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So I did this thing.
16 August 2022, 03:29 AM
jodiSo I did this thing.
They are producing a television series in town and are casting for extras. (Background people that you don’t actually notice). I filled out the online thingie, with photos
and measurements
and all sorts of other details (what pets do you have, what kind of car do you drive), and figured no way, I’m not going to be what they want, I’m big and old and hard to fit - but I got a request, and I punched in “YES!” to the dates they listed and supposedly I will get an email about getting covid tested and fitted for costumes… Now i can’t sleep because I’m really hoping I get to do this. One of my art friends in town was in an episode of Return to Lonesome Dove a number of years ago. She even played the piano in it. She said it was pretty much an entire day of sitting around interspersed with doing the same scene over and over again. Another was an extra for a day, but the scene she was in ended up cut from the movie.
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Jodi
16 August 2022, 04:55 AM
jon-nycFun! Good luck!
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16 August 2022, 06:43 AM
ShiroKuroCool!! Fingers crossed!
16 August 2022, 07:09 AM
Axtremusquote:
Originally posted by jodi:
She said it was pretty much an entire day of sitting around interspersed with doing the same scene over and over again. Another was an extra for a day, but the scene she was in ended up cut from the movie.
Do these “extras” get paid for the entire day including wait time? Do you have to join a union (e.g. the Screen Actors’ Guild) to take a job like this?
16 August 2022, 07:58 AM
QuirtEvansThat's very cool, Jodi! I hope you have fun!
(Ax: my memory is that extras are not allowed to join SAG, unless they have a speaking line.)
16 August 2022, 08:43 AM
AxtremusOut of curiosity, I looked it up:
https://www.sagaftra.org/membe...-benefits/steps-joinThe SAG-AFTRA accommodates background actors, but you have to first complete three days of background acting work (or one day with speaking role) in productions covered by the union, and pay a $3000 initiation fee, then there is also the annual dues that exceed $450 a year. It looks like the initiation fee and annual dues will price out most hobbyists.
16 August 2022, 08:49 AM
AxtremusOh, Jodi, don’t forget us little people after you become a rich and famous movie star, ok?
16 August 2022, 10:32 AM
Steve MillerFun!
Do you know the name of the movie?
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16 August 2022, 10:56 AM
AdagioMOh, very fun. And costumes!
I was an extra for an episode of The Librarians (cable series). They wanted knitters, so they wanted pictures of our hands. Then the knitters turned into quilters. And then I ended up being just a townsperson, walking around town. We wore our own clothes.
Pay was for all day. There was a lot of sitting around, so I got a lot of knitting done.
16 August 2022, 11:12 AM
jodiquote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Fun!
Do you know the name of the movie?
It's a spin off of the Yellowstone series called "1923" it stars Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren!
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Jodi
16 August 2022, 11:31 AM
markjSo cool! We can say we knew you when.
16 August 2022, 12:33 PM
big alI hope we get to see you in the movie. If you know what scene(s) you might appear in and some more details after shooting, let us know. After spending some time in Montana when my younger daughter lived there, I always enjoy seeing the state.
Big Al
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16 August 2022, 03:53 PM
CHASHope you are recognizable in a shot and not just one from the back
like my sister-in-law in The Firm or whatever the first movie from a John
Grisham was named.
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16 August 2022, 04:25 PM
piquéOh very very cool! I may have to come down to Butte to watch the filming of your scenes!
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16 August 2022, 04:28 PM
jodiStill not sure I’ll actually get to do this. But I’ll keep you all posted!
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Jodi