• Question: Have you ever been in a movie

    Asked by anon-292676 on 27 Apr 2021.
    • Photo: Rosie Goodburn

      Rosie Goodburn answered on 27 Apr 2021: last edited 27 Apr 2021 12:08 pm

      I have never been in a movie, but I wish more movies and tv shows would take more advice from scientists sometimes… One of my pet peeves is when they have an MRI scanner and they press a button to turn the magnet on – it is actually always on! Having said that, some sci-fi movies are actually pretty cool from a physics thought-experiment point of view… like Interstellar and Ad Astra 🙂

    • Photo: Quentin Leclerc

      Quentin Leclerc answered on 27 Apr 2021:

      Yes! I was a background actor in a French movie called “Black Venus”. I was 12 at the time, I just played the part of a child running around in the street and in the crowd 😀
      I never played in a scientific movie, but the one I would recommend the most is “Contagion”! It’s commonly considered to be the most accurate scientific movie in my research field (epidemiology, the study of infectious diseases in the population)

    • Photo: Kip Heath

      Kip Heath answered on 27 Apr 2021:

      I’ve been on TV a fair number of times – six quiz shows as a contestant, three as a family member.

    • Photo: Carmen Whitehead

      Carmen Whitehead answered on 28 Apr 2021:

      I haven’t been in a movie, but I was on TV! I got to hold the banner for my fave sports team as they ran out onto the field! It was so exciting!

    • Photo: Ross Low

      Ross Low answered on 28 Apr 2021:

      I wish!! But no I’ve never been in a movie, but you can see a video of me on YouTube talking about science: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXJLri9VYCs
      Maybe one day I’ll make it as an extra in a Marvel film?

    • Photo: Michael Capeness

      Michael Capeness answered on 28 Apr 2021:

      I’ve been in a few promotional videos for some of the work I’ve done, mainly as a background character looking busy and doing science, but a couple of interviews. I’ve also been on the radio and been interviewed about some sponsorship I got of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

    • Photo: Lucile Crete

      Lucile Crete answered on 29 Apr 2021:

      No, I wish! I was only on local tv news a few times when journalists visited archaeological digs or museum exhibitions I worked on. I was usually in the background, apart from once where I got interviewed (I was so embarassed, but my parents were so happy! 🙂 )

Comments