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A few years ago I got into background acting as a hobby/"side hustle". I am in a few episodes of HBO's The Deuce as "Lower East Side type" and in the High Fidelity reboot with Zoe Kravitz as "concert goer", among other less notable roles. It is a pretty fun way to spend a Saturday as long as you're patient and aren't expecting to ~make it big~.
They bring you in for a fitting and then day-of you and all the other extras are herded around like cattle and yelled at to stand certain places at certain times. Other than that you're sitting in a chair reading a book or talking to the other extras. I made something like $160 an episode back in like 2018- not much but decent if you feel like getting paid to stand on a street corner in a funny outfit which is something I might do for free anyway. My biggest let-down in this era was getting asked to potentially be Jared Leto's stand-in in that vampire movie he was in. They were gonna pay me $500 a day to stand on an X while Mr. Jared was in his trailer. Sigh...
Dec 21, 2023
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“I think you’re a great DP, I don’t care what the producer said about you“
Among the other extras
“You know, they’re not even doing headshots for us. Yeah, on the listing they said they’d do headshots but they lied. They’re just paying us with a credit.”
“What? This is a movie shoot? I’m here to hang out. I just saw a lot of people and came here to hang out.”
May 22, 2024
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It’s fun ! I am one (aka background actor). Heck, I was in home alone 5 ! marshcarroll.com
Feb 4, 2024
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Been a very slow year with not much acting work at all but, last year I managed to get a line of dialogue in the last season of house of the dragon, and also filmed two seasons of a kids show for the BBC.
I’m happy I stuck with this wish, even if it’s painful to continue pursuing it sometimes :)
Oct 18, 2024
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When I moved to New York the first time, I worked at a now-defunct music venue near Pumps and would go to the combination BP/Dunkin where I survived off of their incredibly cheap hashbrowns and iced coffee for an extended period. This time around, I have eaten them maybe 5 times a week, for...well, similar reasons. If anyone is not aware, the Dunkin App will reward you with free hashbrowns if you buy, like, 2 things. If you've made it all the way to the end of this rambling ode to the potato coin I highly recommend downloading the Dunkin App and raking in the savings
Jan 17, 2024
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Absolute legends. disliking Green Day is middle schooler behavior. Liking Green Day is I guess also middle schooler behavior. Figure that out
Jan 7, 2024
I’m not necessarily saying there should be more but I can’t help but appreciate the ones that currently exist
Mar 27, 2024