12 Weirdo Movie And TV Performances (Hiding In The Background)
Part of an extra's job description is 'Not ruining the movie for everyone.' These people failed in that regard.
How hard could being an extra in a movie actually be? You show up, film for a few hours standing in the background, eat some bagels and fruit, get $100, then call it day. But that's only one end of the extra spectrum, where barely doing minimal effort is enough to get paid. The other end? Trying so hard you literally are ruining the moviegoers' experience.
We asked our readers to go out and find extras whose performances were so poor, you'll never be able to unsee them. The winner is below, but first the runners-up ...