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Cover Story: How to be an Extra
Want to be in movies? Work as an Extra when filming comes to Chicago

March 17, 2008

If you think you should be on the silver screen, there's a way to get your foot in the door: become an extra. There's almost always something filming in the Chicago area, and you can be a part of the action.



Right now the movie "Humboldt Park," starring John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez and Debra Messing, is filming in Chicago. WGN's Jackie Bange went to check out a day of filming and to find out how the movie's extras get their jobs.

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