Jill, Uncredited | movie | 2022 | Official Featurette - video Dailymotion

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00:00 [soft piano music]

00:02 So my name is Anthony Ng, and I directed Jill Uncredited.

00:09 It's about one of the most prolific background actors,

00:13 and it's made up entirely of her appearances.

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00:17 [soft piano music]

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00:30 I had the idea a while ago,

00:31 but thought there was no way, how do you find an extra?

00:35 'Cause they're uncredited by definition.

00:37 And then once I stumbled across a forum online

00:40 of people who like to identify extras

00:42 in the background of old British film.

00:45 And through that forum, I spoke to someone

00:48 who gave me Jill's number,

00:49 because she'd been spoken about as one of the most prolific.

00:52 And then I met with Jill,

00:54 and she gave me a list of all the jobs she'd worked.

00:59 And it was almost 2,000 entries.

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01:07 Just short of the 2,000, people wanted me to do the 2,000,

01:14 but I think if you include this,

01:16 I think then I've probably made it and more.

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01:23 In the end, I found her in about 250 appearances,

01:27 and I used those to help make the film.

01:29 I think there's about 80 to 100 clips in the film.

01:32 [gentle music]

01:34 [camera shutter clicking]

01:35 I never wanted to be famous.

01:37 I just really, really enjoyed doing extra work.

01:41 I loved, every day was different.

01:43 I was a different person every day.

01:44 I was dressed differently every day.

01:47 And every day was a sort of an adventure.

01:49 So it was fabulous.

01:51 [gentle music]

01:53 It was my only job, yes.

02:01 [laughs]

02:03 I was a dancer, and I still danced in between,

02:07 and I got all the dancing jobs.

02:09 But I just loved film, and I loved being on sets.

02:14 I did have dedicated roles.

02:16 I made a very good nurse,

02:18 and in the end, got my own nurse's uniform,

02:21 so that I could always say that I had it,

02:24 and a very good waitress.

02:26 And I was sent to Spain about four times to be a waitress,

02:30 and I think they've got quite a few waitresses

02:32 already out there.

02:33 [laughs]

02:34 [gentle music]

02:35 And I remember every single film that I did,

02:39 and what I felt that day.

02:40 And not all jobs were fabulous,

02:43 but they were always interesting.

02:47 [gentle music]

02:50 It's a very strange feeling,

02:53 and it's a strange feeling of seeing myself

02:55 very, very young, and now I'm so much older.

02:58 And well, yes, credited at last.

03:02 [laughs]

03:04 It's really quite funny.

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