KOREAN EXTRA HELPS TO GIVE JOLIE FILM AUTHENTIC SPY FEEL
A Korean extra on the set of ANGELINA JOLIE’s new spy movie SALT scored a n acting credit and a consultant’s salary when he stepped forward as a bo rder army expert and helped "choreograph" a pivotal scene.
Director Phillip Noyce admits he was stumped when he came to shoot a sc ene, in which Jolie’s character is handed over to Americans from the Nort h Koreans - because he had no knowledge of how such a procedure takes pla ce.
It was then when an extra came forward and revealed he had been part of border handovers.
Noyce tells WENN, "That scene was choreographed by accident. One of the extras who turned up on that day was the only guy who knew how to march and I said, ‘How come you know how to march?’ He said, ‘Because I was a b order guard between North and South Korea and oversaw a lot of prisoner s waps.’ "It also turned out that his dad had worked for 30 years for the CIA as a fisherman on a Spanish registered fishing vessel - he would come home every year for six weeks and spend time in a five-star resort and then hi s dad would go back to being a lowly fisherman.
"It was that extra who choreographed the scene and gave it all its real ity, as to exactly how a prisoner exchange would occur. He was booted up to an actor’s credit because he’s the guy calling out the commands and he ’s the only one who’s in step!"
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