An entertainment industry term used in casting, meaning a non-actor. We hire them when we don't want a polished, trained professional performer. Example: In this commercial we want to use real people, not actors. We want you to cast for this scene on the street--get us some real people.
REAL PEOPLE
Meaning of REAL PEOPLE in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012