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Should I Work As An Extra?
Should I work as an extra?
If you have no experience working in television and you feel that your C.V could benefit from being fleshed out a bit then working as an extra (non-speaking crowd artist / supporting artist) is a brilliant way of getting to see how television production works either in a studio or out on location and what’s more, you will be getting paid for the privilege. You can earn up to £100 per day working as an extra. But the most valuable aspect of this sort of work I think is the opportunities it offers for networking which could in-turn lead to more work.
I have seen no evidence that working as an extra can prevent good actors from being offered proper roles. You can learn a great deal from listening and watching the process.
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