My wife's paystub for her performance in 1996's "Independence Day"
What was your role?
Tackleberry!
Oh man I loved when he made all those weird mouth sounds
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Oh, you’re right, played by Bobcat Goldthwait, excellent performance. I can hear the mouth sounds now, the famous, “PEEKAR, PEEKAR!”
LOL I remember Bobcat Goldthwaite had a stand-up special on HBO in the 80s, where he had bit like "I love the way they introduce me at comedy shows. They come out and say 'You may have seen this next performer in the Police Academy movies,' and everyone claps but then I come out and everybody goes 'aww man I thought it was gonna be the black guy that makes funny noises' !"
That is not jones
No no, I distinctly remember Bobcat Goldthwait, also famously called “mouth sounds” in the LA comedy community. Even in the trailer I just watched on YouTube. He had the famous line, said in the trailer, “KuKawh? PEEKAR, PEEKAR!”. It was quite famous, surprised you haven’t heard of him he was in Star Wars
She was my favorite actress
That was Zed.
Who's Zed?
Zeds dead baby
LOL I remember Bobcat Goldthwaite had a stand-up special on HBO in the 80s, where he had bit like "I love the way they introduce me at comedy shows. They come out and say 'You may have seen this next performer in the Police Academy movies,' and everyone claps but then I come out and everybody goes 'aww man I thought it was gonna be the black guy that makes funny noises' !"
Love your name lol
Those movies are hilarious. What scene are you in?
The airplane/balloon scene, where the bad guys pull into the country lane, and steal the balloon. 2 weeks for 14min of screen time. I did get to hang out with Bob G, Steve G, Sweetchuck, and the guy who did the noises
2 weeks for 14min of screen time
What? You were on screen for 14 minutes? That's an insane amount.
What we did in 2 weeks equaled 14mins of screen time
That’s nearly as much screen time that Anthony Hopkins had in Silence of the Lambs!
I think he's trying to say that he wasn't on screen for 14 minutes, but that in the two weeks he was working on the film they managed to record video that would ultimately be 14 minutes of the final film. Isn't clear how much actual "screen time" commenter had. TLDR: commenter doesn't know what screen time means
That would make a lot more sense. Thanks.
For 14 minutes of screen time, I would want more than $100. Lol
It also means their screentime was in single digit seconds. Because they definitely deflected.
So you're saying he's as good an actor as Anthony Hopkins!
the guy who did the noises
Michael Winslow? Neat. I'll definitely look out for this scene bthe next time I watch the movie again. What a fun memory you have.
Do you get any residuals? I always wanted to do one of those small roles that get you like a few pennies every year or something lol
About 5 years back, I met the lady with the pram full of cans in Speed. She made about 10k total by then. Probably because it was a speaking role, she screams sonofabitch or something.
The real money is in TV commercials, especially the kind that last through several seasons (like for fast food companies, beer, etc.). I had a friend who lived off his residuals.
Citizens on patrol, nice!
David Spade is that you?
🤣👍🏻
That’s awesome! I’m assuming she was an extra in some of the NYC scenes?
She loses her shit right after President Whitmore tells everyone compelled to leave the city, to so in an orderly fashion.
Someone give me a movie time stamp
I saw her
Same
I’m watching the “1990 special edition” and it’s at time stamp 29:59 when he finishes the announcement.
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That's what makes it special
Will Smith just asked what the hell is that smell. I totally stared at your wife not too long ago. She was amazing in that role.
I COULDA BEEN AT A BBQ
I just watched that scene!
Damn I saw her, she was my childhood crush
I also choose this guy's wife
We watched that today!
You know how many people are checking out that scene right now to see how fuckable your wife is?
Why do you guys have to make everything so creepy
Well said PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys
What a shameless solicitation. Gross.
Well said PM_ME_UR_KITTY_PICZ
A r/rimjob_steve moment in the wild
No that sub is about someone with an awful name being sweet. Not just being normal.
Lmfao, PM_me_ur_goth_tiddys the paragon of reddit virtue. Truly an example we should all aspire to.
Hahah that made me laugh so much, thank you!
Going to go grab a glass of water so I can reread this comment and do a spit take laugh 😂
The good guy act
😂
Welcome to reddit
Cheers, deep fried fuck!
I bet they’re delicious
Welcome to the internet. Please take a seat.
You guys are fucking weird
Weird should have some self-respect and stop being so promiscuous.
You need a life. And badly.
Very.
They hated Jesus because He told them the truth.
Lol that’s awesome, I just watched it and I think I know exactly who your wife is.
Damn can’t find an easy YouTube link. Guess I’ll have to dig through my DVDs
I’m watching the “1990 special edition” and it’s at time stamp 29:59 when he finishes the announcement. There are a lot of people running in the next scene. What was she wearing?
That takes 12 and a half hours? Dang.
Got a bit over $100 for like 2 hours of background work in The Dark Knight.
Aw man, what a great movie to be a part of!
One of the best films ever. What an honor.
2 hours of BG work??? I’ve never seen them cut BG at less than 6 hours. Most of the time they’re on site for 12 just in case
Me too! I was in one of the street scenes.
They also scanned me to digitally copy and paste me into the crowd.
My father-in-law still receive royalty checks for amounts as small as $0.23. Not even worth the postage, lol. Small bits here and there, I'd say his most well known movie he was in was Men in Black, he was the actual exterminator before the Edgar-Suit Cockroach duded killed him.
“It’s eviction time, boys!”
He deserves more!
Oh dang! They originally wanted Bruce Campbell for the role.
I'm a film payroll accountant. Cast and Crew is still one of the two major payroll companies we use right now. This looks just like every other pay stub I crank out on a weekly basis.
Which is more prevalent now? I feel like every show I’ve had since coming back from covid has used EP but its probably a coincidence.
It really just depends on the show. I've mostly been on C&C shows lately, but EP is just as common I think.
I feel like I would always have EP and c&c was a rare gem. (Former stand in/body double!)
What does EP stand for?
Entertainment Partners
Just wait until you get on a GreenSlate gig!
I have had 1 indie w greenslate and it was insane.
i've only worked on one for A24
That would be a dealbreaker for me, I've only heard nightmare stories about them.
I’ve done a bunch of jobs (post) being paid through them and it’s been fine. But I can’t speak for the accounting side, I’m always on the receiving end.
Same.
I was a Paymaster in the late 80s/early 90s in LA. I worked for Oberman Tivoli Miller & Low, Entertainment Partners (then DISC), and Cast & Crew before going into production with the accounting team where I worked on a handful of films before moving on to something else. Interesting times. Don’t miss the grind.
haha i work in film, and can confirm as well. the pilot i just worked on was C&C. it's funny how the pay stubs look almost identical
I used to work at C&C a few years ago, that logo jumped right out at me and gave me flashbacks
seems sweet to get a check for work 29 years earlier
as someone aspiring to be a professional editor, i hope i have the honor of being on one of those stubs one day reddit user at0mjack
I work in accounting for musicians, can confirm this is what the statements look like
My mom may still have them, but I had one from Walker, Texas Ranger (I was "rescued" by him, and then in another scene, he's handing me down to my mom... but I was like 5-ish?), I was an extra for one of the Friday movies in college (more like I was a dead body and got to take a nap lol), I was an extra in Fear the Walking Dead (so I was a zombie), and I was an extra in 2 episodes of the new Dallas remake.
It was mostly fun, getting to pretend to be a zombie or at a high end bar, but my mom said I was terrified of Chuck Norris's horse for some reason. I've grown up around horses, so I'm generally not scared of them, I'm guessing it was just the one he was on was so big to my little kid self that it scared me.
My wife was in an episode of A Different World in the 90s, About every 6 months or so it seems she gets a check, usually for less than a dollar, occasionally a little more, never as much as two dollars. We laugh and marvel every time.
There’s a bar in Studio City called Residuals. They used to give you a free drink if you had a residual check under $2. Don’t know if they still do.
My retired parents live in a city that has a pretty thriving movie-making industry. Being extras in various filming projects is their new hobby nowadays. It pays enough to make the day worth it and apparently the catering on set is typically really good. Sounds like an interesting way to pass the day now and then.
Interesting, where is that?
I’m in the crowd for the football sequence in The Dark Knight Rises. I didn’t get paid shit, but it was fun.
I love random old documents like this, nice one.
Me too, there's actually a term for it-"ephemera". There's r/ephemera for it too, just not very active.
Oh thanks for the sub reco!
Thank her for her service! Fox two!!
I did background work for an upcoming show a few months ago and got $25 for them to use my car.
Know someone who has been an extra on Yellowstone a few times and she told me she makes about $200 a day so about the same adjusting for inflation.
$192.10 in today’s dollars. Not bad
Damn, that’s more than what they paid for PAs in 2011/2012 ($150/day)
$150/day in 2012 dollars is the equivalent of $207.84/day in May 2024 dollars.
PAs
Prior Authorizations?
Production assistants. Haven’t been in the industry in a minute but I believe most are paid closer to $200/12 hr shift
you consider $192.10 for 12.5 hours of work 'not bad'?
That works out to about $15.30/hr and you’re fed breakfast and lunch. I get paid about $15.50/hr today for background work (non-union). I don’t really get how that’s bad, you just need to show up and have a pulse. I’m reading my book or playing my Switch for at least 60% of that time. 30 seconds of filming and it can be 5-10 minutes to reset.
The money/hours is also guaranteed. If they offer $190 for 12 hours, but we’re dismissed in 3 hours, we get the full 12 hours’ pay. That’s why I love doing Dick Wolf shows like Law & Order — they have it down to a science and can crank scenes out fast, and I leave with a full belly.
Do they still pay you time & a half for overtime if you work more than the 12 hours? b/c when I worked a few movies in the early 2010s, they were paying $64/8hours for the first 2 movies I did, and one day I "worked" more than 8 hours (I think it was 9) and they paid me $64+12(time & a half for the extra hour).
Yes, it’s time and a half. I think a few hours of overtime is already baked in to the $190/12 hours — that money is guaranteed. If it goes over, we would get more overtime at time and a half.
Clearly I’ve triggered you
They're right. It's bad.
Why didn’t they pay her $177.60?!
Is she still acting?
I’d like to thank her for her priceless role in helping save our planet 🫡
Meanwhile my daughter did 2 days on del toros new Frankenstein movie recently and made 900$ lol
Not sure why you're getting downvoted. That's pretty cool.
Now if only bill pulman and will smith saved us from the lizards this Independence Day
That's neat!
I looked up the bank's address and it's apparently Pfizer's world headquarters now. Wonder when Chase left.
$5 an hour? Hell yeah
I wish I still had my stubs for when I was the male motion capture actor for Syphon Filter 2 and Syphon Filter: Omega Strain. Sony paid me at least 200 bucks every time I walked in the door.
They were some good games
How’d ya mocap that Omega Strain glitch that let you launch into the air during a roll?
Extensive gymnastics training and a lot of explosives. Lol!
Good games
I was an extra in a B Movie called China Girl. Ii was 1986 and I was paid $100 for a dance scene on a club. That $100 in 1986 = $280.65 in 2024.
It was just added to Criterion, I put it on my watch list two days ago.
Oh sweet cheesus! They said wear all black and I wore all red. But they made me change in a corner and wear prop clothes that were all black. Look for the Amerasian with two left feet and 80’s hair!
Haha! Based on the movie description, I feel you may not have been the only one.
I rented my car a couple times for some small movies, they'd pay me basically 200$ cash per night. I did that 2-3 times, when they needed a colourful sports car.
It's a fun experience, drinking fake beers and eating unlimited catering food and being paid for it. One of those film has my car and me dancing for ~2 seconds, and that film went to Cannes Festival lol
Fun until I was asked to basically "climb" a mountain in the dark lol
Very cool. I had a couple back when I was young. A buddy (the actual actor) took me along whenever he got a job and I usually managed to get some work. He and I were reenactors in The Patriot. We're in a bunch of scenes, but I only remember the one where the dude gets his head blown off by cannonball. Those wool uniforms were absolutely hell in the heat.
After that I had a party guest/background car driver role in Carrie 2: The Rage. Last one was a walk-on as a waiter in some Dawson's Creek ep. I never saw it, so don't know if it got cut or not.
I was an extra in the background of a few of those tv court shows. Watched 4-5 cases back to back and made about $300 a day. The cases are short and they make the audience move around the room and put on/take off jackets so it looks like different days. Pretty sure I fell asleep in the background once or twice and my mom saw it on tv. I got a 20 cent check when an episode reran once.
Also did extra work for the Friday Night Lights movie and made almost $5000 in a week. The catering was great but some of the celebs were horrid. It’s still fun to experience
Go ahead, name names. Or do they make you sign an NDA about which actors are assholes?
That country singer guy that’s in the movie. He’s not nice or friendly. Billy Bob Thornton was nice af though.
Have this on right now! Does she get residuals for it? I don’t know who all gets those for movies.
No residuals but she did get an extra 20 bucks to have car available on-site (to blow up presumably).
20 bucks to blow up her car? That’s a good deal
That's pretty good - the current UK rate is £17.50 for an extra to supply a car! https://www.thecastingnetwork.co.uk/rates.asp
Watching it now and scrolling through reddit this popped up lol
You married a legend and a hero 🫡 🇺🇸
Can he save us now please?
The reward for being a part of the most iconic movies of all time: priceless
Wow it was shot almost a whole year before it came out. Guess the effects took a really long time to do
Also, the idea of getting paid $5.90 an hour today is absurd
A lot of extras getting paid $7.25/hour in Georgia.
I did a day on Fist Fight and took home a check not much larger than this one 20 years later.
Is that legal minimum wage there?
It was $5 an hour actually. Then she got overtime at $7.50/hour
Wow! Thats nuts. Times have changed
$5 in 1995 is over $10 today.
We thank your wife for her service!
Neighbor was in civil war reenactment. No pay but they got to go reenact for the movie “glory”
Neat
Nice. I got free rodeo tickets to be in the crowd for “8 Seconds” 😂
Today we celebrate… our Independence Day payday!
I love how c&c paystubs haven't changed in 30 years 🙃🙃🙃🙃
They updated the font on the line items I think
Bro, the casting company made more on that transaction than she did.
I also pick this guys wife.
She must have been someone who died
So cool!!!
“Today we celebrate our Independence Day!”
Thank you for your service
95 Bro
ITT: Obscure extras are more common than you think.
Who's FICA?! Why does he get all her money?
Too bad they didn’t pay her $100 more.
Right?!
Just finished watching this
What happens?
Aliens win.
You don’t actually think they spend $20,000 on an extra, $30,000 on a key grip do you?
I used to work for Cast & Crew payroll in the early 90s.
Thank her for her service.
Thanks for sharing! This is amazing. Reading the comments has been a real treat.
I did extra work for a pilot and they lost my info so I never got paid and spent months fighting with them via emails to prove I’d been there. Sad because it never got picked up due to it seemingly being insensitive or some crap. Alas.
The residuals would have been mighty.
Wow that hourly rate is garbage. I made about four times that per hour as a regular extra in the early 90s - bonus: spent 75% of the day studying, playing cards, talking to hot girls and eating great food.
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Hah! Good catch. Account is probably(?) closed but that’s definitely still the Chase NY routing number.
Welcome to Earf
I did 2 weeks for “Police Academy 4” 1987, $100 cash