Resident extras show up ready for their wide shots

CHAMPAIGN – "Who wouldn't want to be in a movie?"

That's the reason Madison Rice, an 11-year-old from Champaign, cited for showing up early Saturday morning at Franklin Middle School, ready to shoot a scene as part of the crowd in an amateur dance competition that's part of "Leading Ladies," a movie currently filming around the area.

"Strangely enough, we're shooting the first scene in the movie and the last scene today," said Jenna Weglarz-Ward of Champaign, casting director for the extras. Both scenes are dances taking place in the Champaign school, one set in the fall and one set in spring.

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