A coworker told a long rambling story in our meeting this morning. The bottom line: she was specifically called to be an extra for Public Enemies - and she turned it down.
Hel-lo; do you know how many professional actors in this area would be happy to have this opportunity? Do you realize this is literally a once in a lifetime chance?
Her reasons for declining:
1. Two back-to-back fifteen hour days. Flat rate for the first eight hours, time and half over. Lunch provided, dinner on your own. No lodging provided. You're an extra, darling, not the star; a dinner and a motel room for the night is a cheap price to pay for the experience.
2. Once on set, the hairstylists would cut her hair in a period-appropriate style. No voice, no choice in the matter. OK, this would give me and my two-years' worth of outgrowth pause. But we are talking a 1930s bob, not a shaved head. The length may be shorter than usual, but the style wouldn't appear that far out these days.
::shrug::
Everyone is different, as this goes to show.
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