10 Greatest TV Extra Performances Ever

7. The Shocked Students (Buffy The Vampire Slayer)

Buffy The Vampire Slayer Earshot ending shocked students
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Sometimes, a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment can add that little bit of texture to a scene, really bringing the whole thing to life.

That's precisely the case with this pair of extras who got roughly five seconds of screen time at the end of Earshot, an episode in Buffy The Vampire Slayer's third season.

As Buffy and Giles discuss the events of the episode while walking through the school grounds, Buffy ends their conversation by calling Giles out on sleeping with her mother. In the foreground, Giles loses his concentration and thumps into a tree, but in the background, two student extras turn towards camera with a perfectly timed "WTF" expression, in response to Buffy's scathing remark.

It's unclear whether they were told to do this, or whether they just thought it seemed natural. But whatever the case, these lads made the absolute most of their teeny-tiny roles in the land of Buffy.

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