#1970s #1990s #2000s #2010s
Don’t Blink… Cameos in the Movies…
Don’t you love it when you see an actor or actress you weren’t expecting.
There’s a few in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) – which I’m not going to mention – BUT don’t read on if you don’t want to know.
Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul in Starsky and Hutch (2004)
UncutCameo04, StarskyHutch75
When this particular couple of cameos make their appearance you almost made you want them to refilm the film again but with them reprising as their 1975 TV characters and replace Ben Stiller (Starsky) and Owen Wilson (Hutch). Which along with a rewrite is what I’m sure most of us thought when we saw The Dukes of Hazzard immortalised in film. Jessica Simpson will never ever be Catherine Bach who originally played Daisy Duke. Ask my darlin’ husband or my dad. And goes without saying those darn Hazzard Boys from the 1970s are still hot.
Bill Murray in Zombieland (2005)
Bill Murray dies in zombieland (Full Version), Sam Cooper
We do forgive you for Garfield (2005), Bill but you should have added that remake of telly’s Charlie’s Angels. Unless it was a favour for John Forsythe. Then only as only he could be Charlie, as he was in the TV series. The fact that the actor who voiced Charlie and who was Blake Carrington were one and the same, I learnt from Darlin’ Husband during a random Dynasty (1981-1989) discussion.
Larry Hagman in Superman (1978)
Larry Hagman in Superman The Movie (1978), composvisions channel
One actor who escaped the oft mentioned Superman curse could be Larry Hagman. As not only did he star in an all to brief cameo in the first Superman movie alongside Gene Hackman and Christopher Reeve. Yup 1978 must have been Hagman’s best year, as he also took on a small part in a then new series about a wealthy Texan family. The character was J.R. Ewing and the series of course was the highly successful Dallas (1978-91).
Sean Connery in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood – König der Diebe – Gastauftritt von Sean Connery, syncromat,
One of two actors in the film who upstaged Costner, the other of course being Alan Rickman as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Only Connery could get away with playing an English man with a Scottish accent. Got away with this more than the lead American playing Robin Hood.
Christopher Lloyd in A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
A Million Ways to Die in the West (6/10) Movie CLIP – Great Scott! (2014) HD, Movieclips
Perfect set up, perfect cameo, perfect timing done to perfection.
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It is great when you suddenly spot someone unexpected in a film cameo role x
I love it butmy hubby always spots them first!
I love Zombieland, I hear they are making another one 🙂 I didn’t know Larry Hagman was in Superman!
He’s on it literally for about 5 mins, blink and you’ll miss him x
I have lost count of the number of times I have seen Prince of Thieves. I know that film word for word!!
Alan Rickman was fantastic, but was such a surprise when Sean Connery turned up complete with Scottish accent!
I always love seeing my favourite actors in films with surprise cameos
Me too, its like an unepected bonus!
Well I suppose all the lead actors had to start with bit parts somewhere, but great that they can still be still be recognised now when a lot looked so different back then
I love spotting cameos, apparently there are a couple in the new ghostbusters film
Haven’t seen that one, but know who it could be x
It’s amazing watching older films and seeing actors you’re used to seeing as leads nowadays as simple cameos, but they all start somewhere 🙂
I wonder how many hours you spend on writing that kind of blog post, should be a lot to spot all those things 😮 Anyway, thank you!
Just watched a lot of films over the years x
I found today that Daniel craig was in Star wars as a stormtrooper. I thought that was quite cool.
Shh, that’s one of the few spoilers I haven’t shared on that movie!
Bill Murray in Zombieland is EVERYTHING!
He has to be one of the best cameos ever xx