shipgeeks Posted September 26, 2021 #1 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Watching such films, there are, of course, lots of background people. Meryl Streep is in a movie recently made on a Cunard crossing. Two fairly recent Bollywood movies were filmed on ships during actual cruises. Lots of dancers in the crowd! We've been extras in a few Hollywood films, but never experienced this on a cruise. Have you? Were you in the finished product? Please share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted September 26, 2021 #2 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Love Boat filming back in the 70's & 80's. We avoided the cameras and the shots from the Bridge are done in the studio. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted September 29, 2021 #3 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I was on a cruise about 40 or so years ago , they we’re making a movie called “don’t miss the boat” which was never released , fun cruise Rip Taylor was sea sick the entire cruise, Jay Johnson a ventriloquist from tv show soap, Joanne Worley from Laugh-In and others . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted September 29, 2021 #4 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I would imagine that it would be a real pain to be on a ship where they are shooting a movie. Maybe even worse than being on a ship with a large group as they might end up completely closing pf areas of the ship to do shooting. DON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted September 30, 2021 #5 Share Posted September 30, 2021 This would be a disappointment to us personally. We have very close family members that work in the industry and have visited the studios and location sets. It's not as big a deal as you would like to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted September 30, 2021 #6 Share Posted September 30, 2021 One of my closest friends in HS became a movie Director .All of his films took place where they were described.He never did studio sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soozles Posted October 1, 2021 #7 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I was on a cruise when they were filming Chipwrecked, one of the Alvin and the Chipmunk movies. They filmed different times during the week, and in the end, the entire ship was like 5 minutes of the movie. They were signing up passengers to be extras, we got to be in a split second scene, and “Alvin” jumped over my shoulder in the movie. It was a fun experience to be a part of. I didn’t really feel like it affected our cruise. They didn’t close off huge parts of the ship for the filming, and it was easy to avoid. And all we got for being an extra was a drink coupon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zach1213 Posted October 1, 2021 #8 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Not on a cruise, but back in 2013 I was an extra in a Tollywood movie (Bollywood is Hindi language, Tollywood is the Telugu-language cinema). I was walking around Visakhapatnam one weekend and stumbled upon a set. They just kind of pulled everyone in and we were in the background. I always google "why is there a random black dude in a Tollywood movie background?" and, sadly, so far no results... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipgeeks Posted October 1, 2021 Author #9 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Zach, What was the name of the movie? We have several Teluga movies in our collection. Maybe we've seen you! And soozles, Now I have to get a copy of Chipwrecked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soozles Posted October 2, 2021 #10 Share Posted October 2, 2021 6 hours ago, shipgeeks said: Zach, What was the name of the movie? We have several Teluga movies in our collection. Maybe we've seen you! And soozles, Now I have to get a copy of Chipwrecked! Don’t waste your time on the movie, it wasn’t that good. And the cruise was only the first 5 minutes of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Crew News Posted October 2, 2021 #11 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I was in a Holland America pre-cuise hotel in Vancouver, Canada and found a letter on the room desk advising me to disregard any gunshots as a movie was being filmed nearby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted October 2, 2021 #12 Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 9/29/2021 at 4:17 PM, donaldsc said: I would imagine that it would be a real pain to be on a ship where they are shooting a movie. Maybe even worse than being on a ship with a large group as they might end up completely closing pf areas of the ship to do shooting. DON Totally disagree at least on our one experience, we had lots of extra entertainment because of the movie, but I can imagine the opposite can be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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