#keypa

One day we were shooting with about 20 large male background in full tactical military garb, weapons and all. The extras kept leaving their prop guns all over the place and the propmaster, typically overworked, asked if I could help keep eyes. So I asked the background to please gather round, and could they all please be mindful to keep their guns on their person at all times? Most of them obliged, except for one guy who had power-posed his leg up on a bench a-la Capt. Morgan, a prop gun laying unattended on the table near him. I asked him, “Is that your gun? If so, please keep a hold of it.”  He responded, “No, that's not my gun. That's a rifle... THIS [grabs his crotch and thrusts at me] is my gun.”

So I did what any sane person would do: ripped up his voucher and told him to GET THE FUCK OFF MY SET.  He laughed and said I didn't have the authority to fire him. So I called over the (ex-military, male) Background PA and told him what happened, and he very politely and calmly told the extra, “Yes she does, now get the fuck off set.”