Extras

[Faithless]

Our friend says she got called to be an extra.

She lives a few miles away, but her modeling agency called her for an extra bit in San Francisco's Chinatown, I think.

She says, "Look for me, I'm on a bus scene." She'll also be in some other scenes.

After the initial feeling of coolness for her, I got to thinking: Why would this movie need to hire an extra from an agency for a Chinatown bus scene? What's wrong with using the locals?

She's middle-aged. Nice looking. But without knowing who else the other extras will be on the bus, I'm hesitant to say that the movie makers just want to fill the bus with appealing Asians. But it makes me wonder.

[Martino]

Continuity? Film makers can't control 'regular' people - and the scenes might get filmed and refilmed all day etc. Also, unions?

Hmm, this could be the start of any kind of career. I was watching the season one box set of Law and Order this week (you know, from back in the days when Chris Noth was thin) and noticed Kim Chan in a non speaking role. It was also probably his best role, but hey...

[mr. x]

for what? i literally thought you were gonna talk bout the show Extras, then you mentioned your friend so I was thinking "an extra on Extras?"

[Martino]

Ugh. Extras was rubbish. Too much cringe-humour ...

[returntosender]

I think you see a lot of it in adds. There's always an attractive asian women blurred out somewhere in the background. It's suppose to be half subliminal or something.

[Faithless]

for what? i literally thought you were gonna talk bout the show Extras, then you mentioned your friend so I was thinking "an extra on Extras?"
I think it's the story about a rags-to-riches African American man.