What Gina said! LOL Especially, you know, the adorable....part. ;-) Great pics.

Gee, I hope Beth gets both calls and becomes a published star. How cool would that be?

My kids are extras/background performers in a lot of things that are filmed where we live. It isn't all that exciting and you generally don't get to talk to the stars at all (not usually a big deal, but come on... Johnny Depp!! Whew) - I think Beth did beter with what she got. Extras are to be seen and not heard. Definitely no glamour. :-D

um - that should read "better" not beter. *blush*

Barbara, your son is very handsome. Don't know why he wasn't picked. Maybe they didn't want to give Johnny Depp competition. *g*

I give everyone credit for going out in the cold and trying! I'm under 5'8" and fairly pale skinned, but haven't been a size 12 since -- oh I don't want to think about it :). I like Gina's idea! Let's all go to Paris.

Pale Skin They sure came to the right place for this, at this time of year as the kid go off to spring break in the southern reaches of the gulf state we could (when I lived in Mobile, Alabama) always tell who came from up north, the shine off their pale skin was glaring. I hope that this movie will generate more activity for the Wisconsin Film agency. There are so many kewl places in Wisconsin that would make great backdrops.

I dunno if either of us would be up for the experience, Barbara, although we enjoyed hearing about Andrew and Jean's experiences and, of course, Beth's. What a hoot! Authors aside (I stuttered so badly when I first met Jayne Ann Krentz that she must have thought me mentally challenged), the only bigtime actor I've ever crossed paths with was Morgan Freeman in the lobby of the Regency in NY. Harlequin was treating the authors of More Than Words #3 to dinner in a private penthouse room and he appeared to be meeting biz peeps. We came within six feet of him and I was utterly wowed. Of course, given our surroundings, I didn't play the part of rabid fan. But I would like to have given him a nod of respect. What a talented guy! Fwiw, that trip we also spotted Sarah Jessica Parker no fewer than six times (jogging, walking, shopping, hailing a cab, etc.) in the Upper East and West sides. Either that or every other upper NYer looks like SJP. lol xoxo L&T :> ;>

Hmm... not much of a fan of being the center of attention, so no auditioning for me! But they SO should have picked Andrew and Jean!! And Beth! Harumph!

Having been an extra before, I'm not sure I'd want to do it in the freezing cold. It's work in an air-conditioned building.

What fun for Beth. I've been through Columbus numerous times and can totally see that town as the background for this movie. Not a fan of gangster movies, but I'll make a point of checking this one out. www.lizkreger.com

Good morning Barbara! Fun to have Johnny Depp here in Wis., but not so glamorous for those of us who lived during the Dillinger years! But memory is short & the past always looks romantic & poignant!

Okay, I maybe would stand in that temperature if I got to really meet Johnny Depp. Like hang out for an hr or so. But then again, what if he didn't live up to my fantasy? (And so few things do. Sigh.) So, maybe I wouldn't.

I once showed up at a casting call, not because I wanted the job, but because I was writing a book about a heroine who ran a Hollywood studio, so I thought it'd be good research. Same thing happened to me that happened to Beth; there were literally hundreds of beautiful people there with airbrushed black and white glossies with their name and their agency names on it. Unsurprisingly, they got moved to the front of the line ahead of us unagented, photoless peons.

Finally, when the day was growing late, I went up to the people in charge of the line, explained what I was doing there, and they let me go into the room and watch everyone else try to get the job.

Oh, one funny thing -- while in line, I was talking with this guy who played the bad guy a lot on America's Most Wanted videos and he said he was all the time having people call the police on him when he was out and about trying to live his normal, not at all bad guy life.

Hi All! Well, back home to reality after 3 days of watching the filming of Public Enemies in Columbus Wi. Best mini vacation I've had in a long time. (Although this was partially work related of course.) Being a huge movie buff, a fan of the 1930s, and JD (that's what his assistant calls him) I found the whole experience simply incredible! Besides feeding my muse, getting it psyched up to start the rewrites on my puppeteer book, I was inspired with a plot for another book. Yay! I took some great pics I plan to plaster on my desk to help my hero get into character. That's one of the things I admire about JD is his ability to play an eclectic array of characters. He's extremely diverse, which is one reason he has such a large fan base. Was thinking I should pick up a "how to" book for actors, on how to get into character. Would probably be quite insightful. My "research" ended last night at 8:30pm with JD walking by us fans, giving us a photo op (unfortunately it was dark out but I got an okay shot with him literally 5 feet away!) and doing his signature bow, thanking us for being a great crowd. He really seems to be a humble and gracious person. Kendra, funny about the snow truck, hey? They actually removed all the real snow and blew Hollywood snow right before each shoot. Now if they'd waited until today they'd have had 15 inches of the stuff. Leah, I hope one day a Hollywood producer catches wind of my then published book and thinks the same thing. "Hey what a great role for Johnny." :-) Then of course they'll hire meto help adapt the book to a screenplay. I am still holding out hope for an extras part. I was told people will be called over the duration of the filming which is set to take place for a few months yet. I haven't given up hope. Thanks so much Barbara for inviting me to blog about my experience! This has been a great time! Hopefully I'll be blogging about my extras role in the near future! Thanks all! Beth

What a great blog post. It's so fun to think of the people we know as being extra's in a Hollywood movie. Beth, your dedication is amazing. Barbara, I think your son should have gotten in too.

How fun! Well not standing in the cold and not being able to not move body parts - but how fun to see how aspiring hopefuls pursue this. And now we are all insiders to the ways of snow in movies. I think Beth's puppeteer book sounds intriguing - a must read - and it would be great if JD played the main role when adapted to screen. Good luck to everyone!

You go Beth!! What an awesome idea using Johnny Depp as the muse for your novel! He is drop dead gorgeous and has a sense of mystery about him. Sounds perfect for your book. Keep writing! I can't wait to read the book. And, I agree with GCallen: you so need to hire him for the screen play!

And I thought I was a die-hard Johnny D fan! I hope Beth gets the part- what an inspiration for that puppeteer book she is writing. I wish I had the patience to write a novel- the research sounds like a lot of fun!

I spent yesterday in Crown Point, IN, just as a fan-watcher as they filmed a few days of production. The prior two days, JD was said to have come out for meet and great, but last night he didn't, at least while we were there. It was freezing cold, but they did have the snowmaker truck there, and often coated the sides of the street for filming purposes, because our NW IN snow has melted already. We got to meet a bunch of the extras, in costume, and some shared their stories of how they got to be in the movie. Makes me wish I'd have known and could have tried out!