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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: WWhiskey on January 08, 2014, 10:14:48 PM
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Revelation Road 3" filming in Amarillo, TX.,,,, Extras needed,, you are booked for Jan. 14th and 15th, 7 am at Happy Texas. Scavenger/ swap meet scene.
Should be fun! Anyone else in the area?
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A movie you say? :)
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Notice posted here:http://on.fb.me/19XIjXF
Or look up Katz kasting,,
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Ah... Christian post-apocalyptic propaganda film. :huh
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It should be a great experience. But it could be the most boring and miserable experience of your life. It's the luck of the draw. I've been working as an extra since 1999 including a couple of Hollywood movies with very famous stars. I got to drive cool cars, fire guns and get shot at, wear historical costumes and chat to pretty girls. But some days it's no fun at all. You can be too hot, too cold or sitting around for hours and even when in a scene you can find it becoming less than fun.
Bit of advice: Turn up on time, do as you are asked. Never look at the camera. Don't bother the stars with autographs or offer 'advice' to the crew or you'll be walked off the set and as the saying goes: 'You'll never work in this town again' :lol
But it should be enjoyable. I got hooked on it after my first job where I was asked to get into a Range Rover, swing it around and drive off at high speed. This at night on a pier with water on either side. I later wondered if they mistook me for a stuntman. :headscratch: Generally though I'm cast as a cop. I think I must have missed my true vocation.
If you're lucky you'll be pulled out from the crowd and given a little job. Next thing you know the Director is calling you by your first name and you feel like a star for a minute or two. I even had a few lines over the years. I wouldn't call it acting though.
Enjoy it but be warned you can get hooked very easily.
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Kool,, thanks for the info!
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My ex boss has a media company and has been in fast and furious, and numerous BBC programs as a extra :)
I was in a short comedy he produced which came second in Brighton comedy festival.
He met Sam Neil last year in Peeky Blinders, he does not have a sense of humour apparently :)
Pipz was in a movie but the less we talk about that the better :cry
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Oooo u should wear something that really sticks out so we can identify ya easier like a hot pink wifebeater and a neon green visor with matching fanny pack...ill let u borrow mine
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Oooo u should wear something that really sticks out so we can identify ya easier like a hot pink wifebeater and a neon green visor with matching fanny pack...ill let u borrow mine
Or an Aces High hat!!! if only i had one!
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If you are gay you will go far in the film industry :old:
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And all ya had to do is
act naturally :aok
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Woot
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I missed the last one but my family didn't
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/HPIM18531_zps48246dc4.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/WWhiskey/media/HPIM18531_zps48246dc4.jpg.html)
in that picture is left to right,Sam Elliot,My sister , my sisters mother in law, my mother,(yellow shirt) niece and nephew, brother in law,( Black hat) and my Dad
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/HPIM18611_zpsac78db65.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/WWhiskey/media/HPIM18611_zpsac78db65.jpg.html)
Todd. (my brother in law) said he was most impressed by Sam, they talked for almost two hours, then Sam said "Todd, It's been a real pleasure" shook his hand and said he had to "go to work"He new every ones first and last names, addressed my dad as sir every time they talked but said his name as well when he left ,and shook his hand.
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/HPIM18671_zps27b2a89d.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/WWhiskey/media/HPIM18671_zps27b2a89d.jpg.html)
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/HPIM18871_zps3bb9df2b.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/WWhiskey/media/HPIM18871_zps3bb9df2b.jpg.html)
Sarah played with the kids a good bit, they where in a good bit of the original filming but got left out of the movie except for a small part!
(http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg229/WWhiskey/HPIM18901_zps27c27eea.jpg) (http://s249.photobucket.com/user/WWhiskey/media/HPIM18901_zps27c27eea.jpg.html)
I've probably posted these before but what the heck!!!
Todd also said Hugh Grant was a bit of a snob,, he asked Hugh where he was from and he said why ? where are you from, Todd said New Mexico, right here, five miles down the road and you? Hugh said some place, i don't remember where, and Todd replied, I'm sorry,, i thought Disney just made places like that up! dumbfounded was the look that best described Hugh next,, he didn't get out of his trailer much!
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Mention of Sarah Jessica Parker reminds me of her co star in Sex in the city, Kim Cattrall. I was in one of her movies, a cop wouldn't you know! We were filming in a nurse's college set up as a hospital. She was really nice and had lots of time to chat to the nurses and extras and to post for photos. Another extra told me a story, he was an extra for a movie made in a hotel where he happened to know the manager. A good looking woman came over and joined them. She knew the manager obviously but he had no idea who she was and they chatted for a while. Eventually he had to go to the set. As he's sitting there in walks the woman who happened to be Kim Cattrall! She gives him a big wink! He had no idea who she was until that point.
Julianne Moore is very pleasant too and Cate Blanchett.
But you should have heard what a very famous director said about Sharon Stone!
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Do you get paid for being an extra?
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Do you get paid for being an extra?
at our work there's 1 or two commercials filmed a year, along with a movie every few years. terminator scene at the end was filmed there. basically the full "armored" movie was there too. one of the mission impossible movies when supposedly they're at a warehouse In russia or something was filmed there. the scene in Iron Man where he deflects a tank round with his hand was filmed there.
a year and a 1/2 ago 3 guys were asked to participate in a commercial. some made as much as 8k in residuals plus the 200 and something dollars a day plus overtime they got paid for being there.
so yeah, some get paid then again when there's a 100's of "extras" hired to be in the background like my son did, they just get pizza and soda and some raffle "prizes".
semp
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Ive worked security at many films and TV shows. They are exciting to be around and you should enjoy your experience.
I almost went down for a audition for a new police show they are making here. Honestly I cant stand Cop shows or movies so I didnt bother.
Have a fun day. I think you will.
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I have ridden in the Stampede parade in Calgary with Sam Elliot, and you won't find a nicer, honest, and genuine guy in the film/tv business IMO. He's been the Marshall of the parade several times over the years. We've had a good talk for about 15 mins about various single action revolvers and about Wild Bill Hickock and other infamous gunfighters of the west. He always took the time to talk with anyone who wanted to speak with him, like I said, a very genuine type of guy.
OP, I hope you have a great time being an extra. I did it once long ago on the film Legends of the Fall, being a WW1 soldier during the scenes they shot regarding the three sons being in Europe with the Canadian army. It was a blast, lasted several weeks while they did principal photography and shooting and such, plus Brad Pitt long before he was really famous responded to one of our guys notes inviting him out to hit the town with our group. He wanted to drive around and look at local older architecture instead of bar hop, pretty interesting guy too back then.
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Thanks! Gman
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Hhhmmmmm......sounds interesting. I live in White Deer, so close enough to drive over and check it out, but.........I go out on another well in the morning and we won't be finished drilling out the plugs, much less the flowback operation or putting it to sales for at least a week.
Holler at me next time you hear of one happening in this area. If I'm not out on a well, I'd love to experience something like this! :salute
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Hhhmmmmm......sounds interesting. I live in White Deer, so close enough to drive over and check it out, but.........I go out on another well in the morning and we won't be finished drilling out the plugs, much less the flowback operation or putting it to sales for at least a week.
Holler at me next time you hear of one happening in this area. If I'm not out on a well, I'd love to experience something like this! :salute
will do!
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Pipz was in a movie but the less we talk about that the better :cry
Hey a paycheck is a paycheck! :old:
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:rofl
outstanding thread :old:
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Hhhmmmmm......sounds interesting. I live in White Deer, so close enough to drive over and check it out, but.........I go out on another well in the morning and we won't be finished drilling out the plugs, much less the flowback operation or putting it to sales for at least a week.
Holler at me next time you hear of one happening in this area. If I'm not out on a well, I'd love to experience something like this! :salute
A blast from the past. :salute Eddie, long time no see. I don't see very many Assassins around anymore, tis a shame. Same here Whiskey, next time one happens around here I'd love to go as well. From looking at the pictures he posted, I think I might stick out in that crowd. :)
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I have ridden in the Stampede parade in Calgary with Sam Elliot, and you won't find a nicer, honest, and genuine guy in the film/tv business IMO. He's been the Marshall of the parade several times over the years. We've had a good talk for about 15 mins about various single action revolvers and about Wild Bill Hickock and other infamous gunfighters of the west. He always took the time to talk with anyone who wanted to speak with him, like I said, a very genuine type of guy.
OP, I hope you have a great time being an extra. I did it once long ago on the film Legends of the Fall, being a WW1 soldier during the scenes they shot regarding the three sons being in Europe with the Canadian army. It was a blast, lasted several weeks while they did principal photography and shooting and such, plus Brad Pitt long before he was really famous responded to one of our guys notes inviting him out to hit the town with our group. He wanted to drive around and look at local older architecture instead of bar hop, pretty interesting guy too back then.
Sam Elliott has a piece of property in a little town called Brownsville Oregon. I had my brother drop me and my flask off at one end of middle ridge,then pick me up on the other end on my quad. Nice summer day and I am having a few drinks and just enjoying being away from humanity. I go under some low hanging trees and can't find my way back out of some ones property with out damaging a fence. Tool around for over an hour. Well as I am getting frustrated I see this 1ton dualie coming out to me. I shut down and hope the guy is going to be reasonable. Guy gets out asks me whats up. I tell him and point out I did not damage anything. I pull out my flask he asks me what I am drinking. I tell him it is Knappogue Castle 1951. It was a gift from an old friend. We take a few pulls. I then tell him he should do radio commercials imitating Sam Elliott. " Do not try TV you don't look a thing like him but the voice it is uncanny" I say. He looks at me a little odd and chuckles. He shows me where I can get out at, thanks me for not messing his fence or gates up. I tell my little bro about it and he says Sam Elliott just bought some land up here some where. Guy was nice as hell talked to me for about 45 minutes.