A background actress chronicling my adventures as an Extra on your favorite movies and TV show. You might recognize me as "Pedestrian #13" "Nurse #6" or "Transgender Hooker." Someday I hope to be "Woman #2."
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People in Hollywood like blowing up New York. In May, I was an extra in a movie where space monsters destroy Chinatown. And this week I played several unconscious bodies in a movie where aliens attack Coney Island. I was lucky enough to be one of the bodies on the Wonder Wheel, so I essentially got paid to take a nap on a Ferris wheel. Nice work if ya can get it.
Look, I know I’m not gonna win any Oscars for Best Actress, but in January I got paid to NOT act on a TV show.
This blog hasn’t been updated in a few months.
A couple of weeks ago, I was cast as "Grand Central Commuter #24" in a TV show.
My previous article on this blog was posted the morning of May 6th.
In the history of Hollywood.
Last week I got my first booking of 2025.
Amazon is currently filming a Christmas movie in New York. I’ve been applying to work as an extra on it for months, but the casting company that handles the extras has blacklisted me. I keep trying, though (I’m an optimist, who still believes in Christmas Miracles). And I have a wardrobe full of festive holiday attire, so it seems like any open-minded casting company would leap at the chance to…
I’m on a hot streak!
Last week I was booked by the largest casting company in New York. It's my second job from them in two years. I was "New Years Eve Reveler #45" in an upcoming movie. The scene is set in Times Square at next year’s New Year. It was filmed in the real Times Square, and the producers of the movie had it blocked off for a night. The set crew decorated it like it was New Year’s Eve, then they blew a…
