Virginian Gene Poe spent most of his career as an extra in movies and TV. In this second episode he covers:
– Working on Ellen, including the famous “coming out” episode
– Standing in for Anthony Hopkins on Thor
– Kenneth Branagh climbed onto his chest
– How he got seats for extras on sets
– Being in bed with Ann Margaret
– Sneaking in to meet Lucille Ball
– Working on numerous soap operas
– Being pregnant on Alien Nation
– Playing Audie Murhpy in Raging Bull
– His pursuit of painting
LINKS
Lights/Camera/Jobs
Gene’s website (with lots of paintings)
Gene’s IMDB page
My review of Amsterdam
Inspector Montelbano
In case you missed it, here’s Gene’s first interview
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