I've caught the movie star bug!  I was just an extra in a movie!
That's great! I bet you'll have a lot of people referring to you as a background artist or cast member. Apparently on a TV set the term extra isn't used that often.
The producer did call us background artists!  Made us all feel like we were good at acting.  I had a talking part, but it was background talking, so you won't hear what I say.
I've always wondered what the actors talk about when you can't hear them! I recently found out there can even be extras in grand opera or other spectacular productions.
Yeah, I think my next step is to be a "seat filler" at the Academy Awards.
Seat filler
A seat filler is a person who fills in an empty seat during an event. There are two types of seat fillers:
1. a person who subscribes to a seat-filling theatre club. Members of these clubs help fill in unsold seats for theatre, music, film, sporting events, dance performances and other live events. The producers of the event give complimentary tickets to the seat-filling organization, who pass them on to their members. The producers get a fuller audience and therefore a
opera can involve many background actors appearing in spectacular productions.
On a film or TV set, background actors are usually referred to as "junior artist", "atmosphere", "background talent", "background performers", "background artists", "background cast members" or simply "background", while the term "extra" is rarely used. In a stage production, background actors are commonly referred to as "supernumeraries". In opera and ballet, they are called either "extras" or