SAG-AFTRA background actors can earn extra money when productions use their personal car on set. You typically get around $35 on top of your standard extra rate, and the production might just park it as a prop or have you drive it during the shoot.
Hi, my name is Aaron Marcus, and here is my weekly acting and modeling information for you. You might not realize this, but if you're a member of SAG-AFTRA, which is the main union for actors, and you are working, let's say, as an extra on a film, and they need to use your car, you actually get paid to have your car used in the movie, plus you also get paid to be an extra as well. And the reason why they do this is because it's less expensive for production to essentially rent your car for the day than to actually go to a facility and have cars rented. And if you're lucky, you will have your car sitting on the side of the street. It's not moving at all, and you get your extra pay plus you get paid for the car. Typically, it's somewhere around $35 if I'm not mistaken. And so that's really— it's one of the many advantages of being in the union. And I never tell people whether they should or shouldn't join. There are a lot of factors involved in that, but there certainly are a tremendous amount of benefits by being in SAG-AFTRA. So if you're ever called to, you know, to do some extra work in a film and they do need to use your car, just understand that you will be getting paid for it. Sometimes you will actually be driving up and down the street When they're shooting the scene, or sometimes your car is just parked on the side of the street because they have to show cars sitting there. So anyhow, I hope this little tidbit was, was helpful to you, and I look forward to talking with you again next week. Thanks, Aaron.
