Margot Robbie is in the bathroom and hungry Elon Musk: the coolest and most unexpected cameos in films and TV series of recent years

Showrunners know firsthand that stars’ involvement in a project increases interest in the project. However, there is no need to cast them in main roles. For this reason, TV series and movies often feature celebrities playing themselves. Some cameos have become iconic, like the appearance of supermodel Claudia Schiffer in Zoolander, boxer Mike Tyson in The Hangover, or Donald Trump in Home Alone.

There were many star actors in the Friends series, from Julia Roberts and Winona Ryder to George Clooney and Sean Penn. “King of the Camera” Stan Lee broke all records for the number of times he appeared in comic book adaptations. John Malkovich actually played himself in the movie “Being John Malkovich,” and “The Simpsons” includes an almanac of cameos from stars of varying magnitudes.

We remember the coolest and most unexpected cameos in films and TV series of recent years.

Martin Scorsese and Zoe Kravitz, “Film Studio”

This year, the series “Film Studio” became the leader in the Emmy awards, receiving 13 awards and receiving the award for “best comedy project”. In addition to the main star of the project, Seth Rogen, the beautiful satire on filmmaking was also remembered for his funny cameos. In the very first episode, the protagonist, Matt Remick, takes over the studio, swears that he can create art that will make money, and turns to the master Martin Scorsese with an offer to make a movie about Kool-Aid soda. Having gained complete freedom, the director proposes the wildest scenario for a film about the Jonestown massacre (Kool-Aid played a sad role in the true story of the mass suicide of members of the People’s Temple sect – Ed.) and stuns the advertising department. After the episode aired, viewers begged Scorsese to make a movie about Kool-Aid and even created a few fan posters.

Zoë Kravitz appeared as herself in several episodes of Film Studio. At first, Matt Remick gave her the wrong pills, so the actress had to be locked in a room for a while. But we have heard so much insight that it will last a long time. Then the actor came to the Oscars and did everything possible not to thank the head of the film studio at the awards ceremony.

From Elon Musk and Bill Gates to Stephen Hawking and Neil Gaiman, The Big Bang Theory

The sitcom about nerdy scientists was released in 2007 and ran successfully for 12 seasons. Many comical star cameos appeared during this time. In one of the episodes, engineer-astronaut Howard, under pressure from his friends, goes to cook food for the homeless in honor of Thanksgiving and meets Elon Musk, the president of SpaceX and Tesla, in the kitchen. The billionaire admits that he gives out the toppings very generously, and Howard says he’s the one who got his friends into philanthropy. They eat half-eaten cake together.

Stephen Hawking has appeared several times in the series: Theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper regularly consults him on scientific matters and even asks his approval for marriage. Sheldon’s crazy relationship with Star Trek star Wil Wheaton, with whom the hero initially quarreled, proved successful. The series about geeks couldn’t do without Stan Lee, the creator of the Marvel universe: Sheldon and his neighbor Penny show up at his door to get autographs. Sheldon does the same thing to see Jason Earl Johnson and Carrie Fisher from Star Wars.

Sheldon’s neighbor, the emotional experimental physicist Leonard Hofstadter, does the same: He learns the address of the hotel where Bill Gates is staying to meet him, but accidentally ruins his tie. The episode with the star of the science fiction series “Firefly” Nathan Fillion turned out to be funny: Leonard and his astrophysicist friend Rajesh Koothrappali recognize him in a cafe and pester him with requests to take pictures.

In season 10, Sheldon receives an invitation from a geologist friend to appear on the popular Ellen Degeneres show and is surprised how few people know him. And one day, to take revenge on Leonard, he invites a homeless man to his house, and this man turns out to be Christopher Lloyd from the Back to the Future trilogy. The Lord of the Rings trilogy was not ignored either: Sean Astin, who played Sam in the series, literally stole the Nobel Prize from Sheldon with a discovery he did not make.

Brigitte Macron, “Emily in Paris”

There is no glass ceiling for the creators of the Emily in Paris series: Even if you speak little French and have almost no followers, do not despair, because at any moment you can be admired by the First Lady of France, Brigitte Macron. Who would have thought that a sentence about vaginal cream would make the wife of the French president subscribe to Emily? Later, the hero meets him in person at one of the events. It is not even clear which one admires whom more.

Emily Ratajkowski, “This Is Too Much”

In Lena Dunham’s new project “It’s Too Much”, the main character Jessica breaks up with her boyfriend who left her for modeling. Suddenly we learn that Emily Ratajkowski has become his own rival. Jessica hates him and hates him at first, looking at his social networks, but then decides to meet him to get rid of her obsession and reconcile with herself.

Episodes also feature Naomi Watts, Kit Harrington, Andrew Scott, Adele Exarchopoulos, Stephen Fry, Rita Ora, Jessica Alba, and that’s not the entire list.

Margot Robbie, “Short Game”

What could be more boring than a movie about finance? Director Adam McKay decided that it wasn’t enough to cast stars like Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale and Brad Pitt in the main roles in a movie about the stock market. So he invited Margot Robbie, who told viewers what subprime loans are all about, straight from the bathtub. It is impossible to forget this.

Thomas Keller and other conductors, “Bear”

The main culinary series of recent years “The Bear” still continues to surprise not only famous guests, but also guest appearances of popular chefs such as Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, Rene Redzepi, Dave Beran, Grant Aketz, Christina Tosi and others.

Andrey Knyazev, “The King and the Clown”

The punk tale “The King and the Clown” about the legendary band broke viewing records. In the series, the action develops in two worlds: the real world, where the relationship between musicians is shown, and the fantasy world, where Pot and the Prince go to save the princess from the captivity of the sorcerer. You can imagine how fans’ hearts beat when the real Andrei Knyazev appeared in one of the episodes. He appeared as the Baron in a cameo, as he is in a parallel fantasy universe. But the surprises did not end there: other musicians included Oleg Garkusha, the soloist of the group “AuktYon” in the image of Hunchback, and Gorshka’s nephew Kirill Gorshenev in the role of his father Alexey, the founder of the group “Kukryniksy”.

Alexandra Bortich, Alexey Chadov and Igor Vernik, “The Game of Survival”

Game of Survival showrunners took guest stars to the next level by casting Alexandra Bortich and Alexei Chadov in the lead roles themselves. This move allowed us to break the fourth wall between the screen and the audience. In the story, players went to the wild taiga to compete for one million euros in a reality show. So the writers would immediately think of lines that the actors would say as participants. By the way, Igor Vernik also played himself as the presenter.

“It’s very interesting to play yourself under the proposed conditions,” Bortich said in an interview.

This idea was continued in the second season, but instead of Alexey Chadov, his older brother Andrey became a participant.

Source: People Talk