A Beaver Dam woman will patiently wait for one scene in the movie "Public Enemies," the Michael Mann film being shot in Columbus this week.
In the scene, a security guard at a bank that John Dillinger, is robbing will be eating a candy bar. Missy Nelson provided the candy.
"I'm hoping it doesn't end on the editing room floor," Nelson said.
Nelson, a secretary of curriculum and instruction at the Beaver Dam Educational Service Center, took the day off Monday to see scenes from the movie being shot.
"How often do you get to see a Hollywood movie set up?," Nelson asked.
She arrived around 9:15 a.m. and parked quite a distance from downtown Columbus. Nelson said that she accidentally walked through an area near Columbus City Hall that had crew trucks in it.
"I was told to get behind the barricade," Nelson said.
Moments later, a set director came out and asked if anyone had a regular Hershey's bar or knew where to get one. Nelson volunteered and the set director gave her $5. She headed back to her car as fast as she could go.
"I went to Walgreens as fast as I could," Nelson said. "When I went into the store, I asked them where the Hershey bars were."
Nelson found every kind of Hershey bar she could get with the cost of the candy bars totaling $5.87.
When she got back to the scene, Nelson said she parked right behind the barricade.
"I grabbed the candy, worked my way through the crowd and handed it to the set director," Nelson said.
Nelson went back to the crowd and a little while later the set director came back up to her and asked how much money he gave her.
"I told him $5 and he said the receipt said I paid $5.87," Nelson said. "I said he could keep the change, but he said that the movie didn't need anymore directors and handed me one dollar. I asked him if he wanted his 13 cents back and he said, 'no that's fine. That can be your pay from Universal.'"
Nelson never spent the $5 bill she was given and has since put the bill in a small photo album with photos from Monday.
"Everyone has been teasing me that now I'm a celebrity, but all I did was buy a candy bar," Nelson said.