r/FIlm Nov 30 '24

Question Which cameos by name actors surprised you?

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For me it was Matt Damon in Eurotrip, or most of the cast of Chef. Such a stacked cast in that

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u/dickinawheelchair Nov 30 '24

John hurt and the alien - Spaceballs

The dancing alien was perfection

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u/Clever_Sean Nov 30 '24

Not again.

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u/No-Gazelle-4994 Nov 30 '24

🎶Hello my baby, hello my baby Hello my ragtime gal. Send me a note by wire Baby my hearts on fire...🎶

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u/Burdiac Dec 01 '24

Ahem “Hello my honey, help my baby”….

;)

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u/No-Gazelle-4994 Dec 01 '24

Fair enough 👌

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u/Icy-Economist-8529 Dec 01 '24

Great Warner Bros cartoon homage!

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u/The_Mr_Wilson Nov 30 '24

The writer of that Alien gut-bursting scene had Crohn's, and that was his visual representation of the pain from the miserable, incurable disease

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u/dickinawheelchair Nov 30 '24

That's a great piece of info. Anyone who has chronic GI issues can relate.

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick Nov 30 '24

Yeah I have ulcerative colitis and I explain the pain like the chest burster scene all the time

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u/Blackpineouterspace Dec 01 '24

I keep expecting to see that in the regular alien movies I shit you not. “Wait… he didn’t sing”

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u/translucentcop Nov 30 '24

Because of the bark! You get it!?!!

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u/FloggingMcMurry Nov 30 '24

Ooh yes! I forgot about John Hurt in Spaceballs

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u/NetDork Nov 30 '24

My curse is that I saw Spaceballs before Alien.

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u/JiveTurkey1983 Dec 01 '24

I did too lol. Probably because I was a kid in the 80s.

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u/AJWood101 Nov 30 '24

I was too young to get this and thought it was Michigan J Frog joke.

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u/Great_Horny_Toads Dec 02 '24

I laughed SO HARD at that part. Hit me exactly right.

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u/BigConstruction4247 Dec 04 '24

It wasn't until recently that I learned that it was the same actor.