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Old 25-03-2008, 11:50   #13
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Re: Be a film extra - please help!

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I thought that an Equity actors union card was required even to be an extra, and I heard that it is very hard to get one.
No, extras, or 'background artistes', don't need to be a member of Equity.


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I've worked in the wardrobe department on a number of films, and as long as a certain quota of the cast are members of Equity, extras in crowd scenes are usually non-members.
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