14 Unforgivably Gratuitous TV And Movie Cameos
![14 Unforgivably Gratuitous TV And Movie Cameos](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/6/782356_320x180.jpg)
Like the latest Diana film, Spencer premiered, royal experts labeled it 'cruel' and 'unnecessarily gratuitous,' claiming that the film, starring Kristen Stewart, deprives the late lady of her ‘respect and decency.'
Columnists have warned that scenes in the film depicting Diana breaking down and crying next to William as she fights her disorder or self-harm will frustrate both of Diana's children, Princes William, and Harry.
Will Schoder, a cinematographer who generates thought-provoking filmmaking video writings, took a humorous look at just how celebrity cameos are often an unwarranted interruption to the plot point and the flow of the motion picture when done poorly. Whenever the cameo is performed well, it starts to feel appropriate and organic, particularly when the actor plays against character.
From Paris Hilton playing a monster…impersonating Paris Hilton to Michelle Obama playing…well, herself, sort of…almost all of these are a stretch.
Here's an outlandish suggestion: hire actors to do your acting. No, stunt-casting mega-celebrities do not qualify as "actors."
![Peter Jackson THE HOBBIT CRACKED.COM It's hard to find fault with his carrot-eating cameo in Fellowship. But when he later shows up as the very same carrot muncher in The Hobbit, he creates a time paradox. The same guy, 60 years in the past, but looking 10 years older? It's more than a simple anachronism; it's a big red flag signifying the lack of care he took in creating The Hobbit films.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/7/782367.jpg)
![Michelle Obama ICARLY CRACKED.COM The First Lady, a fan of iCarly, was supposed to do an impression of... a First Lady who's a fan of iCarly. Instead, we got a Barack Obama cover set, complete with meaningful pauses and arm gestures.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/0/782360.jpg)
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![Ted Danson SAVING PRIVATE RYAN CRACKED.COM While it was cool to see Sam Malone mow down some Nazis, the issue is with his chiseled mug. He delivered his lines on Cheers with that same unsmiling demeanor, so it's hard to keep your eyes from darting around the screen in search of a doddering Coach holding a machine gun.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/1/782361.jpg)
![Paris Hilton SUPERNATURAL CRACKED.COM She showed off her range as an actor by playing a monster... .that manifests in the form of Paris Hilton. It sounds dumb as hell, but to be fair, history will probably judge that it absolutely was dumb as hell.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/5/782365.jpg)
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![Christopher Lloyd STAR TREK III CRACKED.co When the film came out in 1984, Lloyd was best known for his work on Taxi, which didn't exactly scream leading villain. It'd be like if Neo had to fight Kramer at the end of The Matrix.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/9/782369.jpg)
![Fabio EXORCIST 3 CRACKED.COM This Exorcist threequil was even more poorly received than the disastrous sequel, despite taking the story to a weird heavenly train station and meeting Fabio and Patrick Ewing.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/9/782359.jpg)
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![Michael Jackson SPACE CHANNEL 5 good CRACKEDG Developers were almost finished with this game about fighting aliens through the power of dance, when they got a call from Michael Jackson. He wanted in, and they hastily obliged.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/2/782372.jpg)
Source: 6 A-List Stars Who Made Insane Cameos In D-List Video Games
![Bristol Palin SECRET LIFE OF AN AMERICAN TEENAGER CRACKED.COM Bristol Palin delivers the line we're all teen moms with some serious Pennywise energy, before finally remembering to smile and then darting off screen.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/1/782371.jpg)
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![M. Night Shyamalan SIGNS CRACKED.COM His cameos were, at one point, pretty brief and inconsequential. But in Signs, he deus ex machina'd all over the screen, delivering key plot points and encouranging characters to act in ways that would very specifically drive the plot forward.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/0/782370.jpg)
![M. Night Shyamalan THE VILLAGE CRACKED.com In a mindnumbingly hamfisted signature cameo, he pops in just after the big twist to fill in a couple of the remaining plot holes. oh, and he's hiding behind a newspaper as he does so. His true identity is cleverly revealed in the reflection of a mini fridge.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/3/782363.jpg)
![Hulk Hogan BAYWATCH IN CRACKED.COM Hulk, Macho Man Randy Savage and Ric Flair take their kayfabe to the mean beaches of LA to duke it out over... a gym for troubled kids, I guess? Doesn't matter, no one tuned in for the plot.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/8/782368.jpg)
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![Bruce Willis OCEAN'S 12 CRACKED.COM Bruce Willis, as himself, confronts Julia Roberts, as a person who is canonicaly not Julia Roberts but who looks like and is trying to act like... Julia Roberts. It's as confusing as Bruce's furrowed thumbhead implies.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/6/782366.jpg)
![Kevin Federline CSI: LAS VEGAS CRACKED.COM K. Fed achieves max punchability as Cole Pig Tritt, a gang boss who goads a cop into PopoZao-ing him in the face.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/2/782362.jpg)
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![Michael Bay ARMAGEDDON CRACKED.COM A kinda short, haired hippie type, surrounded by people who look like, ya know, actual scientists? The dude just does not look the part, and distracts the audience from a pivotal moment in the... .plot.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/4/782364.jpg)