Image via allamericanpatriots.comIt seems that some New Yorkers are beating the drudgery of unemployment by immersing themselves in film and television--literally. According to The New York Times:
"Managers at casting agencies around New York said they were seeing increasing numbers of people...who have little experience in, or aspirations for, acting, but are filling hours they used to spend at office jobs with gigs as extra, also called background, talent."
I have a friend who does this as her job, though she has a SAG card and gets paid better than nonunion types would. According to her, extra work often involves really long hours on set, but if you've got nothing else to do: why not. Who knows, you might even wind up, like one subject of the Times article, sitting next to Angelina Jolie:
"I'm not one to get staru-struck, but it was a bit surreal," Mr. Calabretta said.
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"When I saw Jolie, my first thought was, 'Well, she's definitely not ugly.'"
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