Today, Rachel's role as an extra was to play a maid.
All she had to do was stand in the designated spot as instructed by the director, keeping her head down.
She wasn't the only maid; there were a whole bunch of them.
When the main characters passed by, they would all kneel in unison and bow, saying,
"Lord, may you have long life, and Madam, may you have long life," just like the director told them to.
Since there was a kneeling scene, they added an extra 50 dollars, bringing her total pay to 130 dollars.
Rachel thought to herself, kneeling was no big deal; it was just acting anyway.
Even the biggest stars had to do kneeling scenes.
Besides, when survival becomes a concern, the importance of one's knees tends to fade.
The makeup room for extras was a big space with several makeup artists, and both male and female extras were lined up, waiting their turn.
Each makeup artist worked super fast, finishing a face in like five or six minutes.
