Worst cameos?


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Odd question I know, considering that they don't generally influence the quality of a film or TV episode that much, and the ones that get the most attention are the good ones. What in your opinion, though, are the lamest, poorest-executed, or least necessary?

A few of Stan Lee's really miss the mark (see Spider-Man 3), but the worst I can think of Stephanie Meyer in Twilight, since it's so blatant.

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I didn't know Stephanie Meyer cameo'd in Twilight. Then again I fell asleep watching it.

I liked the Lee cameo in SM3 because at that point it wasn't a sure thing that there'd be another Spider-Man film. Comic movies were still different back then.

TBH I dunno if any cameos tick me off. Maybe the ASM2 Lee cameo, as that was almost confusing. Or the one where Lee's Hugh Hefner or Larry King for some reason.

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That ASM cameo is legit hilarious. The one in Incredible Hulk isn't bad, either. Otherwise, it's gotten ridiculous. "Look, kids! It's Stan!" I don't begrudge him doing them, but they wink at the audience harder and harder with every movie.

Every time M. Night Shyamalan turns up on screen I want to throatpunch him. He doesn't just give himself cameos, but casts himself as important characters that walk onscreen, either explain a problem or do something superimportant, and walk off again. It doesn't help that his acting skills are Tarantino-levels of nonexistent.

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Every time M. Night Shyamalan turns up on screen I want to throatpunch him. He doesn't just give himself cameos, but casts himself as important characters that walk onscreen, either explain a problem or do something superimportant, and walk off again. It doesn't help that his acting skills are Tarantino-levels of nonexistent.

Yeah, I wouldn't even call those cameos. They're small roles. By small actors.

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The worst cameos are those that make you go "WHO!?" when told who the person is due to the person fading into obscurity.

My favorite comes from a late final season episode of The Sopranos.  Tony and Carm are at the restaurant Vestuvios when the owner, Artie, stops by and tells Tony to check out a customer across the room who he calls "Mangenious" and you see someone sitting at a table, and Tony says "Oh, I should say hello" and that's the cameo.

Here's the thing, "Mangenious" was Eric Mangini, who made a big splash in the world of the NFL by being a "future big time coach" as a member of the New England Patriots staff, and really took off as a New York Jet Head Coach in 2006, which led to being in the New Jersey based Sopranos for a cameo.  Unfortunately he couldn't replicate his initial success and left the Jets in 2008 and had a disastrous run as coach for the Cleveland Browns, and hasn't been a head coach since 2010!

He's been an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers since 2013, and Defensive Coordinator since 2015, but a far cry from sustaining the nickname Artie Bucco called him in that decade old Soprano episode, which I wouldn't be surprised would garner a lot of "Huh?  Who was that?  Was that a real guy?" type of comments since.

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