A CONVICTED bank robber with a big role in a low budget “chick flick” horror movie was arrested in costume after U.S. federal agents saw his photo in a Washington state newspaper story about the film.

    The film-loving fugitive — 44-year-old Jason Stange — played Dr. Lourdes in “Marla Mae.” He was out to authorities after a feature story with photos that showed him on set ran Friday in the Olympian.

    In the film, Dr. Lourdes is a Planned Parenthood physician who implants a demented contraceptive device in a female patient — Maria — that turns her boyfriend into “a bloody, booby-trap casualty.”

    The film’s producer, Brandon Roberts, said Stange would still appear in the film, which was rewritten to suit the “talented actor,” according to the News Tribune. It is scheduled for release next year.

    Roberts added, “Jason was a great guy. Everyone really liked him a lot.”

    Federal agents tracked down Stange and arrested him Friday at a restaurant close to the filming location in Olympia when he stepped out to buy cigarettes while he was still in costume.

    (SD-Agencies)