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takeitassaid OP t1_jacesys wrote

Reply to comment by Jack_Q_Frost_Jr in Just a short question about the extras on Star Trek. Is there a reason that they always change? by takeitassaid

Thank for the answer, sheds a little more light on what i asked about. I put too much of star trek stuff into the question i guess, what i am interested in is really only the production side for this question.

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Jack_Q_Frost_Jr t1_jacgl1e wrote

There's not a regulation or obligation for upping an extra to a semi-regular extra, or for promoting a day player to a cast member. It's all up to the producers to make those decisions. Colm Meaney is a good example of someone that started out as a day player with an unnamed character that was later given a name and promoted to full cast member. Sometimes it happens like that, but there's no official process for that to happen to every actor.

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takeitassaid OP t1_jaclii3 wrote

Thanks again for staying with what i really asked. Colm Meaney is probably the best example for this.

Seems it was a pretty obvious question, i just read that the Screen Actors Guild has some pretty strict rules about stuff like that. Just for example who is mentioned in the credits and where etc. Maybe, what i was thinking about, only applies to movies.

I guess i did overthink this one a bit.

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