Resident extras show up ready for their wide shots
By Amy F. Reiter
Sunday June 21, 2009
Heather Coit
Jordan Hawker of Urbana, an incoming University of Illinois senior, lets out a yawn as he uses his time studying for a summer course while waiting to act as an extra Saturday in scenes for the film 'Leading Ladies' at Franklin Middle School in Champaign. Hawker said he was used as an extra in another ballroom scene for the movie. Actors' costume changes hang above Hawker.
CHAMPAIGN – "Who wouldn't want to be in a movie?"
That's the reason Madison Rice, an 11-year-old from Champaign, cited for showing up early Saturday morning at Franklin Middle School, ready to shoot a scene as part of the crowd in an amateur dance competition that's part of "Leading Ladies," a movie currently filming around the area.
"Strangely enough, we're shooting the first scene in the movie and the last scene today," said Jenna Weglarz-Ward of Champaign, casting director for the extras. Both scenes are dances taking place in the Champaign school, one set in the fall and one set in spring.
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