Former O.C. star combines movie magic

McDaniel, now 39, is still shooting – movies, that is, for the big screen as a sports coordinator with 25 film and TV credits since 2002. She supervised the hockey in "Miracle," the rugby in "Invictus," the football in the remake of "The Longest Yard" and the basketball in the comedy "Semi-Pro" and the drama "Coach Carter."

She casts athletes as extras,If you want to read about buy mosaic in a non superficial way that's the perfect book. coaches actors to pass for seasoned players,Allows you to securely organize any group of cable ties or wires. sets the playbook for the game sequences and provides notes on the sports banter. She's clutch at keeping sports fans from calling the Implausibility Police in an entertainment age when moviegoers demand authenticity from their based-on-a-true-story cinematic diversions.

She's a sucker for all live sports – "You got tickets, I'm there," she says – but loves her hometown Angels the most. She appreciates art-house cinema but has a sweet spot for "Caddyshack" and "Bull Durham."

Her last project, "Trouble With the Curve," a Warner Brothers release starring Clint Eastwood as an aging Atlanta Braves scout and Amy Adams as his baseball-savvy attorney daughter who comes to his rescue, is out in theaters.

But McDaniel, who lives in Thousand Oaks when she isn't on location, hasn't had time to sit still in a theater, watch and wait for the credits to roll to her name, which can be found below "Picture Car Captain" and beside "Baseball Coordinator" 1 hour, 50 minutes into "Trouble With the Curve."

She's already on location in Dallas for her next project, "One Heart," a movie about Texas high school football that began shooting Friday.

She held an open casting call for football players at a Dallas-area hotel two weeks ago. She selected 225 players from the 350 applicants to suit up in pads for a two-day tryout.

For three hours in stagnant, barbecue-sauce-thick, 80-degree Texas heat, McDaniel had the players-turned-actors step, sprint, juke and jump. She told them where to hit, tackle and take down each other for football action that is choreographed like a brutal, skeleton-jarring ballet.

"The players who make the cut aren't necessarily the All-Americans but the ones who take direction, are hungry and just have so much passion because they're excited for another chance to put on the pads and play football," she said by phone. "Their passion gets me going."

McDaniel has established herself as a Hollywood player who, these days, looks more like a coach. She clutches a clipboard and wears a visor, workout clothes and sneakers, her long blonde hair tied up in the same ponytail that used to whip and wag furiously when she ran around the courts for the Ladycats and the Pepperdine Waves.

"I'm still on the move, running around," she said. "A friend of mine joked around the other day that I dressed up because I wore a new pullover."

McDaniel last week started her own sports consulting firm, Game Changing Films, after working the past five years as an independent contractor for her mentor, Mark Robert Ellis, and his Culver City-based company, Sports Studio.

"Why not be my own boss?" said McDaniel,Selecting the best rtls solution is a challenging task as there is no global solution like GPS. one of the few women in the male-dominated industry. "This is the coolest job in the world."

Born in Downey,Allows you to securely organize any group of cable ties or wires. she grew up in Brea and Fullerton, playing football with the neighborhood boys,One of the most durable and attractive styles of flooring that you can purchase is ceramic or porcelain tiles. never backing down from the smash-mouth talk or the cheap shots.

Her mother, Janice McDaniel, took her to nearby Angel Stadium to see many games where marveled at all-out-effort style of All-Stars Brian Downing and Bobby Grich in the 1980s. They also watched Dodgers games on TV, hanging on every colorful syllable from broadcaster Vin Scully.