Film Extra > Reviews

Advantages: Great fun, good money.
Disadvantages: Long days and lots of sitting around!

...hour and a half to film just the smallest amount. The set was amazing; it really looked like a hospital, with treatment rooms a maternity ward, nurses post and corridors it was really precise as well, flowers on bedsides, “It’s a boy” cards, posters on the walls, “How to deal with pregnancy” leaflets on tables, the place was really realistic. 13.00pm we broke for lunch, headed to the canteen, walked through the door and “Oh My God!” some of ... Read review

Advantages: Meeting the *stars* and being paid for the privelige
Disadvantages: Can be very boring and monotonous

...I just love being a Film and TV extra. (Actually, I believe we are now know as 'supporting actors/actresses) lol! Ok, I am here to tell you all about the Film and TV Extras Agency I work for (well, actually, I suppose they work for me...lol)! Last October I was talking to someone in a chat room who told me that they worked as an extra. Acting is something that I have always been interested in, so I got them to give me more details. The Agency ... Read review

Advantages: Rub shoulders with the stars.
Disadvantages: Uncertain job prospects.

...in it,for I was a film extra in this and many other productions made in Kenya. Most of us watch cinema films and TV dramas intent upon the main action and the key characters featured in them,taking very little notice of all those many others that feature in the making of it - I refer to "the Film Extra !" For every one of the major parts there are often tens of bit players who utter just a word or two and for each one of these bit players there ... Read review

Advantages: Being in a major blockbuster, The experience of being on a film set, The pay is quite good, Meeting the stars,
Disadvantages: You get shouted at, Can be boring if you are not needed, Can be a very long day

...now. I was a film extra in the latest James Bond film, Die Another Day. So here is my diary being a film extra in Bond 20. November 2001 I remember a friend sent an email telling me that a company call the Oriental Casting Agency (OCA) were looking for oriental extras for the latest James Bond film and naturally I jumped at the chance of being in a major blockbuster. So off I went along with friends, to the casting session in a Chinese school ... Read review