Now that you have decided to be a Background Actor in television and movies, you will likely need to find a casting agency and / or a calling service. (Beta)
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Simple Stuff Really Hollywood Milieu ©2010 Written by Denny Dormody
Here’s a real life scenario: You work a day job you detest. You work with maybe five people in Office Space type cubicles. You wouldn’t invite those losers to lunch. You wouldn’t invite those losers to an execution. You certainly wouldn’t invite those losers to [...]
Blades of Dummies Hollywood Milieu ©2010 Written by Denny Dormody
She’s small but loud. Small but obnoxious. She’s one of the wardrobe ladies from hell and we are moving out of her way.
We are the background extras. I don’t even have a pulse yet. It is 5:30 am. This promises to be about [...]
One Night in Fresno Hollywood Milieu ©2010 Written by Denny Dormody
There’s not much to Fresno, California. Not much sitting looking at the four walls of The Vagabond Inn just off the Interstate. I can hear the din of the traffic as trucks shift gears as the moon and sun slowly trade places. Still I’m [...]
Meet Miles Goldwin, a despicable casting director in Hollywood who spends his days sexually harassing actresses by plying his professional leverage for sexual gratification and racketeering union actor positions for cash gift cards.
But Miles is about to get something he will never forget from Special Agent in Charge, Glenn Jenkins of the FBI who [...]
Mean Streets Hollywood Milieu©2010 Written by Denny Dormody
I’ve walked these mean streets many times. I’ve walked these mean streets with a gun in my hand. I’ve walked these mean streets without a gun in my hand.
Happy Happy Joy Joy Hollywood Milieu ©2010 Written by Denny Dormody
I’m finally working on a feature directed by Garry Marshall. This guy is the man as far as romantic comedies go. Pretty Woman, Beaches, The Princess Diaries, and soon, State of the Union with Richard Gere. All crafted by comedy curmudgeon Garry Marshall. This [...]
So you think that you can become a famous actor through work as a background actor. What are you crazy?
Well crazy or not some really famous stars appeared on camera as an extra before going on to stardom. It is a low paying and sometimes terribly boring job but for some the experience has [...]
We the Applauding Hollywood Milieu ©2009 Written by Denny Dormody This is the lowest of the low. This is not a hardware-tools industrial. This is not a small feature. This is not a short subject. This is not even what a buddy called “the lowest form of show business, a funeral.” This is worse. Sitting [...]
Out of the Orbit
Hollywood Milieu©2009
Written by Denny Dormody
It’s Sunday about 545 am. It’s early. I heading down 6th Street in downtown LA. These streets are nothing to write home about, especially at this time of day. As the song says, the darkest hour is always just before the dawn. This [...]
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