeused,plusthereThenameTallboyRoasterswasThe mobile unit serves expresso and more.was union paperwork to fill out. Nowchosen because Rick is 6 6 tall. FOCUS - OCTOBER 20225'