# What movie were you in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651 "2006-03-23T23:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/41 "2006-03-24T13:11:14Z")
I was one of the people waltzing in Grand Central Station during the fantasy sequence in _The Fisher King_. At one point during filming, they yelled “CUT!!” and my partner and I stopped dancing, I turned around, and I’m standing in front of Robin Williams. I was surprised to note that he was a few inches shorter than me. For the next 15 minutes while they set up the next shot, I chatted with Robin. He was a pretty nice guy considering it was about 3 a.m. If you freeze the DVD at just the right moment, there I am, in the middle of the frame. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/42 "2006-03-24T13:15:15Z")
> [@vaderspal](#): > > Not exactly widely-known movies, but I was in two feature length documentaries about _Star Wars_ fans: [**Millennium’s End: The Fandom Menace**](http://filmthreat.com/index.php?section=interviews&Id=98) (2000) and its sequel, [**Galaxy’s End: Revenge of the Myth**](http://www.fadproductions.com/index.php?categoryid=16&p2_articleid=2&s=&) (2006). I have quite a lot of screen time in the second one. > > Also I was in a (very large) concert crowd scene in the largely-forgotten film \*\*[Georgia](http://imdb.com/title/tt0113158/) \*\* (1995), starring Jennifer Jason Leigh & Mare Winningham. I loved _Georgia_. I think there was all kinds of critical acclaim for this flick. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/43 "2006-03-24T13:22:29Z")
I’ve had bit parts in a number of TV shows. _Tokumei Research_ as Dr. Philip Zimbardo. I got to demonstrate his “Broken Window” theory with a sledgehammer. Neat. Same show, different episode, as a buddy of a guy who sleep-murdered his in-laws, and later one of the jurors at his trial (they hire a small pool of foreigners for their re-enactments, then just use us anywhere). _Beauty Seven_ as a guy in a French restaurant. Between shots, Kaori Momoi came over and started chatting with us. Very nice woman. _African Night_ as a teacher at a Yakuza-run English school. I was on for half a second. _Amuse_. A kids show where I’m demonstrating children’s games from around the world with a bunch of other grown men. We were wrestling, playing tag, jumping around and dancing with a bunch of women in Marilyn Monroe dresses for about eight hours. I couldn’t walk by the time we were done. Fortunately, it was on a cable channel that nobody ever sees, but it’s bound to one day end up on one of those “weird Japanese game show” video websites. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/44 "2006-03-24T14:06:04Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Ferris Buehler’s Day Off. Me and Kid Kalhoun. It is one of the best memories of my life. A truly great day. We were in the parade scene. I’ve never actually found myself in the crowd, but I was there. That is too cool, another one of my all time favorite movies. > [@JustAnotherGeek](#): > > : BTW, **What Exit?** Damn, that’s 🆒 ! The scenes at the “Reactor” with Chekhov was the dressed up Control booth of the Machine Room I did the electrical maintenance for. I could identify each break in his run until he injured himself. They had him going from below the waterline to the O3 level above the hangar bay and then back down to the hangar bay with no rhyme or reason but only a carrier sailor would catch the creativity of the cuts. I will be eternally jealous of one of my friends, who was not a Trekkie that got to be the ships Electrician assigned to accommodate the movie electricians. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/45 "2006-03-24T14:39:09Z")
My friend was an extra in _Mallrats_, and apparently is pretty noticeable (that is, she’s not in an anonymous crowd shot). Not sure if she has any lines - I haven’t rented it lately to see what scene she’s in. When she told us, we thought it was the neatest thing we’d heard in a long time, but she laughed it off as no big deal. Seems she was in the right place (Eden Prairie mall) at the right time. It’s still crazy cool, though. I’ve got to rent it to look for her. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/46 "2006-03-24T14:39:10Z")
Fellow Doper **diku** and I are in the rasslin’ crowd in the Chris Rock political epic _ **Head of State** _. We’re in the top left hand side of the screen (widescreen version). I’m in a bright orange shirt…with my camera in front of my face ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/47 "2006-03-24T14:41:04Z")
I was inside a local hardware store while they were doing some exterior, second unit shooting for \*[Joe Somebody](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279889/) \*. I assume there’s no way that I’d be visible, but didn’t make it through the whole movie to find out for sure. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/48 "2006-03-24T14:44:18Z")
I’m a skating extra in ‘ATL’ opening on 3/31. I worked for 4 days at $100 per day. To any other extras: “Arcadia Forever!” ---
**Author:** ![Millit\_the\_Frail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Millit\_the\_Frail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Millit_the_Frail)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/49 "2006-03-24T14:45:15Z")
I’m in an independent documentary called [_The Hunt_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0392136/). It’s about the world’s larget scavenger hunt, which I’ve been a part of for six years. Unfortunately, I’m no longer in Chicago and will only be spectating this year. The IMDB entry isn’t much to look at and doesn’t even have a full set of credits. I’m only in it briefly, but my husband has quite a bit of screen time. I was almost an extra in _Proof_, and some of my friends actually got in. Haven’t see it yet, though, so I don’t know if they’re visible. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/50 "2006-03-24T14:47:15Z")
> [@dnooman](#): > > I was at a mall in California (West Coast Plaza maybe) when they were filming a scene for Kindergarten Cop. As I came off the escalator, a guy asked me “are you in this shot?”. Being a naiive honest kid, I said no. Turns out, had I said yes, I would have been found out quickly because the extras had assigned positions and things to be doing. Arnold’s stunt double was a big guy, but his face looked more like Paul Reubens than Arnold. > > The only movie I had lines in was made by my neighbor. It’s called _Closure_, and it’s a terrible indy horror movie. I’ve been promised a cut of the action if it makes money. :rolleyes: I don’t care about that, I just want an IMDB listing. That would kick righteous ass! That DVD holds a place of honor in the DVD rack. It’s great for when someone needs a good laugh. Wow, small world. I was in that mall that day. It was MainPlace in Santa Ana. You were probably thinking of South Coast Plaza. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/51 "2006-03-24T15:17:09Z")
Oh, I forgot, I’m in Season 2 of my boyfriend’s independent comedy TV show, **Buddy Cop Show**. I have lines and everything. Season 2 is still in post-production, however, and even if it weren’t, nobody here would have seen it. He’s trying to invent local access cable here partly so he can get it on the air, if that tells you anything. Season 1 did have a premiere in a real movie theater, though, and has sold a number of DVDs. His kid brother is in every episode, however, and has lately been getting a lot of little movie roles, so it’s possible that one day I’ll be famous in a “wasn’t she the receptionist in the movie that guy did when he was a kid?” way. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/52 "2006-03-24T15:27:27Z")
I’m somewhere in the crowd on the DVD of **Blueman Group’s** “The Complex Tour.” ---
**Author:** ![Blackclaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e68b1a/32.png) [@Blackclaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackclaw)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/53 "2006-03-24T15:46:13Z")
My mother-in law played the bag lady in Undercover Blues. She died this last Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/54 "2006-03-24T16:01:19Z")
I never believed a friend of mine when he said he was in **Caddyshack** when he was 10. Turns out he lived in a house adjacent to the country club / golf course in Florida where it was filmed. He and his brother would set up a lemonade stand along the back 9. Some guys looking for extras saw them and asked them if they wanted to be in a movie. They put on orange t-shirts and were a couple of the younger kids hanging around the caddy house. I didn’t believe him till he showed me some pictures of him as a kid and the scenes in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/55 "2006-03-24T16:10:52Z")
John Wayne’s _The Green Berets_ was mostly filmed in and around Ft. Benning, Georgia. At the very end of the film, there’s a shot that includes a bunch of soldiers jogging by in their cammo trousers and combat boots. My dad is one of them – he was going through jump training at the time. He’s not too difficult to spot. Just look for the bald skinny white guy. 😃 My brother was an extra for _The Day After Tomorrow_. He’s part of the crowd trying to cross the Mexican border. I stood and watched the scene being filmed from my office window. ---
**Author:** ![arcticdonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@arcticdonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arcticdonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/56 "2006-03-24T16:14:22Z")
none unfortunately. my gf was an extra in Six Days, Seven Nights though ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/57 "2006-03-24T18:24:28Z")
I’ve never seen it to check, but if the glass isn’t too reflective, you can probably catch me in the booth of the auditorium scene in the latest lousy film in the _Conversations with God_ series. ---
**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/58 "2006-03-24T18:58:05Z")
I’m in the concert movie/documentary _[Texas](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303290/)_, featuring Russell Crowe and his band Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts. My sister and I are visible a few times, including one good two-shot of us. Now I can tell people I was in a movie that played Sundance. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/59 "2006-03-24T19:24:04Z")
You can see a lot of our ranch in Michener’s _Centennial_ as a good bit of it was filmed on it and the next spread over. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651/60 "2006-03-24T19:33:39Z")
Not a movie, but I was on an episode of a daytime soap about five years ago. E. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-were-you-in/349651.md?page=4)