Elizabethtown Extra.

Last summer I spent a couple of days in nearby Versailles performing as a "background actor" ("Extra") on the set of the upcoming movie "Elizabethtown" directed by Cameron Crowe and starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst. It was fun, it was hot, it was the second time I had been an Extra. It is fascinating to see the behind the scenes activities. Extras make $75 a day, a far cry from what Tom Cruise pulls down per pic, but hey, who's complaining?

Elizabethtown plot summary: After causing the Oregon shoe company he works for to lose hundreds of millions of dollars, Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) is fired for his mistake, and promptly also dumped by his girlfriend. On the verge of suicide, Drew is oddly given a new purpose in life when he is brought back to his family's small Kentucky hometown of Elizabethtown following the death of his father, Mitch, as it falls to him to make sure that his dying wishes are fulfilled. On the flight to Kentucky, Drew meets Claire (Kristen Dunst), a quick-witted flight attendant, who helps him navigate the rough waters ahead and proves that amazing things happen when you least expect them.

Elizabethtown was also actually filmed, in part, in the real Kentucky city of Elizabethtown. The scene I was in was shot in Versailles, Kentucky as the production company thought Versailles' downtown was more quaint and photogenic. That's Hollywood folks...where fantasy trumps reality.

The official Elizabethtown movie web site: http://www.elizabethtown.com