It’s surreal when you’re an extra without a superb look. By superb I mean you can pass for any age, look etc. and there’s nothing they can’t include you in. You’re not too ethnic, or have red hair or whatnot… That’s what it seems casting directors cannot stand, “Those damned redheads” – well, the males [...]

It’s funny, every time you’re on set you’re told to do this and do that and follow instruction. It’s not complicated and I’ve never insinuated that it is, but the issue arises when you look at what we get paid. Extra work is not secure, and there are no raises. In the five years that [...]

So today I’m working for that infamous casting director. This guy happens to be the one that all extras fear, the one that requires that you show up extra early (if you’ll excuse the pun), not be paid, bring more than anyone else and inevitably only be there for a short four hour call. Now [...]

Untitled Comedy filming in Vancouver with Seth Rogen and the guy from 500 Days of Summer/3rd Rock From The Sun So we gathered for another day of fun, and proof that movies really have a ton of money to spend on short scenes. As background, nearly 70 of us, we waited in a warm tent [...]

Another Day on Set – 30 Days of Night 2 (Dark Days) Life as an extra can be fun, amusing, thrilling etc. Especially when there’s a little variety involved. Last week, I had the privilege of being a non-union extra on 30 Days of Night 2. Unlike most sets, there was a clear separation of [...]