I can't recall any movie that I've ever seen that had an actor listed in the credits who appeared in a less substantial role. She was on screen for about 15 seconds. I found this really odd especially since she just starred in An Education. Did she have a more substantial role during filming which ended up on the cutting room floor? This is not a criticism of her. I was looking forward to seeing some more of her work. Can anyone explain this?
shareWas An Education that big of a hit? If it was, was she cast in this film before she made this or after? Is she a big enough name to get a huge part? Pretty much everyone in the film except the leads and a few others (Crudup, Lang) got glorified cameos. Why should this marginally-famous (if talented) actress be any different?
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I didn’t necessarily expect her to have a big part but I’m sure it cost the producers quite a bit more for her than some extra that would have done it for free. She is listed in the credits but she is on screen for less than 15 seconds without speaking and shares the screen with other actors. It was hard to tell if that was even her. I just thought it was odd that her part was so small. I know there are a lot of actors in the film that have very small parts but their part are huge in comparison and they do at least speak a few lines. She got to kiss Depp so I guess it was worth it for her!
shareI agree, it seemed totally pointless. It was filmed around the same time as An Education, I think she filmed her part AFTER An Education. So what I don't understand is why an actress who filmed a lead in a movie would than film a 'extra' part. It just doesn't make sense to me :s
shareI guess she likes to work.
shareBecause there's a big difference between an independent film and a big-budget studio flick.
"Shooting... that's how people get shot."
perhaps she was a victim of editing. whole subplots and actors roles have been edited out of films. and perhaps she got to keep her 15 seconds because of An Education. who knows?
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Go look up the term "bit part."
shareDidn't she film her part just after An Education wrapped? She couldn't have known how popular An Education would eventually be. So at the time as a little known actress she was probably thrilled to be cast in a big American film with Johnny Depp regardless of how big or small the part was.
shareIt may even have been shot before An Education. Or -right-, right after. Until An Education and The Greatest premiered at Sundance in early 2009, Carey Mulligan wasn't well known at all (except perhaps to devoted Doctor Who fans). So, as others have said, even a tiny role in a big-budget Michael Mann film with Johnny Depp and Christian Bale would have been nothing to sneeze at.
She also had a small role in Brothers, though this one at least a bit of dramatic weight and wasn't just "the adorable prostitute," lol.
Quasi-related anecdote: She came to Mark Romanek's attention for the lead in Never Let Me Go when a Fox Searchlight executive texted him, 'Cast the genius Mulligan' right after An Education's Sundance screening ended.
Honestly, I don't think Mulligan gave a damn how big the role was. She likely would have taken it even if she'd been given absolutely no lines. Most actors/actresses would kill just to be credited in a film like this. That's not to say it was necessarily an amazing movie, just that it was a very large, very well-known ensemble piece led by Johnny Depp. I don't care if Carey filmed this before "An Education", hell she could have done it after she received her Oscar nomination, and I still think she'd have taken it. I don't care if she received an Oscar nod every year for the past decade...not many people would turn down the opportunity to be in a film with Depp, especially one of this magnitude. I assume Carey was excited to just be a part of this cast. Most major actors/actresses have done at least one cameo in their career, and Mulligan can say that she made her first one opposite Johnny Depp. You get that opportunity, you only have to film for a day or two at the most (maybe even hours in some cases), and you get paid? I don't see the downside.
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^^Agreed! I think she just wanted to be in the movie regardless of screentime. Sure, I wish that she was in the film a bit longer but she was good in what we saw.
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You summed it up very well, writerchick. I am not sure why there is this expectation that actors would only do star turns once they've seen their own names in the papers. Even the Brad Pitts and Matt Damons have done little walk-on-walk-off roles long after their fame was secured. I can imagine myself doing the same had I been in the same fortunate situation - why not? I even think it's in many ways a noble thing to do.
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Johnny himself has done that! ;)
shareShe said on the Graham Norton show that she had a kissing scene with Depp. But it got edited out.
share"An Education" only make $26 Million worldwide, that is nowhere close to be a hit.
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