The Best Boy on the film set isn’t necessarily Shia LaBeouf, or that kid who knows how to make coffee just like the director wants.
It referes to the second in command of the electrical, or grip, department. He or she also gets stuck with some of the on-set paperwork, according to Tony Bill’s “Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set.”
The PC term Best Girl is rare on today’s movie sets, Bill adds.
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