The central idea of the article "Dream Jobs: Movie monster" by Cricket Media, adapted by Newsela staff is that being a monster in a movie is harder than being a regular actor. In the article it says, "Monster actors like Maxson often come up with the backstory themselves. They imagine what would motivate their character to move and act a certain way." he is saying that the monster actors have to use a lot more imagination than regular actors. In another part of the article they say, "In one project, nearly everything was added later, including the scenery and his opponents. He even had to imagine a weapon in his hand, which would be added later, too." so it is hard to be a monster actor because when they film in front of the green screen
