Magyar Merinos are elated that the recent film Pedro & Frankensheep features one of their brethren in the starring role. Before he travelled to the verdant hills of England, Viktor was a popular and prolific ram who sired 17 children at a farm near Kecskemet.
"We knew he'd eventually be discovered," says Lydia, mother of four of his offspring. "He loved the theatre and would often entertain us with his readings of Shakespeare. His portrayal of Hamlet was spellbinding. Truly rivetting."
When Viktor was sold to a British farmer, his friends at the co-op were hopeful he'd find a home in the London theatre. They were delighted that, instead, he was able to make the leap directly from meadow to movies. Within only months of his arrival in Brittania, Viktor was discovered by a BBC producer vacationing with his family in the Lakes district. Mr. Throckmorton's children first drew his attention to the ram who, they told him excitedly, "Was way cool." After observing just one reading of a passage from Shaw's "Arms and the Man," Throckmorton contacted a friend at William Morris who immediately signed Viktor on.
The McLeod brothers were quick to cast the newcomer in the headline role for their new movie. "He has those soft, sad Hungarian eyes that we knew were perfect for our story," they said. "Just looking at him made us want to pull the blankets over our head, drift into unconsciousness, and enjoy many happy hours of deep delta wave sleep ."
On February 13, sheep throughout Hungary will celebrate Viktor's success by leaping over fences from sundown until sunrise February 14. They are hoping their "Leap for Sleep" will provide the usually aloof and sullen Hungarian male population with enough sleep to awaken relaxed and refreshed with romantic notions in time for Valentine's Day.
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