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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2      Non-Film Score Discussion: Roles that meet their real selves on-screen     1 2    NEXT   LAST   Last Post   Posted:   Jul 1, 2018 - 4:03 PM     By:   Mr Greg   (Member) Oh great brains of. FSM-dom.... I was watching the (still-quite-wonderful) "Apollo 13" the other night, and there's a striking moment that would go completely by all those whom didn't know what was really going on - Tom Hanks' "Jim Lovell" meeting the real Jim lovell, albeit Lovell was playing a different character). I got to thinking about films where an actor playing a playing a real person meets the real person on screen. I believe Julia Roberts' "Erin Brockovich" was served by Erin Brockovich at a diner. There must be a good many other examples....though none spring to mind at 11pm tonight after seeing my office sweepstake team dumped out of the World Cup.... Bring 'em on, oh collective brains! The more obscure the better... Didn't something like this also happen in "The Right Stuff"? Or am I imagining that? Edited to add - Paul Kaye played Cliff Starkey in "Blackball", which was heavily based on the story of Griff Sanders, who is seen thoroughly shitfaced in a scene with Cliff Starkey....i guess that degree of separation is just fine.    Posted:   Jul 1, 2018 - 7:53 PM     By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member) THE GOLDBERGS is a sitcom about a fictional family, named for creator Adam Goldberg's real family. At the end of one episode, Beverly (the mother character) runs into the real Beverly Goldberg, appearing in a cameo (Episode 106, "The Goldberg Girls"). The series has done this with other characters as well.    Posted:   Jul 1, 2018 - 9:03 PM     By:   Amer Zahid   (Member) I believe some of the Holocaust survivors portrayed in the movie SCHINDLER'S LIST were accompanied by their own onscreen counterparts in the end of the film when they visit Oskar Schindler's grave.    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 12:42 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Oh, plenty of examples, although in many cases the "real person" only has a brief cameo, and doesn't necessarily interact with the actor playing him or her. Like Frank Abagnale Jr. in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN or Jordan Belfort in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET.    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 1:19 AM     By:   Michael Scorefan   (Member) Larry Flynt plays a judge in People vs. Larry Flynt, and I believe in his cameo he rules against Larry Flynt (played by Woody Harrelson) while Flynt is in the courtroom.    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 4:13 AM     By:   Mr Greg   (Member) Oh, plenty of examples, although in many cases the "real person" only has a brief cameo, and doesn't necessarily interact with the actor playing him or her. Like Frank Abagnale Jr. in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN or Jordan Belfort in THE WOLF OF WALL STREET. Yes - cameos aside, I'm really after examples where the actor meets his/her real self on screen...    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 4:20 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) Gotcha. There is no interaction between Abagnale and DiCaprio, as far as I remember, but there IS a sort of interaction between DiCaprio and Belfort in WOLF, as Belfort is seated in the auditorium that DiCaprio adresses.    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 7:44 AM     By:   ZapBrannigan   (Member) In the terrible STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS, a guy playing Spock meets the real Spock. They have a whole scene together.    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 7:57 AM     By:   Amer Zahid   (Member) In JFK, real life Ex DA Jim Garrison himself cameo'd as Judge Warren (of the subject Warren Commission) whereas Kevin Costner essayed the Garrison role himself.    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 11:56 AM     By:   David Sones (Allardyce)   (Member) Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas! Johnny Depp starring as Hunter Thompson runs into himself and says “its me, for f**k’s sake!!”    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 2:57 PM     By:   Eric Paddon   (Member) Al Jolson has a cameo in "Jolson Sings Again".    Posted:   Jul 2, 2018 - 7:07 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) In JFK, real life Ex DA Jim Garrison himself cameo'd as Judge Warren (of the subject Warren Commission) whereas Kevin Costner essayed the Garrison role himself. Good one! What about Django meeting Franco Nero in DJANGO UNCHAINED ?    Posted:   Jul 3, 2018 - 2:05 AM     By:   Thor   (Member) What about Django meeting Franco Nero in DJANGO UNCHAINED ? Kinda different category, isn't it? Actors meeting the actors who originally played the character?    Posted:   Jul 3, 2018 - 2:28 AM     By:   Metryq   (Member) Mr Greg wrote: Didn't something like this also happen in "The Right Stuff"? Or am I imagining that? The real Chuck Yeager plays a bartender in Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club. There is no direct interaction between him and Sam Shepard, who is playing Chuck Yeager in the movie, but they are in the Pancho's scenes together. "Clean glass" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgYH64y8DgU    Posted:   Jul 3, 2018 - 9:31 AM     By:   Mr Greg   (Member) Al Jolson has a cameo in "Jolson Sings Again". Dores he "Meet Himself" on screen? If not, doesnt count!    Posted:   Jul 3, 2018 - 1:31 PM     By:   dbrooks   (Member) In Lone Survivor, Mark Wahlberg's Marcus Luttrell and others are having a brief meeting with the real Marcus Luttrell.    Posted:   Jul 3, 2018 - 6:27 PM     By:   'Lenny Bruce' Marshall   (Member) What about Django meeting Franco Nero in DJANGO UNCHAINED ? Kinda different category, isn't it? Actors meeting the actors who originally played the character? Yeah but i LOVED that scene. "The 'D' is silent". "I know". Lol!    Posted:   Jul 4, 2018 - 9:20 AM     By:   Howard L   (Member) In a tangential example, was watching On The Waterfront on TCM last night and noticed that Big Mac called out, "Westerfield!" during the first shape-up. That happened to be Big Mac's name in real life. Never caught it before. Al Jolson has a cameo in "Jolson Sings Again". The very first film that came to my mind but for when Larry Parks playing Jolson met Larry Parks playing himself. The real Chuck Yeager plays a bartender in Pancho's Happy Bottom Riding Club. There is no direct interaction between him and Sam Shepard, who is playing Chuck Yeager in the movie, but they are in the Pancho's scenes together. The very second one that came to my mind. CY and my mother's cousin were well acquainted back in the day.    Posted:   Jul 6, 2018 - 2:27 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) THE FRENCH CONNECTION has a two-fer. Detectives Gene Hackman ("'Popeye' Doyle") and his on-screen partner Roy Scheider ("Buddy Russo") interact with the men upon whom their characters are based. Their captain, "Walter Simonson," is played by the real Eddie “Popeye” Egan, and a federal agent, "Klein," is played by the real Sonny Grosso.    Posted:   Jul 6, 2018 - 2:57 AM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) In this one, the characters don't interact, but they are in the same scene. In 1953's THE EDDIE CANTOR STORY, Eddie Cantor is an audience member in the last scene, watching Eddie Cantor, portrayed by Keefe Brasselle, singing.     Non-Film Score Discussion: Roles that meet their real selves on-screen    < 1 2  > >>  Go to page:  1 2   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1 2

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