Six seconds of fame Swearingen appears in 'Never Say Never'

Photo courtesy Stephanie Swearingen Five Nevada girls pose for a photo at the AMC theater in Independence, Mo., where, as guests of Paramount Pictures, they saw the new Justin Bieber movie "Never Say Never" on Wednesday, Feb. 9. The girls and their chaperones were treated as VIPs because one of their number, Jadyn Swearingen, had a small part in the film. From left to right: Chloe Bartlett, Jadyn Swearingen, Maddie Johnson, Morgan McNeley and Mikayla Bartlett. Not pictured are chaperones Stephanie Swearingen and Lori Bartlett.

People in the long line waiting to get into the premiere of the new Justin Bieber movie "Never Say Never" said all sorts of things about Jadyn Swearingen, 12, of Nevada and her four friends as they stood near the entrance of the AMC theater adjacent the Independence Center Mall on Wednesday, Feb. 9 2011. Things like "go to the back of the line" or "they'll never get in like that."

They were all surprised when a gentleman from Paramount Pictures approached the group from Nevada, introduced himself and gave them all VIP tags before escorting them into the theater to their reserved seats. No one in the growing line knew that Jadyn was actually in the movie and that she and her friends Chloe Bartlett, Maddie Johnson, Morgan McNeley and Mikayla Bartlett as well as their chaperones Stephanie Swearingen and Lori Bartlett were there as guests of Paramount.

Like many young ladies her age, Jadyn is a Justin Bieber fanatic.

Her bedroom walls are plastered with his posters, she knows all of his songs and she can answer any question about the latest teen heart throb that's thrown at her. She even has a life-sized cardboard cutout of the singer that she dances with.

"I kiss him sometimes, too," she said.

That fanaticism is what got her into the movie. While surfing the various Bieber Web sites one day, Swearingen happened on a site that said submit your photo and you may be chosen to be in the new Justin Bieber movie. Jadyn sent in a photo of herself.

Not long afterward people from Paramount began calling, said her mother, Stephanie Swearingen. "I thought they were calling about the photo," she said. But they were calling to let her know that she had been chosen to be in the movie and that they wanted her to make a video of herself lip-synching one of Bieber's songs.

A flurry of electronic activity between the Paramount people in California and Jadyn and her mother resulted in the signing of consent and waiver forms and downloading the MP-3 file they wanted her to use for her video.

Jadyn's mother Stephanie said they could have never gotten all of it done without Jadyn's sister Lauren Silvola and help from Deb Zoglmann and Ranea Schulze.

We made "29 takes of the video" said Stephanie. "She wanted to do more and I finally told her to just 'pick one,'" said her mother. The one she chose is what is in the movie. About six to eight seconds of the video is shown simultaneously with several others in a portion of the movie where Bieber is talking about his song "One Time."

The girls all enjoyed the movie, "we screamed" said Jadyn.

"I loved it, I want to see it again, and again, and again." The 3-D feature film, which is now playing nationwide, had Swearingen "reaching for his hand," she said.

Jadyn has also seen Bieber perform in concert and says she likes just about everything about the young man, "I like his hair and his hotness, I like his eyes, I like his smile," she said shyly.

Paramount has told Jadyn that she will receive some posters for her part in the movie. Her name won't appear on any theater billboards, she won't get any royalties, not even a DVD.

But she seems all right with that.

She made the most of the experience and said with a smile, "I'm a movie star for six seconds."