Becoming A Movie Extra On The Big Screen

I resolve to become a movie extra myself and investigate. It was one of the most interesting adventures I’ve had all year.Becoming a movie extra is actually pretty easy, but it comes down to chance in many ways. You see, as an extra you still have to go to an open audition. Many times, there will be large crowds of people there, all willing to stand around all day doing nothing for pretty decent pay. The problem is you never know if you’ll get picked. They don’t audition all of the extras individually. They simply post an open casting call for people who want to become a movie extra, then use some arbitrary method or other to thin the herd…