8 Huge Movie Actors Who Started Out As Extras

Back in the introduction, it was mentioned how it is a challenge to break into the film and television industry, even as an extra and even if you fit the mould perfectly. Well, such was the case for the star of the Rocky and Rambo series's, Sylvester Stallone.

Stallone reiterated this in an interview with People Magazine, describing how we was turned down for a party goer role in The Godfather; a part he had similarly played in The Side Long Glance Of A PIgeon Kicker, two years prior. “I couldn’t even get cast as an Italian. I’ll never forget, there’s a party scene – it’s 300 guests! They said no. I said, ‘What part of me didn’t pass the Italian identification aspect?"

Of course, since then, 'Sly' has gone on to become one of the biggest action megastars in the world today, also establishing himself as a screenwriter, director and producer. Before then he was a subway thug in Woody Allen's 1971 film, Bananas, a party guest in The Sidelong Glances Of A Pigeon Kicker as well as an uncredited restaurant customer in 1969's Downhill Racer.