Explains Hou, "Actors aren't familiar with the location, and so their walk and movements aren't quite right sometimes.
臨時演員缺席時，製片人可能搖身一變成為路人或流裡流氣的皮條客；導演也會把頭髮燙成鬈曲小管上陣去；當地人更經常出現在銀幕上，原因是「臨時演員對陌生地方不熟悉，走路或活動起來總覺不太對勁。土生土長的當地人動作節奏、韻律很和諧，感覺就自然多了。」