The film, if completed, would portray the life of Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards, the first-ever British Olympic ski jumper who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. It is currently in pre-production and is set to star British actor Taron Egerton as Edwards and Australian actor Jackman as Berghorn, according to news reports.

But Berghorn, 66, a former ski jumper from Lake Placid, said neither the filmmakers nor the actors have contacted him about the film. He heard the news from a neighbor.

“My neighbor texted me, and she said, ‘Hey Hugh Jackman,'” Berghorn said. “I didn’t know who Hugh Jackman was or is. I said, ‘I’m sorry, you must have texted the wrong person,’ and then she told me. … It’s funny that, like, a really good, accomplished actor is being me.”

Berghorn said he wishes someone from the movie would contact him about the film because he is uncertain about the direction it will take and if he will be portrayed in a historically correct way or a Hollywood version of reality.

It’s unclear whether any of the film will be shot in Lake Placid where Berghorn helped train Edwards at the Olympic Jumping Complex. state Olympic Regional Development Authority spokesman Jon Lundin said filmmakers have not contacted them.

Berghorn doesn’t consider himself an expert ski jumping coach. He’s better remembered for his expertise in maintaining the ski jumping hills. He currently works in construction and maintenance at the Mirror Lake Inn, but he was working at the ski jumping complex when he met Edwards.

Berghorn vaguely remembers the period of time when he trained Edwards.

“I do remember him coming out to the ski jumps and wanting to learn how to jump,” Berghorn said. “He wasn’t very good, and because of his age, you couldn’t really teach him anything. He was set in his ways to alpine skiing, and alpine skiing is completely different to ski jumping.”

Within a month, Edwards was jumping from the 70-meter hill, Berghorn said.

Jay Rand, the New York Ski Educational Foundation’s executive director and Berghorn’s friend from childhood – and also a 1968 Olympic ski jumper – also remembers that day in the 1980s when a British man showed up at the ski jumps.

“I was in the garage, where the snow cat was housed, and this guy walks in, kind of an odd-looking fellow with thick glasses, a British accent, not in the best of shape really,” Rand said.

Rand said Edwards presented him with a business card that said “professional stunt man and ski racer.” He wasn’t either of those things, Rand said.

“We all kind of took him under our wing,” Rand said. “John Viscome and Chuck particularly worked with him, and that’s how he got his start.”

Berghorn said he considers himself Edwards’ part-time coach. Berghorn said Viscome was Edwards’ full-time coach while in Lake Placid. Viscome, who died in 1998, was the well-known coach of the Lake Placid Ski Club, teaching many children in the 1960s, including Berghorn and Rand.

Despite the local coaching, Edwards would not turn out to be a successful Olympian. Edwards finished last in the ski jumping event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary; however, he was recognized for his personality and became semi-famous in the process.

“It’s funny because all the international top jumpers and officials were upset, as I recall, because he was getting more publicity than the top jumpers,” Rand said. “So following that they put in some criteria to make it a little more difficult to get into an Olympics.”

Edwards appears to still be craving the spotlight. The BBC reports that Edwards lent producers of the film a pair of his old skis and even offered to be a stunt man in the movie because “they expressed a problem with finding ski jumpers who could jump in the old ‘classic’ style (with skis parallel) because for the last 25 years everybody’s been jumping in the new ‘V’ style.”

Berghorn said that’s the kind of guy he remembers.

“Eddie had a lot of guts,” he said, “an awful lot of guts.”