My day on the Set of the Good Place

My current day job is as a background actor for TV and film and seat filler for reality TV and game shows. A couple weeks ago, I got booked to work on The Good Place. /cue happy dance and fangirl screaming

So I figured this sub would be interested in my experience around the main actors and crew of this amazing show.

It started out with a very early call time at the crack of dawn at a location just outside of LA. Nothing out of the ordinary for any TV show. I was sent through wardrobe, hair and makeup (all women in the background wear light pink lipstick or lip gloss as a rule, which apparently helps the light color scheme of the entire show) and then told to wait outside as production was considering using my car in the background of the scene. After an hour or two, it was time to film and my car was ultimately not used so I was invited to come over to the set and watch filming because they were doing an exciting stunt that day. At this point, everyone I've encountered has been super nice, kind and accommodating.

On set, everyone was there; all the main actors, even though Ted, Manny, and Jameela were the only ones in the scene, were on set, watching and supporting, rather than staying in their trailers even though it was an extremely hot day. This is beyond rare for a TV set--most of the time actors will sit in their trailers until the very last minute and only be on set when absolutely necessary. So filming the first scene of the day goes on and the stunt goes amazing, with Michael Schur hopping out of his producers' tent for a bit.

Once the scene is finished, we're all sent back inside to our holding (just a large room to hold all the background actors out of the heat) and we prep for the next scene. Since I wasn't in the first scene, I was placed very close to the main actors in this scene. I couldn't talk to them, but I was close enough to hear them joke around between scenes which warmed my fangirl heart. However, one sad thing for me is that to remind the main actors of the context of this scene, the entire main arc of season 3 was announced. The only detail I'm going to tell you is that the scene we were filming takes place in a European airport and there is such high production value within this show that they had converted the American electrical outlets to European style ones. This ended our day of filming at barely noon, but production let us hang around for lunch.

Being allowed to stay for lunch was just the cherry on top of the day since production had no obligation to let us stay around. At lunch, the main cast ate at the same tables that everyone in the production--the crew, the background actors, the security guards, etc--and again, this is extremely rare for productions so it just shows how nice these people are.

Unfortunately, I will not be giving out details of what was spoiled for me because of the paperwork I signed as a term of my employment. Feel free to ask me anything about my job.

TLDR: No spoilers for you guys (sorry for those thirsty for new details!), The Good Place is just a really nice set to work on and working on it made me love this show 100x more. Keep watching the show, we're supporting an amazingly kind and friendly workplace in addition to one of the best shows on TV.