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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Robin Williams had a stipulation in his contract that for any movie or event he did, the company hiring him also had to hire a certain number of homeless people and put them in work.[/quote]

This came from a Facebook post that went viral after he died. It has never been confirmed or proven. You should not believe every Facebook post you see.[/quote]

That’s not where it was found. Actually, it appears to have originated with an article posted by Brian Lord (“A Little Known Robin Williams Story”) on 12 August 2014, recounting the author’s experience in attempting to hire Williams for an event. Snopes claims this is unproven, which doesn’t mean it isn’t true. It went viral through Facebook. Is a fact? I’d like to believe so. You’re right, it can’t be called a fact. [/quote]

Logistically and legally (let alone unions)  it just doesn't make sense to be true. The idea that you can just walk over to a homeless camp and hire people to work on your film set /event no matter where you are in the world sounds like someone who has never really done business. And where are all these homeless people who were hired - Robin Williams did hundreds if not thousands of events / films - that is a lot of homeless people who would be telling stories about the time they got hired[/quote]

It’s not difficult to be an extra in a movie. I was an extra in Pelican Brief w/Julia Roberts. They just have you sign some paperwork and give you a check. I made a whole $25.00.  And I happened to be working for a bank at that time, we had accounts of a lot of homeless people in DC, so homeless people do have bank accounts. In fact one at the time had $30k in his account. [/quote]

Yeah my son’s history teacher was an extra in The Irishman. He’s not an actor or anything. [/quote]

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