REEL LIFE / FILM & VIDEO FILE : Cheerleaders Get a Starring Role in Murder Story : The Westlake High varsity squad will perform in an NBC movie of the week about the true-life slaying of a popular teen-ager by a jealous classmate.

Gimme a K. Gimme an I. Gimme an L. Gimme an L. What’s it spell? A TV appearance for the Westlake High School varsity cheerleading squad.

On Monday, a production crew for the television movie about cheerleader violence was filming at Westlake High. “Death of a Cheerleader” is the working title for an NBC movie of the week scheduled to air next season.

The film is based on a true story about a girl from Orinda, in the East Bay area of San Francisco, convicted of the 1984 stabbing death of a popular cheerleader. Based on the girl’s statements, police said the cheerleader symbolized unobtainable social and academic success, so the girl killed her in a jealous rage.

When producers contacted Westlake cheerleader coach Sharon Stewart to act as an adviser to the film, Stewart offered the use of her squad rather than hire women to play cheerleaders.

This movie of the week follows an April, 1993, airing on ABC of “Willing to Kill: The Texas Cheerleader Story” about a mother who hoped to gain a spot on the high school cheerleading squad for her 13-year-old daughter by having the mother of a rival killed.

HBO responded with the semi farcical “Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleading-Murdering Mom.”

If cheerleader murder plots seem like the latest devolution in television’s obsession with violence, take heart. Some good will come of this. Stewart said her consultant fee and the $40 a day for each of the dozen cheerleaders will go to the squad’s coffers.

“This is going to equal two or three carwashes,” she said.

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Twenty years old may be too young in a professional acting career to be type-cast, but see if this doesn’t strain expectations.

Two characters from the television series “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” will be featured in a production of “Hamlet” at Newbury Park High School this month.

Jason Narvy, 20, will direct the production in addition to playing Laertes. A Newbury Park grad, Narvy is better known as “Skull,” the slimmer of two bullies featured in the hugely popular children’s series.

The other bully is “Bulk,” played by Paul Schrier, who at about 275 pounds fills his television role effectively. Schrier will play Claudius.

“I was working for Ford, driving parts between dealerships, when I got the call to come down and audition for the show as a last-minute replacement,” Narvy said. “Paul and I hit it off right away because both of us had done a lot of Shakespeare.”

Ranger-mania, for those of you who don’t have kids between 4 and 10 years old, stems from a half-hour live-action show that airs on Fox Television. The show centers on the exploits of six teen-agers who, through their combined efforts, change or “morph” into super-heroes whenever truth, justice or the God-given right to wear Spandex is challenged.

The play starts May 27. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the drama department’s fund for building a new theater.