JayCroghan OP t1_isyvt2b wrote
Reply to comment by PckMan in IAmAn Irish guy who worked as an extra and got speaking parts in 3 Chinese blockbusters last year, Battle At Lake Changjin 1 & 2 and Wandering Earth 2! by JayCroghan
It was worse than the military being honest, not finding out you're working until a few hours before a shift. Being sent on your "day off" at very short notice because some other guy didn't turn up, being just a number etc.
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The experience was worth it though, and I made some life long close friends. The money is more than enough to live on here if one were to take that path.
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I will not be answering any more calls, the agents take 75% of the money that the talent should get and I returned to my previous career in software engineering. I have heard accounts of people who have acted in major roles in movies here being told in the UK it's not worth anything and they need to start at the ground floor again if they were to move home.
FappyChan t1_iszwlia wrote
Not even close to being worse than being in the military lmao.
C9_littlemer t1_it12ksu wrote
That’s not worse then at all, that’s a normal day for the military
ph1294 t1_it2behb wrote
Coming from both entertainment and computers as well, if you want stability stick with the latter.
Acting can be far more rewarding, and ofc just like computers there’s a global elite that makes millions. But computers has more opportunity for higher pay in the middle ground, and has stability and consistency.
And they’re 100% correct! Only the best in the world can float internationally in acting, and China is a completely segregated market due to government propaganda having a choke hold on content (Did you know too gun maverick had the Taiwan flag digitally removed from mavericks jacket for Chinese censors?). Your Chinese chops mean nothing internationally, unfortunately.
XerxesConstruct t1_it37jmc wrote
>It was worse than the military being honest
Says the guy who has never been in the military.
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