Xpose star Sean Munsanje has spent the week with Hollywood royalty -- but he's adamant he won't be quitting his coveted TV3 job anytime soon.

The showbiz reporter, who went through eight gruelling weeks on summer reality show Total Xposure to take the top job, explained how he was honoured by the welcome he received from Tinseltown's elite.

The TV3 presenter told the Herald how he has swapped digits with none other than Confessions Of A Shopaholic star Leslie Bibb, and plans to meet with her again. The pair starred together in moviemaker Kevin James' new film, which sees Sean playing a Tiger Woods-lookalike.

"Leslie was a great laugh. I was working with her a lot and she was really welcoming and friendly," he said.

"My scene was a fashion show. They rented out the Hynes Convention centre in Boston and turned the floor into three different catwalks and there were all these extras, who had been styled to perfection.

"A lot of them were models, because obviously at a fashion show they're all going to be gorgeous girls. I didn't realise what a big deal it was going to be until I got to the set," he added.

Sean, who is used to coming face to face with some of the biggest movie stars in the world, given that he also works as a movie critic for radio station FM104, went on to explain how he received the A-list treatment as a star in his own right.

According to Xpose's only male representative: "When I arrived the first thing they said to me was, 'Okay I'll take you to your trailer now'.

"I got to chill out in my trailer for a while, where I had my own TV, DVD, fridge and hi-fi. I even had my own assistant who brought me down to get my make-up done and that's where I met Leslie for the first time," he added.

Sean, who was scheduled to have just a couple of lines in the movie, admits that his friendship with producer Kevin James helped him get an extended role.

"The scene features me, Kevin James, Leslie Bibb, and Thomas Gottschalk, who plays an over-the-top fashion designer with a miniature dog," he said.

"Kevin just said to me that I could bring more of my character out if I wanted, so I kind of made up this joke about a jacket he was wearing. The line was, 'I haven't seen tweed like that since Donegal in 92', and he thought it was hilarious and just cracked up.

"I ended up having a good few lines in the end," he added.

The TV3 star says he's looking forward to seeing himself on the big screen at the premiere in Dublin next year.

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- Lorna Nolan