How An Extra Stole Doctor Strange’s Thunder & Why Parliament Always Looks So Empty

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What are the secrets to being a good extra? How does phoning a friend on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire actually work? Why does the House of Commons always look so empty on Prime Minister’s Questions?
Richard and Marina answer these questions and more!
00:00 Intro
00:28 Do you have any tips for being a good background artist?
07:56 Where are the “phone a friends” on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
12:28 How do long-running shows ensure continuity between different writers?
15:24 Can Richard reveal any BTS secrets from Murder in Successville?
20:10 Is there an official government TV studio controlling footage from parliament?
27:37 Richard shares his top three cartoon mice
29:43 Outro
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@huzefaishaki1805 Месяц назад

I am 46 and I shouted with glee when Richard said Danger Mouse. Made my day. Thank you

@krisinsaigon Месяц назад

i ran an agency for years in asia finding western people to be extras in movies, everything Marina says is exactly right. You are there as a very small cog in a big complex machine with many moving parts. The most important thing is don't cause problems and be a team player. Turn up on time, have zero ego, and do what you are told. Also I always told my extras to take a book or something because there will be many many hours of waiting

@lakrids-pibe Месяц назад

"Mister..." "Doctor." "...Mister Doctor?" "It's Strange." "Maybe. Who am I to judge?"

@andykey78 Месяц назад

The life drawing class in Richard's episode of Murder in Successville is hilarious! "You don't want to see the meat and the veg!?" 😂

@Ryanneey Месяц назад

Oh, I need to watch this! I saw the American version but haven't been able to find the original.

@DrLordKipper Месяц назад

The extra (Wanda Ventham) hamming it up in the background of the movie, Dr. Strange and the multiverse of madness, is actually Benedict Cumberbach's real life mother.

@lesleyallerby1295 4 дня назад

I can remember when she was the star of so many tv shows. I was very young and so was tv.

@DrCalamityJan Месяц назад

Richard's episode of Murder in Successville is an all-time classic. Richard was such a worthy deputy to Tom and the only one who has ever given Tom pause. So very good.

@CamMcGinn1981 Месяц назад

Richard, how could you not mention The Brain during your top 3? Even if to discount him. LOL

@abzulooks6012 Месяц назад

Richard modestly forgets to mention that his episode of "Murder In Successville" is one of the best of the lot. Marina you should absolutely watch it.

@phueal Месяц назад

Is it the kind of thing you can jump right into, or do you need to have seen previous episodes?

@abzulooks6012 Месяц назад

@@phueal Well, if you watched this Q&A then you know the premise.... and that's all you need. The only reason I'd suggest maybe watching other episodes first is to contrast the deer-in-the-headlights panic of some of the other guests with Richard's mastery of the situation.

@phueal Месяц назад

@@abzulooks6012 haha, sounds good!

@themattitude Месяц назад

"Ellie White as Björk." Perfect.

@Cchogan Месяц назад

Richard, when it comes to character continuity, I have had to discipline myself! I am a OneNote addict - I like it because it is just blank pages for me to waffle in. I plan hugely, but I don't initially detail everything about a character. BUT, as I write, if I introduce a fact about them, or something that happens, I stop writing and note it on their character page. Now, even over a huge series (my current WIP is an undecology), I am amazed what I remember, but also what I remember wrong. Even worse, I sometimes write something and think, oh, I need them to have granny, and I have said they are an orphan!!! So I go back and rewrite the earlier bit. But now, I have TWO memories - one where they have a granny and one where they don't.... So, stopping for a minute and noting down the little fact, saves me, as long as I remember to use the notes. And where did I get this from? Years ago, I dated a continuity girl, and that is what is what she did for a living. The trouble was, she kind of carried it on into her life too - she never forgot anything!

@philipwhiuk Месяц назад

Thank you Richard. I was worried for a hot second that DangerMouse wouldn't be it.

@ChrisH78 Месяц назад

Marina's face when Richard mentions Barry from Eastenders lmao

@stephendonovan6773 Месяц назад

The guy is a proper smart but will forever be known as Barry from Eastenders 😂

@Elwaves2925 Месяц назад

@@stephendonovan6773 Yeah, Shaun does know a lot, especially about music but he's also the perfect example of someone forever typecast for one role. He'll likely never been known as anything (outside of family, friends and colleagues) except Barry from Eastenders. He seems to have accepted it and cashed in on it though, so fair play to him.

@RobDW24 Месяц назад

@@Elwaves2925he was on an episode of Jenny Ryan (Vixen from The Chase) and Lucy Porter's podcast Fingers on Buzzers, he LOVES Quizzing, it's a great podcast if you love game shows.

@Elwaves2925 Месяц назад

@@RobDW24 I've heard Lucy's and Jenny's podcast (which is great) and I also remember him from Al Murray's TV pub quiz show. Shaun was the on set barman but also went up against the contestants in a head to head round.

@MrForbinator Месяц назад

Quantum of Solace brush man is a classic extra.

@amandarose2798 Месяц назад

My favourite extra moment - the kid in North by Northwest who makes sure to cover his ears BEFORE Cary Grant fires the gun. Safety first! 😂 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-sAhKLfzDHcI.htmlsi=Ce5GyITsDrgXU_Qa

@MrFuzzyGreen Месяц назад

What about the guy on the beach during the tidal wave scene in The Abyss

@themattitude Месяц назад

"Shit mouse" 😆

@danbo433 19 дней назад

Re extra moments - the guy in the background in Quantum of Solace who's using a broom, but is VERY clearly sweeping about two feet off the floor.

@Ardnasper Месяц назад

Danger Mouse and Speedy Gonzales were the mouses I thought as soon as you said Top 3 Mouses. I guess it’s a generational thing 😅

@Tyrconnell Месяц назад

During my acting career in the 90s I didn't do any background work (I was mainly theatre), but a couple of years ago, now living in Japan, I was asked to audition for a tiny westerner part in a TV show, which I got. The part was covered in the first day of filming, but the character needed to appear in a second scene, which was a party, so in that I was essentially background. But here the problem started because I was officially a 'featured guest artist', which meant I couldn't be given instruction by the 3rd AD who dealt with background, while the Director and 1st were dealing with the star actors. So myself and the other foreign guest role had to just make up what we did and hope it was basically right. Fortunately my colleague, unlike myself, spoke perfect Japanese and could work out what was going on for the most part. What I did learn, twenty years on from my acting career, was that I found background work the most grindingly boring and irritating experience, so very glad I never went down that route when younger!

@sheltyhorn4332 Месяц назад

Hammy Hamster, Tales on the Riverbank. No contest.

@R.Daneel Месяц назад

I love for some reason it looks like you're both in front of a green-screen when you're not. That's some high-level reverse-psychology FX right there!

@LiveDonkeyDeadLion Месяц назад

I was an extra in quite a big film, and the extra I was paired with (an experienced one who wanted to be an actor), was desperate to get on film and ignored the AD which of course meant for continuity we had to do it every time. When they realised they weren’t going to get on camera, plus it was obviously going to a deleted scene lost interest and put themselves somewhere else to get a better chance. There’s a nice shot of me in the deleted scenes on a very well known international streaming service, but my NDA stops me from telling you which one. I suppose you could call them dirty rats for that, but it was nice to be part of a very long running cinematic universe set a long time ago, but quite far away Edit: it’s the only time I have ever been an extra

@daviebananas1735 Месяц назад

I feel like you’re hinting that’s it’s Taxi! With James Cagney but I assume you’re not over 100. Only full with a famous rat scene (which ruins the film) I can think of is The Departed. Can you refuse to deny this?

@LiveDonkeyDeadLion Месяц назад

@@daviebananas1735 no, the rat is a reference to the company mascot

@CamMcGinn1981 Месяц назад

Also, Richard, Penfold being a Hamster was an answer for a round of "Can You Feel It" on House of Games. LOL. I can't remember the episode, but I thought that was a great game.

@MrFuzzyGreen Месяц назад

SAs (extras) are really wrangled by the 3rd AD as the 1st AD is likely doing more pressing things. The 1st AD, by the way, is the most important job that non-crew people don't know about or appreciate. They are in effect the ringmaster and have the air of stern school teacher or drill sergeant but you count on them throughout the day to keep the ball rolling and get you all home on time. The trick with being an SA is to never be in the front row. As soon as you have become recognisable in a shot they will not want to see you again and you will lose your cache. There is a film called Elstree 1976 about a bunch of real SAs that's on streaming that you may find of interest too.

@reggycide Месяц назад

Succesville has been redone in the US as Murderville with Will Arnett and both are a lot like Thank God You're here.

@firewoman2863 Месяц назад

Jill Goldston's Dec 2023 interview in The Guardian is fun and includes several still pix from her more than 2,000 films. What a gal! (BTW - "Jill, Uncredited" can be watched in USA on MUBI channel on Prime - time for me to bite the bullet and get a week's freebie of MUBI!).

@EastyyBlogspot Месяц назад

That continuity question i wondered about that with comics but tbh they may have been but with so many multiverse's and variations not to mention one shot i suspect its impossible now

@davidjscox1 29 дней назад

And who can forget Martin Crane on Fraiser telling us in one season that he never had a brother only for us to meet his brother a few seasons later 😅

@smcmorran100 Месяц назад

If you say Benedict Cumberbatch three times while staring into a mirror...nothing happens.

@daviebananas1735 Месяц назад

Can confirm.

@dixieflatline1189 Месяц назад

SA's achieving legendary status is Willrow Hood / Ice Cream Guy from Empire Strikes Back. There is a very brief 4 seconds of him running around a corner holding a white prop that looks like an American ice cream maker. Ice cream guy has become a thing over the years. He even had his own action figure in 2009 and now has an entire history dedicated to him + conventions have cosplayers turn up as him all the time. 4 seconds of filler..... Disney+ probably should have a spin off series as he's more popular than many of their recent characters.

@chrisknight2631 24 дня назад

Murder in Successville was amazing. I absolutely loved that show, gutted there’s no more. The American version is also in Netflix (Murderville) and is also decent. Not quite as good but still worth watching if you like the British version. Not a huge fan of Jamie slang but he seems like he’s always up for a laugh and his episode was superb. It’s at its best when Davis cracks. Sometimes another member of the cast does and that’s also brilliant.

@claire4714 14 дней назад

Agreed 1000%. I have no idea how this program wasn't a bigger or more well known hit. Richard's episode is the best, but it doesn't matter if you don't know or like the guest, Tom makes it all incredible.

@mikefjames 29 дней назад

Have done odd SA jobs but never registered with an agency always on referrals from friends. Did an episode of Whitstable pearl (s01 ep03). This was filmed during lockdown and they were restricted on numbers The opening scene has me marching down a hill as a soldier shooting at another unit marching up a hill. Cut to the other unit and the close up of me (in another coat) being shot at My 5 minutes of fame

@awesomelyizzy Месяц назад

Fascinating episode as always! I’m finding the audio really quiet, not sure if anyone else is having that issue?

@FarmerJAB Месяц назад

@ScotSteam47 25 дней назад

need to up your mixing on the episodes going forward, this was very quiet and then I got my ears blasted on the adverts.

@RobDW24 Месяц назад

Love the podcast, Top 3 TV Theme songs?

@hannahk1306 Месяц назад

Phone-a-friend definitely didn't used to be like that: I remember watching older episodes where the friend was surprised to receive the call or even occasionally they didn't even know that they'd been nominated as someone's phone-a-friend! Although, perhaps that's part of the reason why they introduced the current process. I do have a follow-up question based on your answer though. If the phone-a-friend's don't know when filming is, how does the production team ensure that they're actually in and available to receive the call? I'd just imagined that it was all mobiles now, so people could be anywhere and were simply given a time frame in which to be available to receive a call.

@daviebananas1735 Месяц назад

Phone a friends have always had to be informed about ready to take a call during whatever time period it’s in. They don’t leave it to chance.

@hannahk1306 Месяц назад

@@daviebananas1735 I've definitely watched at least one episode where they hadn't been told and were surprised to be called. I couldn't tell you which episode it was though, but I think it was when Chris Tarrant was presenting. It is of course possible that they were supposed to have been told and something went wrong in the process.

@FarmerJAB Месяц назад

Somebody being with phone-a-friend was introduced after the Charles Ingram cheating scandal

@phil1506 Месяц назад

Tut tut 12:09 lol

@morphunkown Месяц назад

I watched "Murderville" so I was excited when Richard said they have the original British version. So I signed back up to Netflix and...of course it isn't available in America. Stupid region restrictions.

@daviebananas1735 Месяц назад

@@Est-os9ycVPN

@FarmerJAB Месяц назад

On RU-vid in Australia

@morphunkown Месяц назад

@@Est-os9yc Cheers mate. I saw they had the American Traitors on Peacock here and they also have the rights to the international versions. So I was hoping that was going to be a new trend.

@Ryanneey Месяц назад

I can't get it in Canada either 😢

@princesspinkblue Месяц назад

Pinky and the Brain are the top two mice. Anyone who says differently are wrong 😂

@adamdwyer776 Месяц назад

Amazing neither pinky or the brain made your top 3

@clukenz Месяц назад

Yikes, that color contrast on the text of the questions is so difficult to read. Fix that next time! (Love the pod!)

@daveslifehacks Месяц назад

My top 3 mice: 3: Finger Mouse (not a cartoon but hey ho). 2: Danger Mouse of course and number 1: Mighty Mouse

@tjchill8634 Месяц назад

Top 3 cartoon mice: 1) DangerMouse 2) The Brain (from Pinky & The Brain) 3) Mighty Mouse

@Tozzywozzy01 Месяц назад

Okay as an animation nerd can I just say Mickey Mouse is quite funny in the more recent Paul Rudish series so his boringness got turned down a notch and 2, clearly Pinkie and The Brain are also top 3 worthy mice. Maybe combine them as 1 so as to fit Danger Mouse back at the top obviously. 😆 Top 3 hamsters probably Penfold, Hamtaro and then a tie between the one Barbara Windsor voiced in 'The second star to the left' and Manuel's definitely a hamster, Basil from 'Fawlty Towers'. 🤔😆

@TheWhisperCorner Месяц назад

If you did actually pull out your phone to Google something during the Phone A Friend part what would the "security guy" do?

@johnmightymole2284 Месяц назад

You would be cut. Not a live show.

@felinetherapy4782 Месяц назад

Danger Mouse! Thank you.

@nagrom1720 Месяц назад

Hi you two. Love the show but please never throw an SA under the bus again. The lady SA on Doctor Strange messed up for sure. However you both know lots of other more professional and much higher paid people messed up to get that to the Final Cut. Lots of love.

@finneganwoolley6557 27 дней назад

i know it's old now, but what about top three cinema snacks

@shifttheshaman Месяц назад

I love the background actor in Back to the Future 3 who indicates for a toilet break during filming. So Doc Brown's son just likes pointing at his willy.

@nbell63 Месяц назад

"Nostro- -"? Ohhh, *Richard* 😧 (🤭)

@PaulMcCaffreyfmac Месяц назад

Ignatz is the best cartoon mouse by several million miles *KrazyKat

@Elwaves2925 Месяц назад

Top Three Mice: Danger Mouse, Mighty Mouse, Jerry. That may change as I could easily swap Mighty Mouse for Speedy Gonzalez.

@CulturePhilter Месяц назад

Yes Danger Mouse is absolutely the best cartoon mouse.

@Toms3110 Месяц назад

"Mickey Mouse......... shit mouse"....... proper laugh out loud moment

@werbly Месяц назад

Personally not a fan of the new question screen, I think its a bit more difficult to read than the old format

@shanemurphy8682 Месяц назад

What defines an extra and/or their pay? Do ya have to have a line....watched shaun of the dead yesterday and the entire opening scene is ppl doing choreographed moves but no lines. Are you still an extra or something else?

@DSQueenie Месяц назад

Their contract defines if they are an extra. So long as they don’t speak they are usually still an extra but if you see them more than once (like in that Shaun of the dead scene where you see them as humans and then later zombies) they will be a normal actor.

@KristineMaitland Месяц назад

Depends. I was an extra once many moons ago in Toronto in a TV show called Doc starring Billy Rae Cyrus (I know, right?) Anyway, I was designated a special actor because I had a special skill (I'm a swing dancer). They paid me $350 for 6 hours of work (dancing on concrete is hell). Recommendations: 1) take several changes of clothes with you as these will not be supplied, especially if you are a large woman. 2) Take your own makeup with you. Go bare faced, but if you are of colour, you want to be prepared. 3) Keep your hair simple. It should match your headshot. Take, ties, Bobby pins, etc 4) Finally, if you are on the dole (employment insurance in Canada 🇨🇦 ) report your earnings immediately even if you don't get them until weeks later

@MrFuzzyGreen Месяц назад

You're an SA and largely remain silent for the purposes of preserving the clean dialogue of the main cast. If you are chosen to say a quick line then you become a Featured SA and get to claim more money for the day. You are however then scuppered for use in the rest of the show as now you've been seen interacting with main cast in a way that draws the eye and thus you're no longer pragmatically invisible. The only time that isn't the case is if you're wearing a mask in Scifi or something and can be recycled.

@phillippowell7905 Месяц назад

Danger Mouse, Mighty Mouse & Speedy Gonzales in that order

@CamMcGinn1981 Месяц назад

Richard is showing his age if he didn't mention The Brain. LOL

@lewismcnulty8737 Месяц назад

Pinky and the brain are definitely in my top Mice

@fakeport534 Месяц назад

Thankyou. I was infuriated by the lack of Pinky or The Brain.

@danielleoliver1734 Месяц назад

Sorry, the best cartoon mice are without a doubt Bernard and Bianca from the Rescuers

@vvmmuu Месяц назад

Noticing an extra behind Dr Strange?? It took me 13 mins to notice you had one fingernail not painted!! Is 9 your lucky number? 😀

@firewoman2863 Месяц назад

Mighty Mouse!

@jeffparker1617 Месяц назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lMOHiQtuSuo.html Whenever I think about cameras in Parliament I think of this old Wayne & Shuster bit

@andrewdimon2788 Месяц назад

Pinky and the Brain have to be in top 3 mice

@geezertechhead Месяц назад

Cartoon mice and no mention of Pinky and the Brain 😕

@CynicalRhys Месяц назад

If Dangermouse hadn't been number one on that list you would have lost both a viewer/listener and a reader

@RubbishGimpy Месяц назад

That was a quick 30 min.

@markpratten7295 Месяц назад

Jerry is such a better mouse 🐁 than ichy

@richardseedhouse4514 Месяц назад

What??? No room for Pinky or the Brain?

@user-bw8qc9tr6r Месяц назад

"background artist" is up there with the subway sandwich artist - no offence

@andrewstedman6900 Месяц назад

Marina’s lost a nail 😮

@mikal0461 Месяц назад

Absolute travesty Topo gigio 🐭

@Fludded Месяц назад

23:30 She completely misrepresents why it would not be reasonable to keep filming unflattering shots. This could prejudice the publics view of MPs (on both left and right) and would distract from the points being made. She has the gutter press attitude to it all. We know if they had a free hand at reaction shots it could misrepresent whats happening and he just bumbles a way in the background agreeing with everything. These entitled execs are the reason TV has become so shallow, dull and middle class.

@daviebananas1735 Месяц назад

This is one if the most unhinged comments I’ve ever seen. The chat is about how LIMITED the shots are that are allowed to be shown is absurd in the modern era. It’s not about getting double chins. It’s about it not being so robotic and false compared to the reality of what is happening.