Georgie Sauce admits he only takes background acting jobs with long hours to avoid his wife, whom he describes as a 'nag' who drives him nuts.
"I can't get away from the woman. So you took a job that famously has extremely long hours solely so that you could get away from the woman who loves you?"
"I'm a man in America."
"Kiss my wife, she's driving me nuts. I can't get away from the woman."
The Backbone of Hollywood: Background Actors Roll Call
A panel of veteran background actors introduce themselves, showcasing their unique names and varying levels of desperation to join the union or maintain their niche status.
"Ken Kendall. It's not my legal name, but I like it. It's my SAG hopeful name."
"I am the only person on IMDb with the name Clara Tuna."
"Turned out to be a rough name to have in this industry."
Phillip explains the lucrative 'open mouth fee' and how MTV's Kurt Loder ruined it for everyone. The group discusses Ridley Scott's 'closed mouth set' on Prometheus where extras were allegedly taped shut.
"I had my mouth open and guess what, I got a fee for that, an open mouth fee."
"Watch Prometheus again, you're going to see a lot of people with just straight up duct tape over their mouths."
The group attempts a scene from Romeo and Juliet but performs it entirely as background actors, focusing on 'watermelon carrots' chatter and asking about the wrap time instead of the script.
"Hey, what time do you think we're going to get out of here?"
Phillip recounts a traumatic experience where Vince Vaughn forced him into a 24-hour cycle of abasement, including wearing Vaughn's costumes and taking a bath in his house, all while the cameras were rolling.
"He drove around, he made me drive him around in this Ferrari. He's like, 'Let's go to my house. Let's take a bath.'"
"It was 24 hours of abasement. And it was really, really brutal."
Phillip C. Morehoffman explains the technicalities of getting paid extra for having an open mouth on camera, blaming Kurt Loder for ruining the market.
"I got a fee for that. An open mouth fee."
"He used to talk with his big open mouth and he made it standard on MTV."
Phillip recounts a harrowing experience where Vince Vaughn punished him for making a 'choice' by forcing him into his Ferrari and making him take a bath at his house.
"It was 24 hours of abetment and it was really, really brutal."
"Looking back on it, he gave me the time of my life."
