We spoke to the person behind Production Assistant Stories, an Instagram account that shares nightmarish experiences from PAs on film and TV sets
casting PA on a large historical film that had hired a lot of first time extras… During the first few days of fittings, I often had to text or call the head of the extras casting with questions…I was just trying to be thorough and do my due diligence, but she didn’t see it that way. She told me point blank, ‘If all my PAs were like you, I’d shoot myself.
“But there’s a level of respect that just isn’t given to production assistants, I think partly because they’re not unionized and partly because it’s an ‘entry-level job’ but the thing is, these are adults who worked really hard to be where they should be treated with a level of decency.” “They had that huge account, and it was really cool to see people basically shedding light on all these abuses. Everyone, me included, submitted stories,” they say.
“In terms of the stories themselves, they can be horrifying and sad, but there are very rarely any stories that I’m surprised by because I’ve lived them myself and I have friends who’ve lived them,” they say. “Sharing these stories is important because even if a lot of people in the industry know about it, it’s not in their face as much as it could be, and I think that being open will help try to change the narrative around PAs.
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