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Star Wars Extras Needed

Posted by timothy on from the tell-them-slashdot-sent-you dept.

lyonsden writes "Ever want to be in a Star Wars movie? Live in Australia? Check out this page at the Maura Fay Group Casting web site. Especially the Star Wars part towards the bottom. Any takers?"

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  1. Well..being an extra is not that fantastic guys... by madmarcel · · Score: 5, Informative

    I was an extra in a locally made movie (in NZ, not in Ozzie ;) and...eh...being an extra seemed to mostly consist of ....WAITING. waiting waiting waiting....

    It goes like this:

    - Meeting the director - cool
    - Meeting the lead character (and assorted females) - neato
    - Having to sign a non-disclosure agreement - worrying
    - Wearing a nifty custome - very cool
    - Having make up applied by people from LOTR - very cool
    - Waiting for 5->6 hours in the middle of the freezing cold night (in some poky shed) - not so ehhh....cool.
    - Finally filming some scenes (outside) - which takes half an hour (if that) and by God it's gotten colder outside - most excellent.

    (Although it was so cold that my big red nose was probably clearly shining through the layers of zombie make-up ;^) oops...wasn't supposed to tell you that..

    Would you willing to go through all that to be an extra in a star wars movie?
    YES? (this is /. after all ;)

    Ok, then follow the above procedure, but imagine yourself wearing (for example) a wookie-outfit or a storm-trooper outfit...and consider what the average day-time temperatures in Ozzie are like...

    Good luck matey :)