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More great behind-the-scenes stories

February 01, 2023

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