‘Burn Notice’ seeks extras
From The Miami Herald:
Burn Notice brought a novel problem to local casting agent Ellen Jacoby: She’s running out of actors.
South Florida’s talent pool usually runs deep enough for Jacoby to pair local actors with the minor parts visiting productions need to fill. But as Burn Notice hits the midway point of its second season, Jacoby faces the complications a returning show brings.
Since actors can only play one role in a series, she’s having to stretch past her usual pool of standbys to fill the six or eight secondary parts Burn Notice casts each episode.
”I’m going through hell today,” she explained from her 10th floor office in downtown Miami, where actors wait in the lobby for the chance to read lines before Jacoby and a video camera.
WANTED: ATTRACTIVE MALE
On this morning, Burn Notice wants an attractive man in his 30s to play a possible love interest for star Gabrielle Anwar’s character. ”Certain age categories are tough for us down here,” said Jacoby, who also cast for Miami Vice, the last series to return to Miami for a second season. “We’ve got really good actors in the over-40 range. In the 20s and 30s, not as many. The ones we do have, we’ve used.”
Each Burn Notice episode requires up to 300 extras — actors required to pantomime conversation as they silently move through the background of a scene. Most jobs go to the young and attractive — Burn Notice’s Miami generally looks much better than the real thing — but Jacoby also needs the more mundane looking.
LOOKING THE PART
”Every once in a while, I need older people who look like they have money,” she said. “I’m going to a fisherman’s place this episode, so I need people who look like fishermen.”
Interested? Extras get paid $100 for a 12-hour day, plus a free meal. Jacoby said candidates should mail her a recent snapshot, along with height, weight and clothing size, to: Ellen Jacoby Casting, 150 SE Second Ave, Suite 1007, Miami, FL 33131.
If you are still in need of extra’s, I’m a male, distinguished mature good looking 38yr old and I would love to be an extra on Burn Notice! I live in South Florida and love the local flare. I moved to South FL to enjoy the hot culture and the diverse populations. P.s I was an extra in the Blob as a kid too. LOL Abbeville, LA is a bit different then spicy Miami. Thanks please contact me.
i would like to do this without pay, is that possible
I can be a great face for the show. I was born in Miami and love to surf.
I watch your show all the time, and always wondered to be apart of the positions in the show.
I love burn notice and would be thrilled to be an extra for a day. I live and work in Miami and am a full time Sports Massage Therapist with a flexible schedule, hell, I’ll bring my massage chair for the day to give free chair massages!
I live in South FL and would love to be an extra. If you have any openings I’m a super great actress.
waiting for pics to come back so
I can send as soon as I can but, if you would like I can e-mail pics to you.
Thank you for your consideration,
Lisageomia@hotmail.com
I will be in Florida after my cruise up in Jupiter and would like to do your show as a extra as I get bored on vacation. lease let me know if you can use me. I will mail my resume today. Just call my cell 404-819-6106 as I will be on a cruise 7/12/09-7/18/09. Seeing I will be wiyh my mother in law Wednesday, Thursday or Friday would be good. Thanks. denise yudiskas
I am writing for information on how I can become an extra on Burn Notice. Thanks!
I wrote to them and got an answer within two days. I am going there this friday for a full day as an extra.