A MERINO ram from the Victorian Mallee has stolen the show in a new film, and saved himself from the butcher.

Known as Ramsy, the four-year-old - bred by Tamaleuca stud operators Kevin and Sandra Crook, of Ouyen - features in wedding comedy A Few Best Men, which was released in Australian cinemas last week.

As the campaign mascot of the father of the bride, Liberal Senator Jim Ramme, Ramsy's role as the prize-winning "ram behind the man" included eating - and eliminating - a bag of drugs, dressing in black lingerie and red lipstick for the buck's party and escaping police through a window.

The Crooks travelled to Mildura to see the movie, whose human stars include Australian actor and singer Olivia Newton-John. They gave the film the thumbs up, describing it as hilarious.

The Crooks supplied three rams to the film's producers. The rams were originally spotted at the 2010 Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show.

But it took talent scouts some effort to persuade Mr Crook they were genuine.

"I thought it was one of my mates playing a joke on me," he said. "They finally convinced me they were fair dinkum."

The rams spent four months with a wrangler, who had never worked with sheep before.

"One ram was always the quietest," Mr Crook said. "Even though he was slightly smaller, they ended up using him."

Ramsy's film-star status has helped him escape the usual fate of culled rams.

"We won't use him, and we won't sell him," Mr Crook said.

A scene from the movie, A Few Best Men.