Esperance man Brian Warren may get to relive a portion of his life through the big screen, following the release of the film All the Money in the World.
It has been half a century since Mr Warren worked for Jean Paul Getty, an American-born British industrialist who was once deemed the world's richest private citizen.
Mr Warren worked for Mr Getty for seven years during the 1960s, employed as a woodsman on his Sutton Place estate.
"Once I got to the estate, I found I was doing much more than just that," he said.
"I was a stand in for the security men and the chauffeurs and it was quite an interesting position to be in."
Having been at the estate, Mr Warren said he also got to meet other notable people including Princess Margaret and the King of Saudi Arabia.
With a negative public image, Mr Warren said he was eager to see how Mr Getty's life had been portrayed in the crime thriller directed by Ridley Scott, depicting Mr Getty's refusal to cooperate with extortion demands after his grandson was abducted.
"I think there are a lot of misconceptions about Mr Getty himself," he said.
"I know that he is quite often talked about as a mean and miserable person but that's because people didn't know him.
"He certainly had a demeanour that made you think he was a miserable sort of a chap but every Christmas he would put on a major dinner party for orphanages across the South of England.
"Everything was laid out as a true banquet and the kids received presents and money.
"Outside of that, he did an awful lot of work for charities and a lot more than most people give him credit for."
Mr Warren said what stood out most to him was the 'tremendous' amount of threatening letters and phone calls Mr Getty would receive for extortion.
"He was really quite concerned about that and, when he was out walking through the grounds, he would always have one of his guard dogs with him," he said.
"Even then, if he saw anybody approaching in the distance, he would literally make himself scarce rather than have a confrontation.
"On occasions where there had been really bad threatening letters, if he was required in London at all or planned on taking a trip somewhere, he would often travel up in a little private Ford Cortina and either myself or one of the other security men would act as a decoy in his Cadillac.
"He was so concerned that he would be kidnapped or even worse."
Mr Warren said he came to Australia in 1970, moving to Esperance in 1973.
Now in his 80s, Mr Warren said he still enjoys life very much, often doing a bit of gardening and painting in his spare time.
