Jack_Q_Frost_Jr t1_jacgl1e wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:11 PM

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

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.

takeitassaid OP t1_jaclii3 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 1:53 PM

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.