Because of its tight budget, the producers of the film put an add in the paper for extras to work for free. Jimeoin came up with the idea for the script after the premiere night of his film The Craic (1999). While exiting he was approached by two people who were disappointed that their roles as extras were cut out of the film. Jimeoin then thought it would be funny to do a film about the problem of being an extra. The film within this film "The Eternal Flame III" features an actre ...[Read Story ]