I was once an extra,  A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production
Oh yes, I have heard of that before. It sounds like a fun job to do, Ive thought about it before. What do you get paid for that?
Not so much.    War films and epic films often employ background actors in large numbers
Oh man really? It seems like it would be long hours so I was hoping they get paid a lot. Do you mean movies like Star Wars? Or do you mean movies like... American Sniper?
by their milieu, such as the Korean War; the most popular subject is the Second World War. The stories told may be fiction, historical drama, or biographical. Critics have noted similarities between the Western and the war film.
Nations such as China, Indonesia, Japan, and Russia have their own traditions of war film, centred on their own revolutionary wars but taking varied forms, from action and historical drama to wartime romance.
Subgenres, not necessarily distinct, include anti-war, comedy, animated
Extra (acting)
A background actor or extra is a performer in a film, television show, stage, musical, opera or ballet production, who appears in a nonspeaking or nonsinging (silent) capacity, usually in the background (for example, in an audience or busy street scene). War films and epic films often employ background actors in large numbers: some films have featured hundreds or even thousands of paid background actors as cast members (hence the term "cast of thousands"). Likewise, grand