23 Times Hollywood Threw A Movie Cameo Right In Your Face, And 23 Times They Subtly Fooled You

She'll always be Leia, but I always remember and enjoy her shockingly meta cameo in Scream 3. Bianca Burnette: [sourly] I was up for Princess Leia. I was this close. So, who gets it? The one who sleeps with George Lucas. from MTVScream

Stephen Colbert had a few second, non-speaking cameo in 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' (2013) from MovieDetails

Avengers Endgame - Stan Lee's cameo in the movie, his outfit was based on his real life wardrobe from the 1970s. Looking fly in the movies and real life. from MovieDetails

Cate Blanchett has an uncredited role in the beginning of Hot Fuzz! from MovieDetails

In This Is This End Michael Cera asked Rihanna if he could actually slap her butt in a scene to which Rihanna agreed as long as she could slap him harder in he face. from MovieDetails

In Maleficent (2014), the young Aurora was played by Angelina Jolie’s daughter Vivienne. The 5-year-old got the part because she was the only child who wasn’t terrified of Jolie in her Maleficent makeup. Several other younger children auditioned and wouldn’t go near her. from MovieDetails

In Hook (1991) actress Glenn Close has a cameo as the pirate who gets thrown in the “Boo Box” by Captain Hook. from MovieDetails

When Jordan Peele's Get Out released in (2017), viewers expected his friend Keegan Michael-Key to cameo. He did... as one of the NCAA prospects in Rose's Bing search. from MovieDetails

Sarah Michelle Gellar in She's All That (1999) from No_Small_Parts

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), a shot from Season 2 Episode 1 of Community can be seen on Uncle Aaron's TV, in which Troy, played by Donald Glover, is in his room wearing Spider-Man pajamas. Donald Glover played Aaron in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). from Spiderman

In It Chapter Two (2019), during the Stephen King cameo scene in the antique store, the license plate hanging on the wall behind him is the same as the one from Christine (1983) from MovieDetails

In Forrest Gump (1994), the girl on the bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to her is played by Elizabeth Hanks, the daughter of Tom Hanks. from MovieDetails

In High School Musical 2 [2007] Miley Cyrus makes a brief cameo in the final song of the movie. Credited as “Girl at Pool”. from MovieDetails

In The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), at the end of the movie, Will Smith, who plays Chris Gardner, walks past the actual Chris Gardner whose life the movie is based on from MovieDetails

Did only I not know that Lin cameos in Star Wars 9? from LinManuelMiranda

Impractical Jokers: The Movie — 2020. Will Ferrell makes a cameo without any lines & zero reference. I did a double take and had to rewind! from MovieDetails

I will never be as cool as David Bowie taking off his sunglasses in Zoolander. from gifs

In Casino Royale (2006), one of the poker players is played by actress Tsai Chin. She had played a minor Bond girl in You Only Live Twice (1967). from MovieDetails

Aretha Franklin, 1979 ('The Blues Brothers') from OldSchoolCool

In Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), a biopic about the band Queen, two of its members (Brian May and Roger Taylor) make a cameo appearance behind where Princess Diana and Prince Charles arrive for Live Aid. Brian is behind Prince Charles and Roger is on Brian's left. from MovieDetails

Lebron showing off the acting chops in Trainwreck from nba

In Wonder Woman 1984 (2020), the blond man on the right is Gal Gadot's husband, Yaron Varsano. And the little girl is Maya, their younger daughter. from MovieDetails

In the Mamma Mia Movies (2008 & 2018), Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson from ABBA have cameos in both movies. from MovieDetails

In "The 40 Year Old Virgin" (2005) Jenna Fischer can be seen in the background of the first club they visit. from MovieDetails

Matt Damon was in Eurotrip... one of his most underrated roles from movies

In Liar Liar, 1997, Jim Carrey makes a cameo in his own movie as fire marshal Bill, a character he invented when he was on the show “In Living Color”. from MovieDetails

In Men in Black 2 (2002), Trey Smith and Jaden Smith appear in the chase scene. from MovieDetails

In Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Axel Foley’s boss Inspector Todd was played by Gilbert Hill, who was an actual Detroit detective who had never acted before and was discovered by director Martin Brest when Gill accompanied him to scout locations for the movie. from MovieDetails

Full clip of Danny Pudi (Abed)'s cameo in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier'. [HD] from Marvel

In Minority Report (2002, dir. Steven Spielberg) starring Tom Cruise, Cameron Crowe & Cameron Diaz make cameo appearances as bus passengers. Spielberg cast Crowe & Diaz to return the favor for Crowe giving Spielberg a cameo appearance in his film Vanilla Sky (2001), in which Cruise & Diaz co-starred from MovieDetails

Peter Billingsley of A Christmas Story (1983) fame cameos as a worker elf in the 2003 Christmas comedy Elf. It would have been funnier if Billingsley played a bitter store elf instead but this is a fun nod nonetheless. from MovieDetails

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), these rebel soldiers are played by Mark Hamill's children. From left to right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, and Griffin Hamill. from MovieDetails

In Ant-Man (2015) actor Garrett Morris makes a brief appearance in a scene. Morris was the first person to ever portray Ant-Man in a 1979 Saturday Night Live skit called Superhero Party. from MovieDetails

In How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Director Ron Howard cameos as one of the villagers. from MovieDetails

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) had a cameo appearance from Bebe Neuwirth, who played Aunt Nora in the original 1995 movie. Neuwirth plays the stressed-out aunt of Judy and Peter, who intended on turning their mansion into a bed and breakfast. She’s now the owner of her own restaurant called Nora’s. from MovieDetails

In BTTF part 3 (1990), the photographer that takes a picture of Marty and Doc is played by Dean Cundey, who was director of photography on all three Back to the Future movies. from MovieDetails

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) was very influenced by Ghost World, which ends with Enid getting on a bus. As an homage, Thora Birch has a memorable cameo on a bus. "It's almost as if she kept riding it all these years, and somehow wound up in the Bay Area working a tech job she loathed" from MovieDetails

I recently rewatched “That Thing You Do!” (1996) for the 100th time and just now realized that Bryan Cranston has a brief cameo. from MovieDetails

In "Chicago" (2002), the first inmate Roxie Hart talks to in jail is played by Chita Rivera. Rivera originated the role of Velma Kelly when "Chicago" debuted on Broadway in 1975. from MovieDetails

Ahmed Best, the actor for Jar-Jar Binks, has a cameo in the club scene of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002) from MovieDetails

Jon Bon Jovi's cameo in Young Guns 2 (1990) from MovieDetails

In the 2016 movie “Patriots Day”, Jimmy O. Yang portrays Danny Meng, a Bostonian who was carjacked by the two bombers, escaped, and ultimately helped police apprehend the suspects. The real Danny Meng makes a quick cameo during the restaurant scene. from MovieDetails

In 'Anatomy of a Murder' (1959), Duke Ellington, who was responsible for the film's jazz score and soundtrack, has a brief cameo as "Pie-Eye" where he plays piano alongside Jimmy Stewart. from MovieDetails

In Enchanted (2007), Robert's secretary is played by Jodie Benson, the voice actress for Ariel from The Little Mermaid (1989). from MovieDetails

Steven Spielberg and Dan Aykroyd have been friends for decades, and even swapped cameo roles in the 1980's. Spielberg appeared as a ticket agent in 'The Blues Brothers' (1980), and Aykroyd had a brief appearance in 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' (1984). from MovieDetails

In Deadpool 2 (2018), Wade wears a shirt that says: "Olivia & Meredith. Best Friends Purrrr-ever". The two cats actually belong to Taylor Swift. The production crew had to get permission from her to use their image. from MovieDetails