When you are working as an extra in Hollywood, you are going to have to deal with a lot of interesting people. This town (and this business) draws every kind of person, good and bad, that you can possibly imagine. But when it comes to extras, you're certain to be dealing with the kinds of people listed here. Spoiler alert: they're the worst.
Being an extra means long days at low pay, sure, but it also means you get to work on a movie or television set all day! That's super cool and there are a lot of people who would switch places with you in a heartbeat. There are much worse, much harder, ways to pay the bills.
That being said, this is a list of the worst kinds of people you'll have to put up with during your time as a Hollywood extra. Get to voting below!
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The Smelly Kid
Dude, come on.
The Complainers
The Complainers have something negative to say about everything going on. The actors are terrible. The writers are terrible. This director is sooooo slow. Why don't they have any good snacks? Uggghhhh, I'm bored.
Listen, There are much, much, worse ways to earn a few bucks than being a Hollywood extra. You are essentially paid to sit around and eat snacks and occasionally walk around in a circle near a camera.
Being on set is a privilege. You are the worst.
The Gossiper
Extras holding (where extras hang out basically all day, when they're not being used in a shot) can rapidly turn into the most unprofessional place on earth thanks, in part, to The Gossiper.
They just met everyone there. They immediately want to know everyone's business. Are you single? Gay? Straight? Do you like cats? I heard so and so over there used to be a girl, is that true?
This is work. Not high school. Stop it.
The Couple
There is always one couple that gets booked together for some reason. What happens is they make every other extra on set that day feel like the third wheel.
Stop kissing for three seconds, please.
The Serious Actor
This extra recently earned their M.F.A from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and they're convinced that they are too good to be doing what they're doing and they are, quote, "100 times better than every actor on this show. I should be on this show."
You SHOULD be nothing. You SHOULD be doing your job. Nobody cares that you know a few sonnets from Midsummer's Night Whatever, especially in Hollywood. You're the worst.
The Ones Trying Desperately to Get Noticed
These are the extras who somehow manage to overact in the background of every shot. They still think that being an extra will land them their "big break."
Their own delusions are their business and they are free to believe what they will, but they're acting like idiots, which is making the extras as a group look like idiots, so now their weird dreams have become your problem.
The Favor
This extra has had everything handed to them. They're "really good friends" with the show's executive producer and they got there as a favor. They walk around like they own the place and get special treatment.
You're awful. Perform the duties of your station. Just because you know some dude doesn't mean you get to leave work whenever you want to go to a concert. Or camping. Or improv practice. Or whatever.
The Whisperer
You have to have a lot of silent (fake) conversations in the blurry background of shots in movies and television shows as an extra.
The Whisperer is the person you get stuck with who actually tries to carry on a full-on whisper conversation with you during a take. Do you respond in a way that makes sense? Do you stay silent? Do you nod? It's awkward. Nobody likes you.
The Fake P.A.
This extra has worked on this particular show A LOT. So much so that he/she believes that they are now a part of the crew and they will start telling you to do things.
They will also pretend to know the ins and outs of everything dealing with the production of whatever show you're working on that day, and they'll make sure to tell everyone, even though nobody asked because nobody cares.
Dancers
There seems to always be at least one aspiring dancer among you when you're an extra on set. If there is one thing you should know about dancers it's that they dance. Always. Whenever they can. At the drop of a dime.
STOP DANCING! STOP IT!