Life after Salt Lake

It has been less hectic for Jamie Sale and David Pelletier after the tumult of the Olympics. Wrong And they don't miss the

There's a movie about their lives in the works. They've golfed alongside the likes of Mario Lemieux and Michael Jordan and hobnobbed with Robert Redford. To top it off, they'll soon be coming out with their own bobblehead doll.

Life remains ever busy for Canadian Olympic champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, who can be excused for checking their Daytimers to figure out what city they're in during a hectic professional skating tour.

"The challenge is you always know where you are that day, but you don't always remember where you were yesterday or where you're going tomorrow," said Pelletier.

They know where they are today Unplugged caught up with the talented duo d out about life after the Salt Lake judging scandal.

Q There's a movie in the works on your lives. I've read where you've suggested Brad Pitt play David and Alyssa Milano play Jamie. But what about some of the other characters? Who should play French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne?

A DP: (laughs out loud) Ai yi yi yi. Glenn Close. You know that character she played in 101 Dalmations, Cruella De Vil (laughs heartily). You know she wears that fur coat. Exactly. Marie Le Gougne was wearing that fur coat. JS: Omigod. I never thought about (who should play Le Gougne) ... Meryl Streep. DP: We need someone with a good French accent that changes her mind every day.

Q These movies often wind up being pretty cheesy. How much creative control do you have?

A DP: Full control. Even the part with the Olympics, we put something in there because you can't recreate the Olympics, it doesn't matter how hard you try. People have this distinct image of what the Olympics look like on TV, right. So if they want to use footage of the Olympics, they're going to have to buy the footage from the Olympic network. Because for me, there was no negotiation on that part. Because you're right, I've seen a lot of movies on somebody's life, made-for-TV movies that turned out to be ... I mean you change the channel after 15 minutes because nothing looks credible.

Q You have met so many famous people. Who's impressed you the most?

A DP: Robert Redford was really, really nice. We met him at the Olympics and you could feel he was a very genuine person. As far as athletes, Charles Barkley was very nice. Mario Lemieux is a class act. Wayne Gretzky, obviously.

Q What did Barkley say to you guys?

A DP: What happened is we were at this golf tournament and he's so big and he looked at Jamie ... JS: He was sitting by himself in a corner and I went up to him and someone introduced us and he said, `Oh yeah, you're the skater that got robbed.' I said to him `Could you go up to my partner on the (driving) range and introduce yourself.' He was like `You're telling me to do that,' and I said, `Yeah.' So he went and did it. DP: He was very nice.

Q What's the coolest thing to happen to you guys since Salt Lake?

A DP: Definitely for me doing the Tonight Show. Flying out of Salt Lake in a private jet, landing in Burbank, going to do the Tonight Show and then flying back on the same jet, getting to Salt Lake and getting to watch it on TV that night. That was pretty cool. JS: Entertainment-wise, that was probably the coolest. But for me, being a girl, I got to meet Michael Jordan at Mario Lemieux's golf tournament. It's not really the most exciting thing, but you know how little boys watch him and they want to be just like Mike. And a lot of women think he's beautiful. I used to think, `Omigod, can you imagine if you ever got to meet Michael Jordan.' And I was there. I was standing in the same house as him, shook his hand, took a picture with him. And he was just beautiful. It was quite exciting for me. I couldn't talk. And I'm not star-struck at all. David and I are pretty cool around celebrities. I'm not usually crying and shaking and `Omigod' and stuff. But when I saw Michael, I couldn't talk. I was like frozen. DP: There was one other cool thing that happened to me at the Olympics. One morning when all the hockey players got there, Wayne Gretzky organized something for us in the basement of the dorm where the Canadian team was staying. Wayne Gretzky shows up and gives us two Canadian team jerseys with our names on it and says, `Do you want to meet the players?' Jamie was not with me at that time; she was somewhere else. I said, `Yeah, sure.' I go into that room and that room is about as big as a hotel room A DP: I got absolutely no time to get into something like that. I could do a course on the road I guess, but I have no interest in doing that because I like to do stuff all the way, not partial or bit by bit. Actually, I'm more busy now than I've ever been. But that doesn't mean I'm not thinking about it. I think about it even more now because kids, right. ... I haven't really thought about it yet. We're doing a little bit of public speaking, but that's hard to focus on and really get good at like Mark Tewksbury and Silken Laumann have. That's a possibility for both of us to get into.

Q Do you have an idea of how many years you want to be on tour? You could probably go forever.

A JS: We're not. We've got a four-year deal right now, three more years after this one. And then we'll probably decide if we want to go year by year after that. This is what we think: We think probably six years. I'll be 32 and Dave will be 34. That's not old, but it's getting there for skating and you kind of need to have a real life, too. But I don't want to be skating when I'm 40. That's not to say I wouldn't come back after I have a family and do a couple of shows. But on tour, it's way different. You don't want to have a family on tour. Definitely not.

Q The world championships were held last month in Washington. Any pangs at all for you guys ...

A JS: (jumps in before question is finished) No. DP: (jumps in right after) Absolutely not. We went for two days just to see our friends compete. But nothing. I don't miss any part of it. Being there, I just realized it's not my place anymore. It's just not my place anymore. JS: Exactly. DP: The people. The energy that I felt was just not right. But I don't regret going because I really enjoyed seeing the skaters compete. It was a positive thing in that sense.

Q What do you mean the energy didn't feel right?

A DP: I just don't believe in the people who are leading the sport. I don't believe in them. And it's kind of weird being there knowing what I know now that I didn't know last year. I lost a lot of respect for the leaders.

Q The Russians said some harsh things after the Olympics. I know you skate on the same tour as them now and I wonder if there are any lingering hard feelings?