DEREK LUKE - LUKE STRANDED IN ITALY AFTER HIS DOG ATE HIS PASSPORT

LUKE STRANDED IN ITALY AFTER HIS DOG ATE HIS PASSPORT

Actor DEREK LUKE was left stranded on the Italian set of SPIKE LEE's new war movie MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA after his pet dog ate his passport.
Luke, who was cast when Wesley Snipes' tax woes forced him to pull out of the film, discovered his pet Shetland Sheepdog, Lily, chewing on the document shortly after the World War II film wrapped, while he was packing and preparing to return to the U.S.
At the movie's premiere on Monday (22Sep08), he told WENN, "A day and a half before I had to leave, my dog tore up my passport."
The distraught star, who plays 2nd Staff Sergeant Aubrey Stamps in the harrowing film, had to beg U.S. government officials to step in and help - and they did.
He adds, "My team got on the phone and called senators and councilmen to get me a new passport."