Despite having to spend two days in tests and getting blood transfusions... got to go somewhere awesome yesterday
Last summer, I was one of the extras in a film production of a series of detective films based on a nationally acclaimed book series. Not really big internationally, but a big frickin' deal nationally. Before Christmas, I got an invitation to a pre-view of the film I was in, and that was yesterday
Had a lot of fun; the film was great and I spent a lot of time just trying to pick out people I knew from it - a lot of amateur actors from my region played minor, non-speaking roles or were extras. And there were a lot of national celebs at the viewing, so that added an additional layer of glamour on the whole thing - even though I had to restrain myself from throwing the mini-bottle of whiskey they handed to us when Timo Soini (Finland's version of Ron Paul) showed up
At least I can now say I've now acted in a feature film.
The only downside was that apparently none of my friends got invited; I had a scripted part as an orderly, they were extras, background people, so they didn't get invitations
Which was rather of a bummer on the part of the production company.