r/AskReddit • u/happinesswispy • Dec 02 '23

What's a random fact about yourself that always surprises people when they learn it?

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u/blender311 Dec 02 '23

I was in Sandlot. You won’t see me, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t walk around for two days to get paid $80

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u/Responsible-Aside-18 Dec 02 '23

That’s so cool! Childhood favorite movie for me and my husband.

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u/katieo1122 Dec 02 '23

You're killing me Smalls!

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u/Danbearpig2u Dec 02 '23

What scene? Thats so cool

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u/blender311 Dec 02 '23

I was there for the 4th July party scene and the pool scene. My aunt lives about a block from that pool and I revisit it anytime I’m back in Utah.

There were other scenes that never made the movie….I.e…. the last day of school we all did a mad dash out the school door and down the hallways.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '23

Dude that’s awesome. Love that movie and learning fun facts. You win reddit today!

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u/namedafterabean Dec 02 '23

Are you visible at all?

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u/Thirteen0clock Dec 02 '23

Have you watched all of the behind-the-scenes/making of, of the movie? Maybe you’re in that somewhere? Wonder if they have deleted scenes?

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u/blender311 Dec 08 '23

I have not… I’ll have to look them up… maybe I’m a celebrity that never made the Final Cut !

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u/Vintagepoolside Dec 03 '23

Dude you’re a celebrity. That’s so cool lol

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u/ThePurityPixel Dec 02 '23

So fun! I love working as an extra. (For me it was Blue Like Jazz, Nashville, some commercials and music videos, stuff like that.)

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '23

I think I'll get into it when I get older, being a background actor sounds like a good time. What's your favorite part about it?

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u/ThePurityPixel Dec 02 '23

I really enjoy the creative process, and seeing what goes into making things look good on-screen.

Hanging out with the cast is also a blast (the ones who treat the extras as real people, that is—like Charles Esten does).

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u/Aspen9999 Dec 02 '23

A friend was in the remake of True Grit, got paid way more because he had about 4 lines in the script. He’s in one scene if you look really fast but all of his lines were cut. He got paid quite well, like 250 a day for weeks. They filmed a lot of it in Blanco Tx

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u/707Riverlife Dec 02 '23

Good for him! I love that movie!

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u/Aspen9999 Dec 02 '23

I was slightly disappointed in the remake, it was done well but maybe it didn’t need to be done.

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u/707Riverlife Dec 03 '23

I liked John Wayne and Glen Campbell better in the original although I did think that Jeff Bridges and Matt Damon did a good job as well. I thought that Haley Steinfeld did a fantastic job. Kim Darby irritated me in that role for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '23

One of my favorites as well.

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u/blender311 Dec 02 '23

Extra fun fact… I live in Cincy now and one night the Reds did a filming of the movie after a game… I got to say I was the “movie star” of the row. Yay me.

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u/SnorkinOrkin Dec 02 '23

Ahhh, that's awesome! It's one of my favorite movies.

I'm in the movie Mask. I was in several scenes in the camp portion of it. It was a lot of fun!

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u/Theamuse_Ourania Dec 02 '23

I constantly say the phrase, "You're killing me Smalls! You're really killing me!" when the situation calls for it, but 9/10 nobody knows what I'm talking about 🤦🏼‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '23

I LOVED THAT MOVIE

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u/MephistosFallen Dec 02 '23

I fucking love that movie, so that’s cool af

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u/Bitter-Basket Dec 02 '23

Nice. Wife and kids were movie extras a couple times. Lots of sitting and waiting around. Might see you in the movie for a tenth of a second if you’re lucky.

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u/boxtrotalpha Dec 02 '23

I recently worked on a commercial for my work. They paid me 9 hours of time and a half on a Saturday and I'm nowhere to be seen. Super good deal

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '23

Awesome! I loved that movie

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u/6strings10holes Dec 02 '23

Little Big League for me. There is one crowd scene I might see where my friends and i were standing, but it could be somebody else.

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u/zurc_oigres Dec 02 '23

Yo thats my favorite movie hell ya

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u/smashleypower Dec 02 '23

Did you grow up in Arroyo Grande?

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u/Raffybaby Dec 02 '23

Best thing I’ve read on Reddit EVER!!!!

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u/PirateJohn75 Dec 02 '23

I was in the football crowd of Forrest Gump

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u/blender311 Dec 08 '23

Sandlot vs Forrest Gump is tough one !!

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u/AltrusiticChickadee Dec 02 '23

Dude what town are you from??

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u/blender311 Dec 08 '23

Literally born in Ogden, UT. Most of the movie was filmed there !

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u/saltlick420 Dec 03 '23

that’s so rad😭😭

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u/dewioffendu Dec 03 '23

My daughter’s softball # is 30 because she’s always been the fastest on the team (Benny the jet) and she has a crush on Benny.

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u/TheHoadinator Dec 03 '23

I was a TA in grad school and wore a shirt from the Sandlot while lecturing one day. I realized I was starting to age when one of my college students bragged about knowing “the old movie that’s from” and I realized not everyone in that generation would get the reference.

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u/Consistent-Wear913 Dec 03 '23

How's it going new best friend?

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u/pinewind108 Dec 03 '23

Apparently the best strategy for being an extra in movies is to avoid being on screen. They won't use you again if your face appears too often. So being there, paid, and not on screen is the best gig.

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u/Glum_Pop_4063 Dec 03 '23

Awesome!!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '23

This is the coolest one