Comments on: Famous Background Actors who succeeded, it happens! http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html Just another WordPress site Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:26:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: troy http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html#comment-175 troy Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:17:02 +0000 http://backgroundacting.net/?p=1301#comment-175 1st exciting thrill of my life would be family. then i was an extra in the sunshine state movie directed by john sayles. to be hand picked out of hundres of men,women,models etc. well my dream came true to be in front of the camera and paired with a fantastic actress mary steenbergen. to this day its hard to watch movies without hearing action and seeing the camera in my memory. because of this amazing never forgetable experience i would love to be an actor. and it would be an excitement for my 6 yr old to be an actor so, he can have the hardworking thrill of his life! 1st exciting thrill of my life would be family. then i was an extra in the sunshine state movie directed by john sayles. to be hand picked out of hundres of men,women,models etc. well my dream came true to be in front of the camera and paired with a fantastic actress mary steenbergen. to this day its hard to watch movies without hearing action and seeing the camera in my memory. because of this amazing never forgetable experience i would love to be an actor. and it would be an excitement for my 6 yr old to be an actor so, he can have the hardworking thrill of his life!

]]> By: Dean Matthews http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html#comment-173 Dean Matthews Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:36:23 +0000 http://backgroundacting.net/?p=1301#comment-173 This a good artcle, I started as an extra in many flims, I spent four days on the scence of * Mile and I even met M&M. He's awsome. If you love acting then this is your best bet in this busniess. I'll never geive up this job. Ps I'm an extra in the war horse. I blow up. This a good artcle, I started as an extra in many flims, I spent four days on the scence of * Mile and I even met M&M. He’s awsome. If you love acting then this is your best bet in this busniess. I’ll never geive up this job. Ps I’m an extra in the war horse. I blow up.

]]> By: Ralph Moratz http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html#comment-167 Ralph Moratz Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:47:30 +0000 http://backgroundacting.net/?p=1301#comment-167 I was an extra for 10 years in the 1950s era. Many extras I worked with became stars. For instance, Robert Fuller and I and other extras in our age group worked together on dozens of movies. Take a look at this snipped from Friendly Persuasion where you can see Robert Fuller as an extra at the fair. He later became Dr. Kely Brackett in the popular Emergency TV series. He has a long filmography after that series wrapped. http://ralphm1999.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/odds-and-ends/ I was an extra for 10 years in the 1950s era. Many extras I worked with became stars. For instance, Robert Fuller and I and other extras in our age group worked together on dozens of movies. Take a look at this snipped from Friendly Persuasion where you can see Robert Fuller as an extra at the fair. He later became Dr. Kely Brackett in the popular Emergency TV series. He has a long filmography after that series wrapped.
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]]> By: peteroid http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html#comment-165 peteroid Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:57:38 +0000 http://backgroundacting.net/?p=1301#comment-165 it advanced their career in that it gave them up-close and personal observation of how a movie set functions. being an extra can function as an 'internship' for acting. today the stigma of being an extra has reversed in that it can lead to acting work. I was an extra on 'Deadwood'... and Ralph Richeson started off as an extra and ended up being a side character! now he can be seen as one of the 'primitives' on those Capital One (what's in your wallet?) commercials... SAG (screen actors guild) absorbed SEG (screen extras guild)... so the distinction is now purely what the person does, instead of what he is labeled as... :) it advanced their career in that it gave them up-close and personal observation of how a movie set functions. being an extra can function as an ‘internship’ for acting.

today the stigma of being an extra has reversed in that it can lead to acting work. I was an extra on ‘Deadwood’… and Ralph Richeson started off as an extra and ended up being a side character! now he can be seen as one of the ‘primitives’ on those Capital One (what’s in your wallet?) commercials…

SAG (screen actors guild) absorbed SEG (screen extras guild)… so the distinction is now purely what the person does, instead of what he is labeled as… :)

]]> By: DIRECTOR http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html#comment-164 DIRECTOR Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:16:56 +0000 http://backgroundacting.net/?p=1301#comment-164 I see you point and am glad you mention it. It does certainly seem to me that I have furthered my self much more effectively when not scraping by on a disadvantaged Background Actors salary. And it is true that Clint Eastwood had to basically leave the country to get a good role after being turned down by basically everyone in Hollywood. And who knows, some of the stories of going from BG to "Actor" might be too, well lets just say, embarrassing to make public. My opinion has certainly changed since this article. I hope more people will be inspired by the stories faults enough to leave a real current opinion. Thanks Matt I see you point and am glad you mention it. It does certainly seem to me that I have furthered my self much more effectively when not scraping by on a disadvantaged Background Actors salary.
And it is true that Clint Eastwood had to basically leave the country to get a good role after being turned down by basically everyone in Hollywood. And who knows, some of the stories of going from BG to “Actor” might be too, well lets just say, embarrassing to make public.
My opinion has certainly changed since this article. I hope more people will be inspired by the stories faults enough to leave a real current opinion.
Thanks Matt

]]> By: Frank Sellers http://backgroundacting.net/extra-stuff/famous-background-actors-who-succeeded-it-happens.html#comment-163 Frank Sellers Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:56:47 +0000 http://backgroundacting.net/?p=1301#comment-163 But how many of these actors actually were able to advance their careers because of their extra work and how many just happened to be extras at one time but that had nothing to do with their rise to stardom? This story is incomplete... But how many of these actors actually were able to advance their careers because of their extra work and how many just happened to be extras at one time but that had nothing to do with their rise to stardom? This story is incomplete…

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