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All right? I'm Karl. I'm on my way
to Pinewood Studios for the day.

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I'm gonna be on the set of "Extras".

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Ricky's given me a role as an extra

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and he's asked me to film what it's like
being a real-life extra.

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This is Karl Pilkington, a friend of Ricky's.

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He's with us today, just filming
behind the scenes of the shoot, basically.

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But also, more specifically,
he was wanting to do a piece

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about a day in the life
of a supporting artist.

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So if you guys are all right with that,

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he was gonna just have
a chat with some of you guys,

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do some interviews
and a bit of filming.

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Is everyone all right with that?
Anyone got a problem with that at all?

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If you guys are all right with that,
that'd be great.

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(Karl) The day I was there,
there was about 25 extras on set.

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Most people knew each other quite well
cos they'd worked on other jobs.

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That's what tends to happen.

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So, er... it felt a bit awkward.

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You know that feeling you get when you're
the new kid in school? it was like that.

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I was just sort of keeping
myself to myself, really.

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I didn't want to get in the way. Thats when
we were called for the first scene.

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(man) Bit more, Paul. Sorry.

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When the agent comes out, if we could
just get a couple of snaps from you two.

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You think something's
gonna happen.

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- Guy?
- I wasn't needed for that scene

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so I just sat and sort of did that thing
where you mess about with your phone,

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pretend you're texting people.

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That's what I'm doing there, look.

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You can't tell though, can you,
that I'm just messing about there.

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Maybe this acting thing
isn't that hard after all.

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Ricky and Steve were too busy to see me

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so I was still none the wiser
as to when I'd be needed.

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So I thought I'd just use this time
to chat to some of the extras -

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you know, make some friends.
I had a chat with a bloke called Dave.

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(Karl) How long have you done
this sort of stuff for, this line of work?

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Most of my adult life.
I went to drama school, tried acting,

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wasn't successful,
and then came into extra work.

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Right. So when you say
most of your adult life,

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what sort of time are you talking?

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- How many years?
- Nearly 30.

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- 30 years?
- Yeah, yeah.

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- (man) OK. Mark it.
- 234, take one. A and B cameras.

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- Ricky, just get yourself...
- Yeah, I will.

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(Karl) Advice-wise, I mean,
how do you be a good extra?

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What have I got to do today?

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Well, you've got to know...

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You've got to be like children -
seen but not heard.

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That's the secret. A bit demoralising,
but that's the way it is.

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You can be a big personality off the set,

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when you're on the set
you're expected to be quiet, listen.

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Everyone else can mess around,
but not us.

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Help yourself to a cup of tea.

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I don't know how people do it every day.

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Cos it can't be good for you.
It can't be good for your head, this -

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just sat about doing nothing.
You're just treated like an ornament.

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You can do 14 hours and do nothing.

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I don't do it that much,
I've got a job.

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I just do it occasionally.

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- So what do you do?
- I'm a fireman.

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- Are you?
- Yeah.

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- That's quite a stressful job.
- It can be. It's a bit like this, actually -

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sit around, then all hell breaks loose
for 20 minutes, then sit round a bit more.

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Some people are a little bit strange
and do it every day forever.

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- (Ricky) That's a great shot.
- (all laugh)

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(Karl) So, er... what's your name?

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I'm Ray Tigmund. Series thug.

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That's what you normally get, is it?

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Yeah, the last couple of episodes
I've done

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there's been a Bosnian-Serbian soldier
with an AK-47

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and then murdering accused person
in the dock,

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and now I'm a bouncer.

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And that's just cos of your size, really?

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Apparently, I look the part.

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Yeah. No, I can see,
you know, why they pick you for that.

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Just looking at me, what would you say
I could be down as?

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Cos I'm not as big as you.

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You've got a good... You could probably
get a lot more extra work than I can

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because you have a...
You could be a football supporter,

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you could be "man walking down street".

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I walk down the street
they go, "Oh, big guy."

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So you would blend in, probably,
a lot better than someone like me.

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So it's that kind of real people
that don't look like movie stars

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and have overly polished teeth
and look, you know, actor-y.

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So, yeah, I think you'd get
quite a bit of work.

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With all your costumes...

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We did another scene
in the same location.

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Again, I wasn't needed.

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I started to get hungry, but I was told
they don't start serving lunch till one.

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One of the extras told me that the actors
and crew get the first dibs on the food,

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so sometimes there isn't that much left
by the time the extras get served.

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- (woman) Chicken.
- Got any beans?

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- Chips or jacket potatoes?
- Chips.

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Luckily, there was, so I was all right.

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It was just the forks that they'd run out of.

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Oh, and seats on the bus.

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After I'd eaten, a woman came up to me
and told me my role.

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I've got a line, as well.

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It's a scene where Ricky's
coming out of the Ivy

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and I'm meant to be an autograph hunter
and he offers me his autograph

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and I've got to sort of go,
"No, you're all right. "

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I've got to act like I don't want it.

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Is it normal if I have to do it
three or four times or is that bad?

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The really funny thing is,
when you're a bit-part player,

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you're expected to get it right first time.

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If you're a star,
they can be a lot more liberal with you

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and you can get it wrong
and everyone laughs.

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If we get it wrong, they say,
"Shouldn't have picked him."

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So if you get it wrong twice, you get taken
out and someone else gets a chance.

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- We have to get it right first time.
- I need to get it right,

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otherwise the other extras will love it?

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- They'll be going, "I could've done that."
- Yeah.

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We'll be practising it whilst you're doing it

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and giving it a different aspect of...

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We'll probably feel
we're ready to take over

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if, in fact, Ricky says,
"You're not doing it quite right."

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And we'll say, "I think I could do that."

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And then, hopefully, he'll say,
"Karl, can you just come out?"

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Because I've got quite a big part in it now -
I'm not just an extra, I've got a line -

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this meant I had to have makeup.

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I don't know. I'm a bit nervous about it.

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I think all the extras are a bit annoyed
that I've got this speaking part.

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Think they'll gang up against you now?

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They just said there's people
who've been doing this job for years and...

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Well, there is that.

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- But...
- Do you know your lines?

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I think I've just got to sort of go...

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I've got to go, "No, you're all right."

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Well, that's good.
That convinced me.

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"No, you're all right."
Just go like that.

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- But...
- It can be a bit scary, can't it?

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Yeah.

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I used to like it when I was at school. I got
involved in the odd talent show and that.

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But when you get older
and you go a bit bald,

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you lose your confidence a bit.

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- What did you do in the talent show?
- I was a caretaker in it.

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- Sort of. But one who could do magic.
- (laughs)

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It was all right.
It was better than it sounds.

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As expected, it wasn't long before there
was talk about the shape of my head.

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So you're growing a beard?
Or is this designer stubble?

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Ricky's always going on
about my head being round.

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- It is quite round, I have to say.
- What do you mean?

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- But heads... it's meant to be like that.
- Is it?

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If you saw me,
would you go, "That's a bit weird"?

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No, not weird.
But it is round.

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I just thought
if I grow some hair at the bottom...

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When did Karl get in on the...?

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(laughter)

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No doubt the topic of my head
will crop up again later.

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I was told I'd be needed soon, so I used
what time I had left to practise my line.

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No, you're all right.

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No...

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Do you want an autograph?

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No, you're all right.

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No, you're all right, mate.
Er...

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Things were delayed a little bit
cos weather kept changing,

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which isn't good when you're filming.

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They didn't want me
to get my costume wet,

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so they organised me getting a lift.

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Look. I was embarrassed there.

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I wished they would've just let me walk.

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No, you're all right.

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So, you hear a noise, your cue,
you tum round, see who it is.

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Oh, it's me. You're not interested. I stand
there and go... You have your book out.

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- Do you want me to sign that?
- No. No, you're all right.

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I will if you want. There's no one else
in there, so if you want me to...

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No.

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- (man) You say, "if you want to fill it up."
- I will.

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OK, that's it.
So have your notebook ready.

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Er...

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(man) Craig?

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(Stephen) Have you had
a knock on the head?

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What do you mean?
Sorry, it's just a lot to remember, isn't it?

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We've got to show
the full horror of the head. Cheers.

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(laughs) Can we get that?
Does that look...?

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- Steve?
- (Karl) Do you want it like that?

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- Gollum.
- Gollum!

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- OK. OK.
- Stop messing about now.

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(Ricky) Who's Karl talking to?
Who's Karl with?

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- Dunno.
- Leave it for now, Steve, and we'll...

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(Stephen) Have we got
a couple of other oiks?

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- "Other oiks"?
- (laughter)

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- (man) Mark it.
- 234, take one. A and B cameras.

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- Ricky, just take yourself...
- Yeah, I will. I'm just waiting for...

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(clears throat)

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(man) And action.

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- Got anybody lately?
- I think Graham Norton's in tonight.

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Cheers.

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- Do you want me to sign that?
- No, you're all right, mate. Cheers.

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- There's no one else in there.
- No, I'll leave it.

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You'll never get it filled.

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- I'll leave it.
- Oh, for f...

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Round-headed little twat.

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- Who's that guy?
- He's a loser.

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All right?
Just... That's it, then. Finished.

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I've been here since seven this morning.

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It's now quarter to six,

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and all I've done is say,
"No, you're all right."

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(♪ "Tea for the Tillerman"
by Cat Stevens)

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(Ricky) Hold on. Don't clean him just yet.
We might use him for something else.

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(man) Guys...

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That's Karl's day as an extra.

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What did he expect?
What did he expect?