Something About Me #2
I did so well with number 1, I decided to go for number 2! This time I have a photo to go along with it:
I was once a movie extra in a film called "Necessary Roughness". It was filmed in Denton, Texas, on the University of North Texas campus, and it was about a college football team who had to drag itself up after a big football scandal. The quarterback was played by Scott Bakula. He was the guy in "Quantum Leap" and the pre-quel "Star Trek" series. I forgot what the name of it was. Was it "Enterprise"?
Anyway, I spent three nights sitting in a football stadium playing cards with other people between takes and jumping up and cheering when they were filming. I even got to run out onto the field for the closing scene and jump up and down with the stars of the film.
I managed to find a copy of it on DVD, and thanks to the wonders of pausing, I even managed to find myself in one of the crowd scenes. Geez, I was so skinny back then no one else would recognise me!
Here's a picture I took of Scott Bakula on the first night of filming. I also have a picture of me taken with him, but it's in a frame and the picture is stuck to the glass. I don't dare try to peel it off to scan it, if I even had a scanner, but I'll see about taking a picture of it and posting it as well.
Oh wait, I found where I must have scanned it years ago!
I was once a movie extra in a film called "Necessary Roughness". It was filmed in Denton, Texas, on the University of North Texas campus, and it was about a college football team who had to drag itself up after a big football scandal. The quarterback was played by Scott Bakula. He was the guy in "Quantum Leap" and the pre-quel "Star Trek" series. I forgot what the name of it was. Was it "Enterprise"?
Anyway, I spent three nights sitting in a football stadium playing cards with other people between takes and jumping up and cheering when they were filming. I even got to run out onto the field for the closing scene and jump up and down with the stars of the film.
I managed to find a copy of it on DVD, and thanks to the wonders of pausing, I even managed to find myself in one of the crowd scenes. Geez, I was so skinny back then no one else would recognise me!
Here's a picture I took of Scott Bakula on the first night of filming. I also have a picture of me taken with him, but it's in a frame and the picture is stuck to the glass. I don't dare try to peel it off to scan it, if I even had a scanner, but I'll see about taking a picture of it and posting it as well.
Oh wait, I found where I must have scanned it years ago!
posted by Melinda at 2/18/2005 02:27:00 pm
3 Comments:
I remember you telling me about this before, including the photos. This is the first I've seen them, though. Very nice.
Thanks Gary. Yep, that's the young, skinny me back in 1992 or 1993. I know Braden was just a little guy when the movie was filmed. Nope, the DVD cover actually says 1991.
How fun, Melinda!!!
I was an extra in Billy Madison way too many years ago, but no matter how many times I watch that movie I've still NEVER seen myself! It's probably a shoulder shot or something. *g*
I can't quite see what the point of paying us was if they weren't going to put us in the movie. But hey...works for me! :o)
btw - I LOVE your "Something About Me" posts. What a fun idea...think I may have to "borrow" it. ;o)
Post a Comment
<< Home