Better looking than the stars

To the editor:

In late fall there was an article about a movie being shot in Cape Girardeau. It said about 100 people were needed as extras the week before Christmas. There was a Web site to submit an application. I went to the Web site, and there was nothing about the movie. About a week later I tried the Web site again. By then the form was there to be printed and filled out and sent to a St. Louis address.

The application wanted name, address, age and weight. It also requested a picture. I found my best picture, attached it to the application and mailed it. The Web site said extras would be called. I waited and waited and waited. No one called. Then I heard shooting had been delayed, and my hopes went up again.

On the last day for people to be called, I was not called. I think I know why. The picture I sent showed I was better looking than the stars, Diane Lane and Johnny Knoxville, and they didn't want anyone better looking than them on the set.

This reminded me of when William Shatner was making a movie in Sikeston. I worked around the corner from where the movie was being filmed. I applied to be an extra. They said I didn't have the look they wanted. I guess I was better looking than William Shatner.

ED SWINNEY, Sikeston, Mo.