Greatest Extra!

[Kai Lord]

Extras have NO speaking lines...sometimes referred to by the crew as "flesh props".

 

[Negative Zero]

Kai Lord's right, if you get a line, you're now a principal.

~NegZ

 

[Silver Moon]

Sorry, I'm not up on SAG rules. Somehow I always equated a single scene part with only five words as an Extra.

How about Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: Nemesis. He didn't have any lines in the final cut that made it to the cinemas, and that alone makes it worthy of nomination.

 

[jdavis]

Extras have NO speaking lines...sometimes referred to by the crew as "flesh props".

Kit Fisto had no lines, he just forced pushed C-3P0 and smiled.

Me thinks you have an unhealthy obsession with Mr. Fistu.

Was surfing the internet for SW D20 information and I ran across this site and got a kick out of it: http://zusty.zogblaster.com/kitfisto.html

 

[Pylar]

I can't think of just a single favorite extra...so I'll list a catagory. The red shirted landing party members from the original Star Trek series.

 

[jonesy]

I can't think of just a single favorite extra...so I'll list a catagory. The red shirted landing party members from the original Star Trek series.

I'll second that. Without our great red damage soakers all would be lost.

 

[KnowTheToe]

I read an interview recently which said that Harrison Ford had actually improvided that.

Actually, I believe, Harrison was really sick that day and could not perform the physical aspects of the scene as written and then came up with what was in the film.

 

[jdavis]

Actually, I believe, Harrison was really sick that day and could not perform the physical aspects of the scene as written and then came up with what was in the film.

He had the flu, when it came time to shoot the intricate fight scene he jokingly pulled his gun and shot the guy, everybody thought it was great so they changed the scene, Poor extra got his whole fight scene cut.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Nurse zombie from Dawn of the Dead.

 

[Kai Lord]

He had the flu, when it came time to shoot the intricate fight scene he jokingly pulled his gun and shot the guy, everybody thought it was great so they changed the scene, Poor extra got his whole fight scene cut.

During the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Steven Spielberg, George Lucas said that when Spielberg was told how much time they had to shoot the scene that day, Spielberg said, "The only way we can get it done in that amount of time is if Indy just pulls out his gun and shoots the guy." A bunch of crew members cracked up when they heard that, so they decided to change the scene.

The bit about it being Harrison Ford's spur of the moment improv appears to be an urban legend, given that both Ford and obviously Spielberg were in the audience and they both laughed in agreement with Lucas.