Well I won't pretend it doesn't happen in film
When you're making something on a shoestring budget a lot of the time people do give their time for free - though it does pay off. Quite a few of our cast and crew have gone on to bigger and better things with clips from our movies on their demo reel, so I can't feel too guilty about it. And a mainstream film not only employed our actor, but had him play basically the same character as well.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Wed 13 Feb 2013, 22:46, Reply)