Quite a few movies were shot in this town and I was an extra in 14 all told. My 49 was in a Hallmark movie entitled "The Engagement Ring" and it was parked in front of a store near a mailbox. As I was also an extra in that film the truck made more money than me. It got $300 while I was being paid $9 per hour.
When they did Charlie's Angels R-Made I had enough credits to become a union member and doubled my hourly rate. But as far as food goes extras who were non-unionized got the crumbs left over by the union people and obviously had to wait while the union types ate.
If you see a movie being made in your area ask who the Transport Manager is or the Transport Wrangler. He/she handles all the vehicles in the movie plus the shuttle busses used to transport the actors to the site.
