I’ve been a movie extra a few times. I’m part of a casting agency that sends out casting calls for extras. I get about 5 or more e-mails a day from them. They need people to fill particular roles. It’s simple – if you think you fit, you submit yourself, they call you, you work for 15 hours and make $90. Sometimes I like a role so I submit. Sometimes they don’t really fit. Here are a few:
(Formatting note: there’s basic information that is always covered in each call; the show, the age, race and sex of the actor, the actual role, and if it’s a union job or not. Italics are my thoughts. Random note: I might never work in this town again for publishing this list of secrets)
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- GOSSIP GIRL: NON SAG TO PORTRAY FOOD VENDOR AGE 20′S TO 30′S WITH REAL WAFFLE MAKING EXPERIENCE 8/18
1) You just put batter in a machine! 2) I have real waffle eating experience. That work? 3) Does this mean that a fresh waffle will be made on every take?
- MERCY: NON AFTRA MEN AVAIL 4/5 ALL DAY NO CONFLICT THAT CAN PORTRAY ASIAN MEN IN THEIR 30′S & 40′S – Extra Male / 30 to 40 / All Ethnicities
All ethnicities! “Must be comfortable making squinty eyes by pulling at the sides of your eyes with your fingers”
- LAW & ORDER CI: SAG – MALES 25-45 TO PORTRAY DEAD BODIES. FLEX BET 4/21-4/29. MUST BE COMFORTABLE BEING SHIRTLESS ON A SLAB. UPPER BODY SHOULD BE BLEMISH FREE. ALSO MUST BE OK WITH MAKEUP/LATEX – WILL HAVE TOOL MARK/INDENTS ON FACE. MUST BE PAID UP SAG. PLEASE DO NOT CALL US!
Shirtless – I’m ok with that. Slab! f-that! Please note that playing a corpse is a UNION JOB!
- MERCY: DO NOT RESPOND IF YOU ARE NOT A GREAT SOFTBALL PITCHER!
I shouldn’t have changed all the spelling errors in these posts. This agency really doesn’t care about spelling. I fixed a word in every single one of these.
- LAW AND ORDER SEASON 20: must be comfortable portraying a lesbian.
- MERCY: Featured Dying AIDS Patient Extra Female / 50 to 65 / AfricanAm
why does the aids patient have to be black? Huh!? Ok, enough of that.
- WHEN IN ROME: GOOFY FACE HISPANIC MALE
Ouch. Who watches “When in Rome” anyway. I’ve barely heard of that.
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New Additions – hot from my inbox – 9/9/09
| Role | Role Type | Gender/Age/Ethnicities | Description/Note |
| MEN – EXPERIENCE PLAYING PAI GOW – THUR 9/10 | Extra | Male / 18 to 80 / All Ethnicities | NO CALLS PLEASE |
| UPSCALE DAPPER GENTLEMEN – CASINO SCENE THUR 9/10 – NICE SUITS!!! | Extra | Male / 30 to 70 / All Ethnicities | NO CALLS PLEASE. PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU ARE AFTRA, NON UNION, OR AN AFTRA MUST JOIN/ AFTRA WILLING. THANK YOu! |
| PEFRECT 10s/ ARM CANDY – THURS 9/10 | Extra | Female / 18 to 30 / All Ethnicities | NO CALLS PLEASE. MUST BE COMFORTABLE PLAYING SEXY FEMALE AT A CASINO SCENE AS ARM CANDY. — SHOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ATMOPSHERE SMOKE AND IN SEXY HIGH HEELS. NO CALLS PLEASE. PLEASE INDICATE WHETHER YOU ARE AFTRA, NON UNION OR A MUST JOIN. THANK YOU! |
