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I have a THUNDER ROAD story. My comedy partner and founder of The Chicago Psychotronic Film Society Del Close was an extra in the film.
ReplyDeleteBeing an extra is not a big deal, but I was at the Bar Double R bar downtown a live country music bar and saw the record on the jukebox and played it.
I went to the bar to ask Del what it was like to work on the film and how many days he worked and a guy sitting at the bar said, "Kid. he's lying to you He wasn't in the film".
Like being an extra is a big deal.
Another guy chimed in the same. I started to respond and Del touched my knee and said let it go. I was about to say Del had just finished shooting a scene with Sean Connery
for THE UNTOUCHABLES and Del said, "You will find out most of your experiences most people won't believe". I found out he was right.
Del was not an extra in THE UNTOUCHABLES, had scenes with Connery and Costner. He played a crooked alderman who named the group the UNTOUCHABLES.
If they didn't believe he was an extra in a movie, there was no way they would have believed he had just finished filming with Sean Connery!
Thanks for that story, DJ Psychomike!
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