Movies Would you rather be an extra in an Oscar winning movie or the lead in a box office bomb?

[Takes Two To Tango]

I'd say an extra, I wouldn't want to be famous anyways.

 

[TheTickG]

I like to think I'm already the lead in a box office bomb. As most people aren't watching my life too closely.

 

[ssBaldy]

Depends on the bomb.
I would not mind being Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049.

 

[Zer]

I'd pick the box office bomb so I could show people the movie poster and be like 'I was a fucken headliner baby'

Movie snobs who follow box office figures wouldn't have sex with me, but everyone else would be super impressed

 

[Kimchii]

I'd pick the box office bomb so I could show people the movie poster and be like 'I was a fucken headliner baby'

Movie snobs who follow box office figures wouldn't have sex with me, but everyone else would be super impressed

Word.

 

[El Chimpo]

Extra... just to keep getting work

Bombs (depending on who) might ruin your career

 

[Flower2dPeople]

I'm not black so I won't be in an Oscar baiting film.

 

[ASUThermo]

I'd rather the big paycheck.

 

[cmw43]

No one cares about extras.

My friends been an extra in TV and movies but his biggest pay cheques and most notice has been national level TV adverts.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Whatever pays more.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Several people on the fringes of the entertainment industry have told me that, because of my menacing looks, I coulda had steady work playing extra roles like Criminal In Bar or Thug #2 if I moved down to LA and gave it a shot, kinda wish I woulda done it in my younger and more vulnerable days, never know where it coulda lead

 

[lowlife]

Whichever pays the most, so probably lead on a bomb lol.

 

[Cyrano200]

I say the bomb because it would be more fun. I'm envisioning either a comedy or an adventure / sci-fi type of film, something lively at least. I think prat falls and stage fights would be like getting paid to play. Where do I send my head shots?

 

[Fedorgasm]

Extras don't get paid shit.

At least if you're a lead actor then you get a nice payday. Like Armie Hammer in that lone ranger movie. It bombed but I'm sure he got paid. And now he can walk down the street without being recognized. So best of both worlds.

 

[Michaelangelo]

Only if I can emit this extra’s aura

 

[chill doggie]

Lead in a box office bomb where Tito Ortiz plays my sidekick and I’m gonna need for him to have lots of screen time and plentiful dialogue. Ad-libs and improvisation encouraged.

 

[FightFan87]

The bomb. Pays more, would get way more press that I could leverage, and who cares about some film nerds opinions. Oscars been overrated.

 

[Gene Tunney]

Would rather be green-lighting and strategizing the projects instead of acting in them.