Highly billed parts that are merely glorified cameos
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Highly billed parts that are merely glorified cameos
i swear this topic has been done before but i couldn't find any. I'd say 'highly billed' as first 3 or 4 names (or if their on the poster)
Ones that come to mind
Sean Penn Tree of Life (maybe 5 minutes if that)
Keifer Sutherland Taking Lives (only appears at the end)
most of the cast of Jay & Silent Bob strike Back
George Clooney The Thin Red Line (litterally the end of the movie)
what are some others
Ones that come to mind
Sean Penn Tree of Life (maybe 5 minutes if that)
Keifer Sutherland Taking Lives (only appears at the end)
most of the cast of Jay & Silent Bob strike Back
George Clooney The Thin Red Line (litterally the end of the movie)
what are some others
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Re: Highly billed parts that are merely glorified cameos
Chang Chen in The Grandmaster. He gets third billing yet he only has three minor scenes and his character doesn't even come into the main story at all.
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Jet Li in EXPENDABLES 2 (2012)
Sophia Loren in OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
Sophia Loren in OPERATION CROSSBOW (1965)
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Re: Highly billed parts that are merely glorified cameos
Yeah, that one was deceptive but useful. I remember going into that movie on opening night, expecting Barrymore to be the star. Then she got killed in the first scene. It cut to Neve Campbell, and I assumed it would spend the movie killing off B-list actors repeatedly.
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Re: Highly billed parts that are merely glorified cameos
Most DTV movies plaster the stars with top billing and on the cover, when most of the time they have a small part or cameo.
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Too bad the rest of the movie didn't quite live up to that opening scene.
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Totally correct, and completely well-done. It's a shame now that every knows Neve Campbell is the main star of the Scream series. I saw the original when it was still in theaters, and was led to believe (via the previews) that Barrymore was the star of the movie. It made the opening scene all the more shocking.
Too bad the rest of the movie didn't quite live up to that opening scene.
Too bad the rest of the movie didn't quite live up to that opening scene.
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I'm not sure whether they had top billing or not but we were led to believe Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger would have more significant roles in The Expendables.