A Spanish casting call for extras for a Games of Thrones battle scene ended up shutting down the production company's servers when 86,000 people sent in applications for only 600 roles.

Jesse Heiman has made a career out of extra work, memorably appearing in almost 50 films and TV shows in such plum roles as "Nerd #1" or "Geek."

Netflix had a big press event to promote its launch in Canada today. Dozens of random members of the public showed up, happy to give the assembled press soundbites. Except these people were paid extras!

I was used to this…incredibly rosy cheeked, I'm going to say man as one of the Buy More employees on Chuck that never uttered a single word.

Today at Gawker.TV, Dutch Comedy Central recreates South Park with real kids, how to become a TV extra, True Life looks at life with Neurofibromatosis, Kevin Eubanks' retires from The Tonight Show, and we dissect Castle's Late Night Wars episode.

Are you dying to see yourself inside the TV machine? Let's make your dream a reality and get you entire seconds of camera time as an extra. Follow these tips and you'll be seeing stars in no time.

The cameo is one of television's oldest tricks to drum-up interest for a show. But not all cameos are created equal. Inside, a list of the kinds of cameos, why they exist, and just how effective they are.

Are you longing to stand in line for hours for the chance to be fed stale bagels and generally get treated like a disease-ridden subhuman? Yes?! Well then you're ready to be an extra in a big-budget Hollywood film!

Stop everything: John Fitzgerald Page—the Worst Person in the World—is doing stuff! Would you like to be in a movie with Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek? John Fitzgerald Page can make it happen:

One must be "upscale" to be an extra on Gossip Girl, at least according to a recent Craigslist casting call. Also: ladies, please wear "cocktail dresses in black or gem tones" for this fancy "elite rehersal [sic] dinner party." Upscale! Just like John Fitzgerald Page. Who is a professional extra! Oh please oh please oh please let him show up on an episode of Gossip Girl, then the universe could finally wink out of existence and we could all live for happy, restful eternities in the ethereal void.

When the producers of critically acclaimed but struggling™ NBC drama Friday Night Lights needed to find a suitable replacement for Mexico for an upcoming episode set in our friendly, NAFTA-compliant neighbors to the south, they chose that of Brownsville, TX—a 91% Latino community bordering the Rio Grande. As reported by the Brownsville Herald, however, a casting call seeking Mexican-American extras turned up scant few hopefuls. It's a disappointment producers are blaming on the rain:

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