"I just act scared:" a PUBLIC ENEMIES extra talks about filming the shootout at the Little Bohemia Lodge

The lady on the left is Meghan Mosher, one of the Lucky Seven–the seven extras chosen by director Michael Mann to play patrons at the Little Bohemia Lodge during the scene in which John Dillinger and his gang are ambushed by the FBI. Since the Little Bo shoot has been on a closed set, Ms. Mosher’s interview with Rick LaFrombois of the Wausau Daily Herald gives a rare glimpse behind-the-scenes–although Mosher didn’t see much of the action, since her role required her to dive to the floor and lay face down and motionless while a shootout raged around her. In fact, she lay motionless for three hours, no easy feat when glass is exploding and bullets are strafing the walls.

Although Meghan Mosher’s co-workers at Camp Manito-wish have started calling her “Hollywood,” the recent UW-Madison graduate is planning a career in environmental or experiential education; she’ll leave the acting to others. LaFrombois notes that Mosher went to the casting call for extras “on a whim”–her only previous acting experience consisted of “playing Sherlock Holmes in sixth grade.” Now she’s filming a scene with Johnny Depp. “I have a pretty easy role, I just act scared,” Mosher said. “That was easy to do when the room was exploding around me.”

The Zone thanks Emma for sharing the story; you can read the entire article on the News & Views forum. –Part-Time Poet