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USUALLY WHEN YOU DO FILM EXTRA WORK YOU ONLY WORK A DAY OR TWO ON A FILM.. THERE WAS ONE FILM CALLED DOGWATER AT THE TIME THAT WAS THE WORKING TITLE LATER CHANGED TO SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE  AND WHEN I WENT TO WORK ON THAT ONE AN OLD THEATER PAL OF MINE WAS THERE AND HE ASKED ME IF I WAS COMING BACK THE NEXT DAY. I WAS LIKE NO...TOMORROW I'M DOING MY BEST FRIENDS WEDDING...AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS A H.S. REUNION MOVIE THAT ALL TOOK PLACE IN ONE NIGHT  SO THEY COULD REPEAT YOU. I SAID I WOULD ASK THE EXTRAS AGENCY IF THEY COULD REPEAT ME ON IT AND THANKED HIM FOR LETTING ME KNOW. .I ENDED UP GETTING THREE WEEKS OF WORK ON IT...THEY GAVE ME A DRESS AND NECKLACE TO WEAR FROM WARDROBE AND PROBABLY SHOES CUZ I USUALLY JUST WORE GYM SHOES ON MOVIES CUZ THEY DON'T USUALLY SHOW YOUR FEET AND THEY LIKED RUBBER BOTTOMED SHOES THAT DIDN'T MAKE NOISE AND THEY DID HAIR AND MAKEUP EVERY MORNING AND HAD A PICTURE TO MAKE SURE THEY MATCHED THAT. THAT WAS UNUSUAL FOR EXTRA WORK. I FOUND OUT FROM OTHER EXTRAS THEY HAD AUDITIONS FOR THE REUNION MEMBERS AND A LOT OF THEM GOT  A LINE IN THE MOVIE. I  DIDN'T CALL THE EXTRAS HOTLINE EVERY SINGLE DAY SO I HAD NOT HEARD ABOUT THAT. I GUESS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING  EXTRA WORK WERE THEATER ACTORS AND  HAD NEVER DONE IT BEFORE SO THEY WEREN'T USED TO BEING IN EXTRAS  HOLDING MOST OF THE DAY AND JUST BEING CALLED TO SET WHEN NEEDED FOR A SCENE SO THEY WERE DROPPING OUT WHICH IS WHY IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO GET MORE DAYS CUZ I WAS USED TO EXTRA WORK SO I HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. AS A MATTER OF FACT SINCE WE WERE WORKING ON IT LONGER THAN USUAL WE KINDA WERE IN CLIQUES LIKE YOU WOULD BE IN H.S. JUST HAPPENED NATURALLY...I WAS AT THE GAMES TABLE. PEOPLE BROUGHT  BOARD GAMES AND I LEARNED LOTS OF NEW CARD GAMES. WE WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN AT THE GAMES TABLE THAT WHEN AN A.D. WOULD COME IN LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM TO PICK  A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE TO CALL TO SET I WOULD SLUMP DOWN IN MY CHAIR AND HIDE BEHIND MY CARDS...HA HA...I WAS HAVING TOO MUCH FUN...USUALLY I WOULD BE  LOOKING EAGER TO GO TO SET...I REMEMBER BEING CALLED FOR A NIGHT SCENE WHERE THEY SAID THERE WAS GONNA BE A PUDDLE AND PEOPLE WOULD GET WET AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE THAT HAD WARDROBE SO THEY WOULDN'T GET THEIR OWN CLOTHES WET. WELL, WHEN I GOT THERE AND SAW THE PUDDLE AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN PEOPLE GOT WET IT WAS A LOT WORSE THAN I EXPECTED...IT WAS A HUGE PUDDLE THAT A CAR DROVE THROUGH  PRETTY FAST AND THE WATER CAME UP LIKE A WAVE AND GOT THE GROUP COMPLETELY SOAKEN WET AND IT WAS CHILLY OUTSIDE AND I HAD A SHORT SLEEVED DRESS ON...SO I WAS KINDA HANGING BACK HOPING I WOULDN'T GET PICKED AND LUCKILY I MANAGED TO MISS GETTING SOAKED. THEY FILMED IT A FEW TIMES SO YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY WOULD USE YOUR GROUP SHOT OR NOT.  IT WAS A ONE SHOT DEAL CUZ ONCE YOU GOT SOAKED THEY COULDN'T  SHOOT IT AGAIN...THEY ENDED UP USING  THE ONE WITH THE CHEERLEADER IN IT....ANYWAY THAT IS THE ONLY TIME I WORKED ON SOMETHING AND DIDN'T REALLY CARE IF THEY USED ME OR NOT...I STILL GOT PAID TO BE THERE...OH YA...THEY HAD A LOT OF ACTORS DOING CAMEOS IN IT AS REUNION MEMBERS AND I HEARD BRAD PITT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE OF THEM BUT HE WAS DOING DEVIL'S OWN AND FILMING TOOK LONGER ON THAT MOVIE THAN EXPECTED SO HE COULDN'T MAKE IT AND WAS REPLACED WITH LIEV SCHREIBER. NOT SURE IF I SPELLED HIS LAST NAME RIGHT...THERE WAS ONE SCENE WHERE THEY HAD A FEW OF US AT A SMALL BAR SO WE WERE FACING THE BAR AND THEY PUT LIEV FACING THE OTHER DIRECTION NEXT TO ME AND WE WERE LITERALLY SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AND I WAS LIKE...OH MAN...THAT COULD HAVE BEEN BRAD PITT....DARN DARN DARN...HA HA...I HEARD JENNIFER GREY WAS GONNA BE THERE ONE DAY BUT I WASN'T ON SET FOR HER SCENE. I WAS HOPING TO SEE HER AND SAY HI. I USED TO USHER AT THE APOLLO A LOT FOR A PLAY SHE WAS IN THERE CALLED ALBUM. I USED TO SEE ADS IN THE READER ALL THE TIME LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEER USHERS AND SAW THAT ADAM BALDWIN WAS IN IT AND HE HAD BEEN IN A MOVIE CALLED MY BODYGUARD I HAD SEEN  AT  WATER TOWER MOVIE THEATER WHERE I WORKED AT THE TIME EARLY EIGHTIES....HE WAS THE ONLY ONE FROM THE CAST I HAD EVER SEEN IN A MOVIE...JENNIFER GREY AND ALAN RUCK  HAD NOT DONE FERRIS BUELLER YET AND  IT WAS WAY BEFORE WILL AND GRACE THAT MEGAN MULALLY DID LATER ON...I LOVED THAT PLAY. THE SOUNDTRACK WAS A LOT OF MUSIC I LOVED...I REMEMBER BEACH BOYS AND BOB DYLAN  MUSIC IN IT. I DIDN'T REALIZE JENNIFER GREY WAS  JOEL GREY'S DAUGHTER TIL HE  CAME TO SEE THE PLAY ONE NIGHT AND SNUCK IN THROUGH  THE TOP OF THE HOUSE FROM THE BOX OFFICE. HE DIDN'T WANT JENNIFER TO KNOW HE WAS THERE AND HE WAS TAKING NOTES THE WHOLE TIME ON HER PERFORMANCE...I FOUND THAT STRANGE BUT I GUESS HE WAS HELPING HER. I THOUGHT IF A PARENT CAME TO SEE THEIR KID IN A PLAY THEY WOULD JUST WATCH AND ENJOY IT NOT TAKE NOTES ON WHAT SHE COULD IMPROVE BUT WHAT DID I KNOW...ANYWAY SHE WAS NICE AND FRIENDLY AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE HER ON SET AND SAY HI IF I HAD A CHANCE ...OH WELL...DAVID SCHWIMMER FROM FRIENDS  DIRECTED IT AND WAS IN IT...HE WAS NICE. I  HAD DONE EXTRA WORK ON ANOTHER MOVIE HE WAS IN CALLED KISSING A FOOL TOO...