“I think you’re a great DP, I don’t care what the producer said about you“
Among the other extras
“You know, they’re not even doing headshots for us. Yeah, on the listing they said they’d do headshots but they lied. They’re just paying us with a credit.”
“What? This is a movie shoot? I’m here to hang out. I just saw a lot of people and came here to hang out.”
May 22, 2024
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A few years ago I got into background acting as a hobby/"side hustle". I am in a few episodes of HBO's The Deuce as "Lower East Side type" and in the High Fidelity reboot with Zoe Kravitz as "concert goer", among other less notable roles. It is a pretty fun way to spend a Saturday as long as you're patient and aren't expecting to ~make it big~.
They bring you in for a fitting and then day-of you and all the other extras are herded around like cattle and yelled at to stand certain places at certain times. Other than that you're sitting in a chair reading a book or talking to the other extras. I made something like $160 an episode back in like 2018- not much but decent if you feel like getting paid to stand on a street corner in a funny outfit which is something I might do for free anyway. My biggest let-down in this era was getting asked to potentially be Jared Leto's stand-in in that vampire movie he was in. They were gonna pay me $500 a day to stand on an X while Mr. Jared was in his trailer. Sigh...
Dec 21, 2023
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It’s fun ! I am one (aka background actor). Heck, I was in home alone 5 ! marshcarroll.com
Feb 4, 2024
i heard some filming was taking place for something called ‘&sons’ in worcester college, so my bf and i headed over there. we expected that it’d be a cordoned off area or something but no - they were just filming in the entryway. we got ushered aside and made to stand with the actual film crew, and seconds later the actor Bill Nighy in full old man makeup ran right past, followed by the cameras and boom mics and shouting ’ANDY!! ANDY!!’ so guys, think of me when that scene airs. i was right there. nighy had a nice suit.
Jan 17, 2025
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sometimes you just need to read some real shit straight from the realest person you know .
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Mar 4, 2025
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I LOVE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS I LOVE THE LIGHT I LOVE GOING FOR A HIKE AFTER WORK AND HOW WATER LOOKS IN THE WARM DUSK THANK YOU DAYLIGHT SAVINGS----- I HAPPILY SACRIFICE AN HOUR OF SLEEP COME THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WAKING TO THE SUNSHINE JABBING ME EYE----- IF YOU DON'T FUCK WITH DAYLIGHT SAVINGS UNFOLLOW ME I DONT FUCK WITH YOU----- THE GREATEST BETRAYAL OF MY ADULT LIFE WAS WHEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA VOTED FOR PERMANENT DAY LIGHT SAVINGS ALL THE TIME AND THE COWARDS THAT RUN THIS PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A STATE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT ETERNAL SUMMER
Mar 4, 2025