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Jon Heder left his moon boots at home Wednesday when he spoke to a crowd of hundreds at the SUB. Heder starred as an outcast named Napoleon Dynamite in the film of the same name.
Heder has straight hair and dispelled the myth that it was dyed red for the movie.
"That was my hair," he said. "We permed it twice, and that bleached it a little bit - you know, with all the chemicals and burning."
UNM student Paul Twitchell donned a brown suit and poofy hair, which he said is naturally curly. He won the look-alike contest and got to meet Heder.
"When I first saw that movie it was really awkward, because I knew that movie was based on my life," Twitchell said.
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Originally from Salem, Oregon, Heder said he always dreamed about being in the film industry.
"I grew up really into art and drawing, as you can tell," he said, referring to the drawings in the movie.
He said he drew them himself, minus the unicorn at the beginning of the film.
Heder studied film at Brigham Young before he got an audition for a small role in a film called "Peluca" directed by Jared Hess. The short film introduced the awkward character that would later become Napoleon Dynamite.
"That became a little cult hit locally at BYU, so we decided to make a feature-length film based on it," he said.
Heder said he knew he was meant to play the role when he read the script for the first time.
"This was the crusty nerd we all knew in math class who did drawings of warriors all day," he said. "I had those awkward moments."
The dance routine in the film is completely ad-libbed, Heder said.
"I don't have it memorized," he said, before he gave the audience a sample of his dancing skills. "I just started dancing."
Heder said "Napoleon Dynamite" was filmed in 22 days in Preston, Idaho, over the summer of 2003. It cost $400,000 to produce, he said.
An audience member asked what year the movie was set in.
"The time period is Idaho," Heder said. "If you've ever been to a small town, you know they aren't up to date with fashion or technology."
Student Samantha Brito brought her mom Cammy to the event. Cammy Brito was dressed like the militant Rex Kwon Do character.
"I made the outfit myself," she said, wearing the signature American flag print pants with a matching bandana.
Samantha said her friends and family had a Napoleon Dynamite party where they made a pi§ata of the character Summer and a cake for Pedro.
"It became a cult hit at work," Cammy said. "We could not stop talking about it. So I threw a party."
The most commonly asked questions from the audience regarded Internet rumors, including one that Heder died in a car accident.
"I think I know the answer to that one," he said, laughing. "That was creepy, though. I still have family members calling me asking about that."
One student asked what the difference is between a liger and a tigon, animals Heder referred to in the film.
"Because it's a male lion instead of a male tiger," he responded. "Any idiot knows that. Gosh!"
