#mr klein

This has nothing to do with me.

Tina Aumont in "Mr. Klein" (Joseph Losey, 1976).

Her friend Ivan Galietti recalls:

"She told me at the time that she approached Joseph Losey on her own. She had done her first film with him (Modesty Blaise). She needed money. As a favor, for old time's sake, he offered to her to appear briefly, without lines nor credit. The film had already been cast, there was no role written for that appearance. It might have been humiliating or ridiculous if she were officially credited for being used as a "generico" (a little more than an extra) although her beauty and presence is stunning in the clip. No agent was involved. Maybe she had no agent at that time, or he/she would not have allowed her to do this, it was more like a favor between friends. She was never good at planning or calculating her career. This appearances is like a "subliminal" advertising. I knew a well known director/actor who used to work as an extra some times for lack of money, but he would stipulate with the production that he was not to have any close-up or mid-shots, only long shots in a crowd, so he would not be easily recognized."