Three-year-old Ramsay yesterday paid a visit to Deakin Cinema Complex for a preview of his first feature film A Few Best Men which opens on Thursday.

Ouyen farmer Kevin Crook, 55, and his wife Sandra, who have bred sheep for more than 30 years, could not believe their ram was chosen for the film.

“When I was first told about it, I thought it was one of my mate’s ringing up and playing a joke on me,” Mr Crook said.

“I didn’t realise the movie would be so big, and then I heard Olivia Newton-John was in it – it’s all a bit exciting.

“I wish we’d gone to the premiere in Sydney – they wanted Ramsay to walk up the red carpet, but it would have taken four days to drive there and we were flat out without wheat harvest last December.”

Ramsay was first discovered at a ram show in Bendigo two years ago.

“He is used to working with people because he is one of our old show rams,” Mr Crook said.

“And he is so placid compared to the other rams – I’m surprised that he sat so quietly in the cinema seat – he almost fell asleep.”

So, has fame affected Ramsay?

“He’s getting used to people again – getting back to the norm,” Mr Crook said.

“Ramsay is now harder to handle – he is being naughty and jumping around with the ewes when he is not supposed to.”

The film, starring Xavier Samuel and Olivia Newton-John, centres on a wedding which is thrown into disarray by the groom’s mates.

Directed by Stephan Elliot, whose works include The Adventures of Pricilla: Queen of the Dessert, it is a comedy based in the Australian outback.

Ramsay was away from his owners for four months during the film’s production.

“I missed him while he was away – I didn’t have a clue what he was doing in the movie,” Mr Crook said.

“The sheep handler in the movie told us he almost cried when he had to give the ram back.

“The producers didn’t give too much away, but they guaranteed no harm or cruelty would happen to Ramsay.

“He plays 90 per cent of his character’s role.”