Tyler Perry has a plan for party crashers tonight

I’m told Perry pays his movie extras a measly $75 for a full day’s work!

^^Hey Sandy. I’m not too familiar with the beef between Tyler and his writers, however I do know that all Hollywood films that employ over a certain amount of extras pays them that amount. I did background work for movies, tv, and music videos when I was in college. We were getting I think 56 dollars for 8 hours which was equivalent to what minimum wage was at the time. That’s how it goes unless you were a union extra. They received more because they were union. That was the name of the game. And every show, and movie was and still is like that. The music videos believe it or not were the cream of the crop at that time because they paid the most. Something like 150 for 8 hrs….Also I remember commercials paid a similar rate for their extras too the music videos. It was fun work though. I enjoyed it alot. Unfortunately I could only do it in the summer time and very few things filmed over the summer.

Thanks for taking the time to read the comments. There is no such thing as a dumb question, no matter how old you are. So I guess someone who says “heres your chart doctor” is not considered an extra?

You’re right no such thing as a dumb question. No a person who says “here’s your chart doctor” would be considered a day player. They could have started out as an extra and the director felt like that line needed to be added to help the scene thus for upgraded 1 of the extras to say it…and once you speak you are officially on contract. And absolutely they would put that on their resume…1 liners are legitimate acting…Even if it doesn’t make the final cut of the film, or the show you still did it and would likely include it on your resume. Day players are those people who you see with a few lines or a few scenes on 1 show. Then a couple weeks down the road you see them on some other show. Believe it or not they don’t make much money either. They aren’t regular characters on any 1 show, just working actors…The day player rate is about 700 dollars. Which aint much considering they are on television with lines. A career extra can actually make more money in a calendar yr than an actor who has a few supporting roles on a couple different shows. Career extra can bounce from show to show to show doing background work, working steadily. While the working actor only got 1 role on ER, 1 role on Greys Anatomy, 1 role on Desperate housewives, and another on the closer. That’s 4 roles in 1 yr which is considered good for a working actor. But when you consider they had to audition 86 times that yr just to get those 4 roles, the gas and time and effort it took getting to those auditions…It’s crazy. Yes they get residuals, but after the initial rerun those residuals are just a few pennies (so to say). Mean while the extra who only makes “75 dollars” a day (going by what sandra said) was able to work 200 plus days out of that calendar yr making that rate, was able to pay his/her bills without the headache and stress of jumping from audition to audition to audition with no guarantee of actually getting the part nor a check..