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There are a few reasons this might happen, including: You're a power user moving through this website with super-human speed You've disabled JavaScript and/or cookies in your web browser A third-party browser plugin is preventing JavaScript from running. Reference ID: #356eb750-ce61-11eb-a5d5-413087b78204. Please complete the Challenge below, to regain access to the site. Please contact Customer Service at (800) 878-4166 ​or [email protected] with any issues. Please include the Reference ID shown above. Meet Frank Jasper, 'Shute' from 'Vision Quest' Three decades after first arriving in theaters, the 1985 movie "Vision Quest" still holds a special place in the hearts and minds of wrestlers and wrestling fans. Based on the popular late 1970s book of the same name by Terry Davis, the movie focuses on high school wrestler Louden Swain in his quest to defeat the muscular, menacing -- and undefeated -- defending state champ, Brian Shute. "Vision Quest" helped launch a number of careers, including Matthew Modine (as Swain), Linda Fiorentino (as Carla, the "older" woman who comes to live with Louden and his dad), Michael Schoeffling and Forest Whitaker as Kuch and Balldozer, respectively (Swain's high school teammates), and the one and only Madonna, who plays a bar singer in her first major film role. However, for most in the wrestling community, the actor to remember is Frank Jasper, the guy who played Shute. Jasper recently submitted to an interview with InterMat to talk about his life before "Vision Quest", what it was like filming the iconic movie, what he's been doing in the years since, and how he still gets a reaction from fans who still have passionate feelings about the film. Yeah, but could he wrestle? Yes, the guy who played Shute wrestled for real. "I started off at 112 (pounds) as a freshman in high school, JV," Jasper told InterMat. "Sophomore year, I moved up one weight. By my senior year, I was wrestling at 155." Wrestling wasn't the only sport for Jasper. "I also played tennis my last two years of high school. I practiced indoors, and got a scholarship at North Idaho College." After high school, Jasper took a detour from his educational career, working as an ironworker in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State for four years before enrolling at Eastern Washington University, where, as a student in the pre-med athletic training program, served as athletic trainer for the school's wrestling team. "For three months I served as a training partner for a wrestler at 190 pounds," said Jasper. "A guy on the team was working as an extra on this movie about a high school wrestler being filmed in Washington (State). Said they were looking for a six-foot tall guy to wrestle in the movie. At the time I was a bodybuilder, and had bulked up to about 215 pounds." "I thought it was worth a shot. I went to where they were filming the movie, with the idea that I would simply play a wrestler. I wasn't expecting to have to deliver any lines." Frank Jasper was in for a surprise. Will wrestle for a movie role. "I met with the casting director first. She handed me some lines from a script, asked me to read them," said Jasper. "She then took me to meet the director, Harold Becker. She grabbed the script out of my hands, saying, 'Do the lines.' I delivered the lines, then Harold said, 'Let's see you wrestle.' Luckily I had just participated in a wrestling competition, so I got through the practice demonstration." "They said that I looked to be about the same age as Matthew and Linda," Jasper continued. "The only thing they asked me to change was -- get rid of my moustache." Jasper was then invited back to read for the "Vision Quest" producers, Jon Peters and Peter Guber. "Two other guys had tried out for the part but didn't work out. They apparently had a new guy that they liked, while the casting director and Harold were backing me for the role." "I had to do my reading for the producers with my shirt off. I felt ridiculous." "We all went over to the set. The other guy -- his name was Frank Zagarino -- demonstrated his ability to wrestle. They'd say, 'do a takedown' or whatever wrestling move, and he'd do it, then I would do the same. Back and forth. Sort of a wrestle-off." Jasper's story confirms a popular legend within the wrestling community -- that he had won a wrestling match with another actor to win the role of Brian Shute. Don't feel bad for Frank Zagarino; the former high school wrestler enjoyed a career in action movies before becoming a personal trainer. The making of a movie -- and an iconic character. Winning the wrestle-off was just the beginning of the hard work for Frank Jasper. "I was a 215-pound bodybuilder who had to drop down to 189 in two-and-a-half weeks, before my scenes were to be filmed," Jasper told InterMat. "I know what it's like for wrestlers sucking weight." "The ironic thing was, as I was cutting weight, Matthew (Modine) was bulking up his frame so he looked to be more like a 189-pounder." Once the weight was off, Jasper was ready. "We shot for ten weeks, back in 1983, with some follow-up work in 1984." But that wasn't the end of Jasper's work on "Vision Quest." "Three months after filming, I was called back. They needed to shoot the weigh-in scenes. In the meantime, I had ballooned back up to 217. I had a month to get back down to what I weighed during the earlier filming." "In the weigh-in scenes, I thought I looked a little thin." About a month later, Jasper got another call: We need you again, this time for the famous -- or infamous -- scene where Shute confronts Louden Swain in the men's room with the line "You can't hold your mud." Jasper called director Harold Becker to warn him that he was up to 225. Luckily, it didn't really matter. "In the bathroom scene, I was wearing a jean jacket, which covered up the fact I was weighing in at about 200 pounds." Jasper revealed that the first scene he shot was of him getting off the school bus to enter the gym at Thompson High, Louden Swain's school. Over the course of a total of twelve weeks of filming, Frank Jasper learned just how much work -- and how many long hours -- go into making a movie. "It was an interesting process to film," Jasper said of his first assignment on a Hollywood movie, citing ten-to-twelve-hour days involving filming particular scenes over and over, especially the wrestling scenes. Jasper shared some background on the filming of yet another truly memorable scene in the movie: where Shute is climbing the stadium stairs with a log hoisted across his shoulders. "Yes, it was a real log!" Jasper disclosed. "And, even though the inside was hollowed out, it was still damn heavy!" "The other part no one realizes: even though the scene was to take place on a hot day, it was actually freezing cold. The sweat on my face was glycerin." Despite it being his first foray into film, Jasper has positive feelings about director Harold Becker, who had also directed "The Onion Field", "Taps" and "Sea of Love", among other films. "Harold was clear in telling me what he wanted, setting me up to be the monster." When asked if the director deliberately kept him away from the other actors -- a process that has been employed in some boxing movies and other films where a mano a mano confrontation is key to the story -- Jasper replied, "The only time I spent with other actors was in wrestling practice. I really didn't hang out with Matthew, but that wasn't necessarily by design." What about Madonna? "I wasn't around when they filmed her scene," Jasper said. "Realize that this movie was filmed before she became a star, so I wouldn't have really known who she was, even if I had been around for that scene." "Vision Quest" hit theaters on February 15, 1985. ("I thought they released it at a bad time," Jasper told InterMat.) Jasper described the making of "Vision Quest" as being "a very cool experience." So cool, it seems, that the student who was a Dean's List honoree in a very academically-demanding athletic training program -- "essentially pre-med" as he described it -- decided to relocate from the Pacific Northwest down to Los Angeles to see if he could make a go of it as an actor. "For one-and-a-half years, I took acting classes four nights a week, from 6 p.m. to midnight," said Jasper. "Got a gig for the Universal Studios tour where I worked for two-and-a-half years doing stunt work for a live stage show." (He also appeared in a couple other movies -- as well as in Van Halen's "Right Now" video where he played a drifter holding up a sign, "Will wrestle you for food" about a minute into the song.) Jasper's life beyond "Vision Quest" Frank Jasper never lost sight of his original career goals of learning and perfecting various aspects of the healing arts. Since 1995, he and his business and life partner Sanda Jasper have operated Osani Holistic Health Care in Pacific Palisades, Calif., just outside Los Angeles. As his bio at the Osani website states, Frank Jasper's early background incorporated pre-med studies, energy medicine and athletic training, with a Master's degree in Oriental Medicine from Yo San University, where he did his internship. He holds both California state and national certificates in acupuncture, specializing in sports medicine. He also trained and is certified in clinical nutrition, meridian stress assessment, craniosacral therapy, and reflexology. That doesn't mean that Jasper is no longer involved in athletics. In fact, he works with a number of athletes at Osani, with a focus on deep-tissue massage, acupuncture, and nutritional guidance for a holistic approach to wellness. In fact, Jasper has developed the TAN program -- Tennis, Acupuncture, and Nutrition -- for tennis players. ("Yes, I'm playing tennis again!" said the 58-year-old Jasper, who, in addition, holds a black belt in Aikido, is a Reiki Master and has studied and taught Qi Gong for over 25 years.) Looking back at "Vision Quest" Frank Jasper has fond memories about the making of "Vision Quest", but it's been only in more recent times that he actually had the opportunity to see the finished product. "I got a call from a policeman in South Carolina, who sent me a VHS copy of the movie which remained sealed in its original packaging until about a year or so ago," Jasper disclosed. "I saw it on the big screen for the first time in December 2015 in a theater here in Los Angeles. I was very pleased with the final product. I thought the wrestling was good, and it showed the hard work wrestlers put into their sport." "Harold Becker did such a great job," Jasper continued. "He wanted everything to be perfect. Before shooting a particular scene, he had me get my hair trimmed to make sure it matched what had been filmed four days earlier." "I'm honored that he picked me for the part, and have made a point of thanking him for having that vote of confidence in me." "'Vision Quest' the movie was part of a vision quest for me, personally," Jasper continued. "It made it possible for me to end up here in Los Angeles, involved in holistic health." He also seems to marvel that the role he played over 30 years ago still resonates within the wrestling community. "It was so cool to be at the Beat The Streets USA vs. Russia event at Times Square a few years ago," Jasper said. "Sat with Matthew Modine right at matside. What a great guy. Still with the same woman after all these years." "It was an incredible experience and honor to be there and to have fans come up to us." The opportunity for InterMat to interview Frank Jasper came courtesy of Scott Glabb, wrestling coach at Santa Ana High School outside Los Angeles who chronicled his experiences in the book "A Saint in the City: Coaching At-Risk Kids To Be Champions" which was the subject of an InterMat feature a few years ago. Jasper and Glabb were wrestling teammates at Eastern Washington University, and have remained friends over the years. "I've been down to his school to hand out trophies," Jasper said. "This year, the wrestlers knew who I was because they got to see 'Vision Quest.'" Jasper is planning to be a part of the 2016 World Cup wrestling event to take place at The Forum in Los Angeles in June. He told InterMat that he has two shirts in development featuring iconic images from "Vision Quest": Shute in a singlet, and carrying that log in the stadium stair climb. "I'm trying to support wrestling and generate interest in the event." It's easy to imagine Frank Jasper won't have any trouble selling those T-shirts. Die größten Hörerlebnisse nur bei Audible. Erlebe Audible auf dem Smartphone, Tablet, am Computer oder deinem Amazon Echo. Auch offline. Die größten Hörerlebnisse. Entdecke genau das, was du hören willst: Wähle aus 200.000 Titeln und inspirierenden Audible Original Podcasts. Natürlich werbefrei. Genieße dein Hörerlebnis ohne Unterbrechung. Einfach ausprobieren. Teste Audible 30 Tage kostenlos. Du kannst jederzeit kündigen. Hör die Welt mit anderen Augen. Mit Audible Originals und exklusiven Geschichten. Wir können dich kaum erwarten! Entdecke Audible einen Monat lang völlig kostenlos. Genieße jeden Monat ein Hörerlebnis deiner Wahl - und so viele exklusive Audible Original Podcasts, wie du willst. Keine Bindung, keine Frist – du kannst dein Abo jederzeit pausieren oder kündigen. State, defense rests in Paladin Club murder case. Both sides to give closing arguments Wednesday in the trial for two men accused of killing the Connells. Both the state and defense have rested their cases, leaving jurors to soon decide the fate of two men charged in connection with the slaying of newlywed couple Joseph and Olga Connell at the Paladin Club Condominiums in the early hours of Sept. 22, 2013. Prosecutors closed Tuesday with the case's lead investigator testifying that a review of Christopher Rivers' cell phone turned up two screen shots of text conversations – one in which Joseph Connell told Rivers he was heading to a restaurant on the Riverfront on the night of Sept. 21, 2013, and another in which he texted hours later to say he was heading home from the restaurant. This matched testimony Friday in which the state's key cooperating witness, Joshua C. Bey, testified that Rivers sent him a screen shot to provide an update on the Connells' whereabouts the night of the killings. Prosecutors contend Rivers paid Bey to hire two men, Dominique Benson and Aaron Thompson, to kill the couple. The motive for the brutal slayings, prosecutors say, was a nearly $1 million insurance policy that Rivers and Connell had taken out on each other for the mortgage on their business, C&S Auto Repair on Concord Pike in Talleyville. Benson, 25, and Rivers, 33, are being tried together in Superior Court in Wilmington. Both are facing life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder. The trial was estimated to last up to six weeks, but moved faster than anticipated, wrapping up Tuesday after only two weeks of testimony. Lawyers are expected to give closing arguments Wednesday, followed by jury instructions and then deliberations. FBI Agent Bill Shute, a cellular analysis expert, testified about the location of these phones. Shute used call records and the location of cell towers to map what area the phones were located in when calls were made.On Tuesday, the state's case focused almost entirely on cell phones the state claims were used by Benson and Thompson. Using this method, he showed that the cell phone prosecutors believe was used by Thompson was in the vicinity of the Paladin Club during the early evening hours and then again around 11:45 p.m. on Sept. 21. The phone was in another area south west of Wilmington by about 1:41 a.m., his maps showed. The killings were said to have occurred at approximately 1:28 a.m. on Sept. 22. A cell phone prosecutors say was used by Benson was never pinpointed to the Paladin Club on Sept. 21 or 22 and made no calls from 11:45 p.m. to 2:15 a.m., Shute testified. Shute said, however, that the phone was in the area of C&S and the Paladin Club on Sept. 20. He also said that between 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 and 2:30 a.m. on Sept. 22 there were nine phone calls, totaling 19 minutes, between these two phones. An attorney representing Benson pointed out while cross-examining Shute that the cell phone the state has attributed to Benson actually had a subscriber listed as his girlfriend. Likewise, the subscriber for the phone attributed to Thompson is listed as "Kenny AAA." Benson's attorney Ben Gifford added that the area the phones were allegedly located in spans miles and includes various businesses and restaurants. He also questioned Shute's methods, citing the fact that Shute did not do a "drive test" in which he physically tests cell phones in a particular cell service area and did not account for "spoofing apps" sometimes used to mask calls. Following Shute's testimony, the state ended its case with testimony from the case's lead investigator, New Castle County Police Sgt. James Leonard. He pieced together much of the evidence in the case that were previously left hanging. Aside from the testimony about Rivers' screen shots, he said that on Sept. 4, hours after Rivers and Bey were arrested and charged in connection with the killings, the phone associated with Benson texted someone saying he was at the hospital and needed a ride home because stuff was getting "hot." The defense once again pointed out that the text messages could have been from anyone and that Benson was at the hospital with his sick child. Also Tuesday, a News Journal photo journalist testified to produce previously unpublished video of an interview with Rivers from October 2013. In the video, Rivers called Joseph Connell his "best friend" and said he had no idea who would have wanted him killed. The judge forced the newspaper to produce the video despite the newspaper claiming it would have a "chilling effect" on its ability to develop and maintain sources. Neither Benson nor Rivers will testify in their own trial. Lawyers for both rested Tuesday without presenting any additional witnesses beyond what the state offered.