{"id":373956,"date":"2026-03-08T07:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/373956\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T07:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:43:10","slug":"people-are-sharing-the-movie-cameos-they-completely-missed-and-didnt-realize-until-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/373956\/","title":{"rendered":"People Are Sharing The Movie Cameos They Completely Missed And Didn\u2019t Realize Until Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

Movie cameos can be a lot of fun when you get them, and pretty confusing when you don’t. Reddit user CommerceOnMars69<\/a> asked people to share which movie cameos went totally over their heads<\/a>, and the results were interesting. How many of these did you spot?\"Person<\/p>\n

Sony Pictures<\/p>\n

1. “Glenn Close’s cameo in Hook.”<\/p>\n

Ron Galella, Ltd. \/ Getty Images, Amblin<\/p>\n

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2. “Didn’t recognize Tom Cruise<\/a> in Tropic Thunder ’til the end credits.”<\/p>\n

Noel Vasquez \/ Getty Images, DreamWorks<\/p>\n

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3. “My brain still does not compute that Brad Pitt<\/a> was in Deadpool 2<\/a>. For some reason, I don\u2019t recognize him.”<\/p>\n

Vcg \/ Getty Images, 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n

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4. “I didn\u2019t notice the two truckers Cable meets in Deadpool<\/a> 2 were Matt Damon<\/a> and Alan Tudyk.”<\/p>\n

Michael Tran \/ Getty Images, Albert L. Ortega \/ Getty Images, 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n

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5. “Matt Damon as the lead singer in Eurotrip.”<\/p>\n

Jon Kopaloff \/ Getty Images, DreamWorks<\/p>\n

\u2014nowhereman136<\/a><\/p>\n

6. “Matt Damon as Loki in Thor: Ragnarok. Took me a minute.”<\/p>\n

Michael Loccisano \/ Getty Images, Marvel<\/p>\n

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7. “Elon Musk in Iron Man 2. I had heard his name a lot circa 2010, but I didn’t know what he looked like until a couple years later.”<\/p>\n

Bloomberg \/ Getty Images, Marvel<\/p>\n

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8. “Growing up, I watched Hot Shots! Part Deux religiously, and it wasn’t until I was in high school, and had seen both Apocalypse Now and Wall Street that I understood Martin Sheen’s cameo, and how incredible and truly hilarious it was.”<\/p>\n

Vinnie Zuffante \/ Getty Images, 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n

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9. “Happy Gilmore. It was years later when I realized Ben Stiller was the manager of the nursing home.”<\/p>\n

Ron Galella, Ltd. \/ Getty Images, Universal<\/p>\n

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10. “Sean Connery in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. I was 9 and not sure why everyone else was freaking out.”<\/p>\n

Ullstein Bild \/ Getty Images, Warner Bros<\/p>\n

\u2014CeruleanBlew<\/a><\/p>\n

11. “The John Hurt cameo in Spaceballs. As an 8-year-old, I hadn’t seen Alien yet.”<\/p>\n

Kurt Krieger – Corbis \/ Getty Images, MGM<\/p>\n

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Related: Here Are 60 Disney Characters \u2014 You Better Remember At Least 55<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

12. “Adam Lambert in Bohemian Rhapsody.”<\/p>\n

Gilbert Carrasquillo \/ Getty Images, 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n

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13. “Not a cameo, but only as teen did I realize that Michael J. Fox also played his own daughter in Back to the Future Part II.”<\/p>\n

Ron Galella \/ Getty Images, Universal<\/p>\n

\u2014Rasselkurt007<\/a><\/p>\n

14. “Dan Aykroyd in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.”<\/p>\n

Ron Galella, Ltd. \/ Getty Images, Paramount<\/p>\n

\u2014Duke-Goolies<\/a><\/p>\n

15. “Franco Nero, reprising the titular role from Django (1966) in Django Unchained (2012), went over my head the first time I saw the latter. It wasn\u2019t until I watched the original Django that I realized what I\u2019d missed, and understood the ‘D is silent’ joke.”<\/p>\n

Mondadori Portfolio \/ Getty Images, Columbia<\/p>\n

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16. “Lots of people missed Mike Myers in Inglourious Basterds.”<\/p>\n

Charles Eshelman \/ Getty Images, Universal<\/p>\n

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17. “Quentin Tarantino in Little Nicky.”<\/p>\n

Ron Galella \/ Getty Images, New Line<\/p>\n

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18. “Dumb and Dumber To. Didn’t realize the guy cooking meth was Bill Murray until the credits rolled.”<\/p>\n

Jim Spellman \/ Getty Images, New Line<\/p>\n

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19. “Val Kilmer in True Romance.”<\/p>\n

Kurt Krieger – Corbis \/ Getty Images, Warner Bros<\/p>\n

\u2014mojon72<\/a><\/p>\n

20. “Edward Norton in Alita: Battle Angel. I’m usually good at spotting actors in movies but I completely missed him. At the end when we were leaving the theater my wife mentioned it and I was like, ‘What? That was Edward Norton?'”<\/p>\n

Rich Fury \/ Getty Images, 20th Century Fox<\/p>\n

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21. “Colin Farrell in Horrible Bosses. He was unrecognizable as the cokehead boss!”<\/p>\n

Franziska Krug \/ Getty Images, New Line<\/p>\n

\u2014motherofJax<\/a><\/p>\n

What movie cameos went over your head until much later? Share in the comments or the anonymous form below!<\/p>\n

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