I have several friends who’ve been movie extras. I’ve often
thought it might be fun to try it myself. I understand there’s a lot of waiting
involved, and there might not be much pay. But I’d love to point at a
crowd scene and say, “See that? That’s ME!” That’s why I love the story
of Layla Sarakalo. Layla was a San Franciscan who woke up one morning to find
her car had been towed. She’d missed the signs warning that Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home was to be filmed in her neighborhood. She needed money to bail her
car out, so she signed up as an extra. She was supposed to pass Chekov and Uhura
as they asked for directions to “nuclear wessels.” The extras were to stare and
walk on, but for some reason, Layla answered them instead. Film makers decided
it was good, spontaneous stuff, and kept it in. Funniest scene in the movie.
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