A Different Dash For Cash

Combining TV extra work with getting paid to ride

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After earning $1150 in one week as a background actor a month or two back, I’ve been lying fallow of late. Until this week. In keeping with the old “when it rains it pours,” cliche, I scored two days’ work this week. And of course, in the new era, all extras must by law be Covid-tested before arriving on set. Those two Covid tests will…