Extra's Needed

How do I get myself into these things? I sign up to be an extra in this new Australian movie being filmed in Sydney. I some how managed to sign up some of my friends along to it as well.

I rock up to filming on the Saturday. Were filming in a tunnel in central. I panic as soon as I see that were actually using a real homeless guy. The guy wanders around the set telling people his been homeless for 7 years and that his met a homeless Indian woman and they are dating. Apparently they want to go to India together. I’m thinking if the homeless is dating what the hell is wrong with me? For crying out loud the homeless is getting more action than I am.

Finally shooting begins and I do my famous walk on. First my shoes make it onto the screen, then my chest and finally I might have got my face in a shot. Filming wraps up until tomorrow.

The Sunday Shoot

Sunday I rock up with my friends to the set to find out that we have to dance in the scenes today. No one told me about dancing in this. Out of no where we spot bellydancers, tap dancers, samba dancers and other foreign dancers on set.

While being squashed on a little bridge with 200 other extras we had to dance our way to the front.

JoJo nearly knocked over a $500 000 dollar camera while his cousin ran smack into the 1st Assistant director. I nearly fell over a bike one of the extras had in front of me twice.

Another friend showed up to register only to find out that her name wasn’t on the list. So what does one do? She throws a big tantrum and storms out to go shopping instead.

Meanwhile we move from one underground tunnel to another and finally get caught in the rain. Before we know it we are dancing in the rain.

Film will premiere in Sydney in mid 2005.