Here’s how you can be in a Spielberg movie: All you need is a car

Would you like to appear in a Steven Spielberg film? It the opportunity of the lifetime, or at least it will be for car owners in New Jersey who get selected for the background role.

NJ.com has been contacted by Grant Wilfey Casting, looking for New Jersey residents to appear in a “big scene” in a Spielberg movie being filmed later this month. The film currently has the production codename ‘Non-View’ is being filmed across Jersey at the moment but the scene in question will be filmed in Middlesex County on March 27.

Emily Blunt looks set to lead the cast and will star alongside Colman Domingo, Josh O’Connor, Eve Hewson, Colin Firth and Wyatt Russell. The extras cast for this specific scene will not get much screen time but they will be paid a total of $181.50 for 10 hours of work, or $216 for eight hours work if they are a member of the Screen Actors Guild. Those with a car will get an extra $37.50.

To get in touch and apply to be involved, email nonview@gwcnyc.com with the subject line ‘3/27/25 CARS’. In the email include your name, preferred pronouns and phone number, and confirm whether you are a SAG member, are 18 years old, and have a driver’s license. If you have a car you can bring to the shoot, add the car’s year, colour, make and model. You should also add a clear photo of both yourself and the car in question.

What is the new Steven Spielberg film?

Spielberg is no stranger to the area having moved to the Haddon Township, New Jersey during his childhood. He has previously directed film in the state too, such as his 2021 take on ‘West Side Story’ and ‘War of the Worlds’ (2005).

And although it wasn’t actually filmed in New Jersey, ‘The Fabelmans’ recounts his formative experienced as an aspiring filmmaker. The movie is set in his own town of Haddon Township and was nominated for seven awards at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.

Speaking about the movie and his roots in New Jersey, Spielberg explained: "I started seriously thinking, if I had to make one movie I haven’t made yet, something that I really want to do on a very personally atomic level, what would that be? And there was only one story I really wanted to tell."

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