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What was the briefest cameo ever?
Stan Lee has a one-second-long cameo appearance in Iron Man 2 (at 00:21, introduced as Larry King):
If Stan Lee doesn't count as a person involved in the production, ...
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What was the briefest cameo ever?
Brad Pitt's cameo in Deadpool 2 was around 2 seconds long and holds the record I believe. He also did it for a coffee.
http://www.factfiend.com/deadpool-2-landed-record-breaking-cameo-coffee/
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For which future movies did Stan Lee finish his cameo?
According to inverse.com, he might appear in 6 unreleased films:
Ralph Breaks the Internet: It’s unclear whether or not Lee actually lends his voice to Ralph Breaks the Internet, but outlets are
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What was the briefest cameo ever?
Peter Jackson has a roughly 1-second cameo as a deranged Santa Claus who stabs officer Nicholas Angel in the movie Hot Fuzz.
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Who was the Arrested Development Character in Avengers: Infinity War?
Alright seems a simple Google search would have done. It was Tobias, as clarified in this article:
In Infinity War, Star-Lord, Gamora, Mantis and Drax return to Knowhere
in hopes of prying the ...
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What cameos has Stan Lee had?
Stan Lee has a LONG history of cameos dating back 30-40 years.
Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends - 7 Little Superheroes [S1 Ep6] (October 1981)
While not technically a cameo, Stan Lee narrated the ...
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What was the briefest cameo ever?
R2-D2 has an extremely brief cameo in Star Trek (2009) as he flies by in a field of debris. He also appears briefly in Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).
Image source: https://www.slashfilm.com/see-the-...
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Why did Peter Jackson and Cate Blanchett take small uncredited roles in Hot Fuzz?
Basically, they were both fans of Shaun of the Dead and knew the director. From an interview on About.com with Edgar Wright:
Interviewer: How did you get Cate Blanchett to do that one little cameo?
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Why was there a cameo of Garret Morris in Ant-Man?
Garret Morris portrayed the Ant Man in an SNL skit during its 2nd season back in 1979 called "Superhero Party".
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Why does Stan Lee make a cameo in The Princess Diaries 2?
No obvious connection, but this is actually not unusual.
While it seems that Stan Lee has a personal connection to the projects in which he makes a cameo appearance, as enforced by his appearances in ...
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What was the briefest cameo ever?
Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin had two brief cameos in Shaun Of the Dead; one as a zombie; and one as himself, which lasts for about one second by my reckoning.
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Does Stan Lee's cameo in Iron Fist have any meaning?
On Netflix, Stan Lee has cameoed as the same character in all of their MCU shows:
His Daredevil cameo:
His Jessica Jones cameo:
His Luke Cage cameo:
And in Iron Fist, which you already spotted
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How do Stan Lee's random appearances work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Because he is a watcher or works for them. Likely Uatu, the watcher that's assigned to watch Earth. Confirmed by Marvel in the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.
Marvel chief Kevin Feige has endorsed ...
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What was the briefest cameo ever?
Not the shortest, but may be the shortest with a line of dialogue. And it's my fave.
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine in X-Men - First Class.
I don't think this falls foul of the stinger rule as it was in ...
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Which bystander did Post Malone play as?
No official words I can get about it but IMDb claims Malone said this line:
Brooklyn Bystander : [looking at a glitched stoplight] I think it's a Banksy.
Going through official script, only one ...
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Why was there no Stan Lee cameo in Deadpool 2?
From this screenrant article:
For Deadpool 2, the Stan Lee cameo is more in line with those of the
Marvel shows on Netflix than his show-stopping MCU appearances.
Indeed, just his famous face ...
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When is an actor's appearence considered a cameo?
There really isn't one. The only reason there would be is if SAG had a special "cameo rate", which it doesn't*.
Based on the examples I've seen, they're generally:
one or two scenes
big-name, ...
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Why do directors make cameo appearances in their movies?
There's no overarching right answer to this. I think there are a few reasons for it:
For starters, it's fun. You've mentioned lots of directors in your question who have done it and it's likely they ...
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What was the first movie where a recognizable newscaster played himself / herself?
Earliest I can think is of is BBC news reader Kenneth Kendall reading the news in 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968:
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Why was Gigi Hadid uncredited for 10 episodes of Silent Witness when she appeared?
Though this may be a duplicate of Why are some actors uncredited in certain films? I felt it worth adding this point, that some people may not be aware of.
Her IMDB page credits her as "Policewoman"...
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Two different cameos of Martin Scorsese in Taxi Driver
No.
Scorsese's larger cameo was a last minute substitution caused by the original actor scheduled for the stalker being unavailable.
When George Memmoli, the actor who was to play a man stalking his ...
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Why did they put Stan Lee in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies?
Stan Lee is the face of Marvel, and comics in a much larger sense. He's one of the most easily recognizable names of the Golden Age illustrators who are still alive. Given that Stan Lee actually ...
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Did Felix Leiter ever show up in the Brosnan era?
No, there was never a Felix Leiter in the Brosnan era, most likely because of his removal from active service because of his missing leg. The reboot of the franchise with Casine Royale made it ...
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What was the briefest cameo ever?
Donald Trump in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is on screen for 8 seconds. He enters at 00:15 and exits at 00:23.
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How much is Stan Lee paid for his cameos in MCU films?
According to CNN, Lee said,
I hate to admit this, but I do not share in the movie's profits. I just share in the interviews, in the glamour, in the people saying, "Wow, I love that movie, Stan" -- ...
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Leonard Nimoy Cameo in Super 8
There was a picture of the TOS cast on a wall in one of the kids' bedroom. I'm pretty sure it was in the "movie within the movie" but I'm not positive. I'll see if I can get a screen shot and attach ...
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Leonard Nimoy Cameo in Super 8
According to this blog post, his name appears on a can that a character holds in the "home video".
The part of the post says:
Also, thanks queequeg for point out that the Leonard Nimoy “cameo” in ...
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Is there any cameo from previous Step Up films in Step Up: High Water?
No, there are no cameos and links to the main series of movies.
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