Originally Posted by
anfield5
Was an extra in the Last Samurai 10 plus years ago in New Plymouth. Unlike you I was only trusted to mill about in a crowd.
The weird thing was how the ahem.... stars treated the extras. Some of them (no names :)) had the production crew inform the extras, that under no circumstances were you to make eye contact, or even think about thinking bout speaking to them (arrogant twats), while others were like humans and would speak and joke around with every one.
Being 6 feet 5. I was also not allowed in the same shot as the midget 'star' of the movie, as his lordship is only 5 feet 6 and would only come up to my shoulders