12 Movie Easter Eggs About Actors' Roles

Hot Shots! Part DeuxHot Shots! Part Deux continues the comedy style of the first film. It finds more serious war movies to parody. These includeRambo: First Blood Part IIand Apocalypse NowApocalypse NowMartin Sheen plays the lead in, among others.Apocalypse Now, and he shows up in this slapstick sequel just to riff on his past roles.

Charlie Sheen’s character crosses paths with another American soldier down the river. This soldier is played by his father, Martin Sheen. They stand up and point at each other,actors say in unison“I loved you inWall Street,” before walking away with raised thumbs.

Both Sheens starred inWall Street, so they parody several movies at once.

Before becoming a movie star, Johnny Depp gained fame through the popular series21 Jump Street.In 2012, it became a comedic film franchise. The first movie ends with Depp replaying his role as undercover DEA agent Tom Hanson with his partner, Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise). Keeping their involvement secret made for a surprising Easter egg.

Seeing Steve Buscemi inPulp Fictionis not unusual. Quentin Tarantino often casts actors he likes working with, and Buscemi appeared inReservoir Dogs. That makes it funny thathe plays a waiterinPulp Fiction. InReservoir Dogs, Buscemi’s character goes on arant about why he doesn’t tip servers. One movie later, he works as a server.

Buscemi said:

I don’t know if anyone else thinks about this, but because my character, Mr. Pink inReservoir Dogs was such a cheapskate and disliked tipping, I thought it was poetic justice that my next film with Quentin, I play a waiter… I even think Mr. Pink somehow escaped inReservoir Dogs and he is hiding as the Buddy Holly waiter. He probably gets tipped terribly. That is his fate.

InDeadpool 2, the antihero assembles a ragtag team for his mission. One would-be hero is The Vanisher; the audience neither sees nor hears him. We know he is there when X-Force jumps from a plane because he is only a harness, backpack, and parachute.

That changes when he enters power lines,losing his invisibilityfor maybe a few frames. Pay close attention; you will see Brad Pitt played him.Brad PittCasting one of Hollywood’s most attractive and bankable celebrities in a role where you only show his face for a second is as funny as it is smart.

A surprise double cameo appears inThor: Ragnarokas two Asgardians entertain people by putting on a play about Loki. Matt Damon plays the God of Mischief, and Luke Hemsworth plays the God of Thunder; both actors return in the sequel.

Matt Damon did the spot on a whim, which he enjoyed.It was Damon’s second time playing Loki, his first role being in Kevin Smith'sDamon played Loki a second time; the first time was in Kevin Smith'sDogma.Chris Hemsworth’s brother Liam shares a deeper bond with the material than just being Thor actor Chris Hemsworth’s brother.Liam came close to playing the superhero himself.Liam almost played the superhero himself.

In The Running ManThe Running ManDamon Killian hosts the game show, putting Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) through a meat grinder for entertainment. Richard Dawson plays him.Richard DawsonDawson was famed as the host of Family Feud, making him probably the best-cast character in the film.Family FeudHe may be Damon Killian in the film, but he riffs on his own career.

In Wayne's World 2Wayne's World 2Wayne (Mike Myers) tries to reach a church to stop a wedding in a parody of The Graduate.The GraduateWayne stops at a gas station for directions, but the first man's delivery is poor. Wayne stops the movie and asks for a better actor, admitting the part is small but they can do better.

Leslie Nielsen delivers lines without skipping a beat.They bring in Charlton Heston.Heston delivers his lines with the perfection you expect from the legendary actor. They cast one of his biggest stars in a small role for laughs.

Leslie NielsenNielsen absolutely shines in Airplane!Airplane! He creates some of the movie’s biggest laughs. He starred in the Naked Gun franchise.Naked Gun He plays slapstick comedy well. This is funny because he played the opposite during much of his career. Before Airplane!, he appeared in Airplane!Airplane!Airplane!, a spoof on disaster movies, features Nielsen in major 1970s disaster films, including The Poseidon Adventure and City on Fire.The Poseidon Adventure andCity on Fire.

Many big-name actors put on plastic armor and play a nameless character in a Star Wars project.Star WarsThis includes Daniel Craig.Daniel CraigCraig landed a minor part in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens.Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force AwakensHe plays a First Order Stormtrooper. Rey (Daisy Ridley) uses the Force to overcome his weak mind and earn her freedom.Rey uses the ForceThe audience does not see his face, but Craig is behind the mask.

It is amusing to cast the man who played James Bond then; someone who rarely misses. Stormtroopers never hit what they aim for. This makes Craig’s involvement funnier.

Some moviegoers were confused by seeing Nicolas Cage play a digital Superman in The Flash.The FlashCage was there for a reason in the 1990s.Cage was tapped to play the Man of Steel.He played the Man of Steel in the never-produced film Superman Lives. Superman LivesThe script shows Superman fighting a giant spider monster, which is what he does in his brief cameo in The Flash.The Flash.

Tori SpellingSpelling plays a version of herself in the Scream franchise.ScreamShe appears in Scream 2.Scream 2She plays the actress portraying Sidney Prescott in the in-universe film series Stab.Stab. Sidney mentioned the Beverly Hills, 90210 actress in the movie.Beverly Hills, 90210 actress inScreamWhen she and Tatum talked about casting for a movie, Dewey suggested Meg Ryan for Sidney. Sidney joked, “With my luck, I'd get Tori Spelling.” The funny thing was putting Spelling in.Scream 2she later appeared inScary Movie 2this film lampoons the first movie and other popular horror movies of that time.

Jenny McCarthy also appeared in.Scream 3andScary Movie 3Anthony Anderson appears in bothScream 4andScary Movie 4.

If you see Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth inWickedand think nothing of it, you likely missed the original Broadway play. They played Elphaba Thropp and Glinda Upland, respectively, and shot a cameo during the “One Short Day” musical number. Jon M. Chu, the film’s director, toldCinemaBlendhow it all went down:

We had to talk a lot about this tightrope walk, withStephen [Schwartz]andWinnie [Holzman]as well. Where is the best place? We had them in cameo roles at some point, like, ‘maybe they’re Galinda’s parents’ or ‘maybe they’re this or that.’ Those roles were fine, but every time we thought about it more, it felt like they were not at their best right now.

They are not like some people who stopped doing it. If they are there, you want them to do their thing, and I always felt that as a fan, if I see them in this movie, I want them to do their thing.