Post by stevejrogers on Sept 7, 2009 19:39:41 GMT -5
Not sure exactly how to make this broad of a topic into an episode, but something I was thinking about is what exactly constitutes a cameo performance.
Case in point, I've heard Tom Cruise's role in Tropic Thunder is considered a "cameo" but he seemed to be quite integral to the film and seemed to be in more than just a brief walk-on role.
Interestingly enough, I feel very much the same way for Willem Dafoe in the second and third Spidey movies, as well as James Caan in the final scene in The Godfather Part II. Just seemed "right" that those scenes would be in the story that the films were trying to tell, rather than "Hey, look who we brought back from the dead!"
Also, how do we handle cameos from persons who were famous at one time in their lives, but clearly time has long since forgotten them. Thinking right now about Yankee Doodle Dandy which features Jimmy Cagney's George M. Cohan conversing with Eddie Foy, Jr. playing his late father in a brief scene. Could that be considered a cameo even though no one today probably would know Eddie Foy (both Sr and Jr) from Joe Foy (an old 3rd baseman for the Mets in 1970).
Interestingly enough, Eddie Foy's life was made into a biopic starring Bob Hope, but the only reason why I watched it was to see Jimmy Cagney's cameo, reprising the role of George M!
And how can "before they became famous" brief walk-on roles be handled? Probably the biggest I can think of right now is Boo Radley of To Kill A Mockingbird being portrayed by Robert Duvall in his first feature ever.
Eh, this is an interesting topic...well I think so any way! = But I guess it is too broad (and way too much research would need to be done) to be tackled on a podcast.
Case in point, I've heard Tom Cruise's role in Tropic Thunder is considered a "cameo" but he seemed to be quite integral to the film and seemed to be in more than just a brief walk-on role.
Interestingly enough, I feel very much the same way for Willem Dafoe in the second and third Spidey movies, as well as James Caan in the final scene in The Godfather Part II. Just seemed "right" that those scenes would be in the story that the films were trying to tell, rather than "Hey, look who we brought back from the dead!"
Also, how do we handle cameos from persons who were famous at one time in their lives, but clearly time has long since forgotten them. Thinking right now about Yankee Doodle Dandy which features Jimmy Cagney's George M. Cohan conversing with Eddie Foy, Jr. playing his late father in a brief scene. Could that be considered a cameo even though no one today probably would know Eddie Foy (both Sr and Jr) from Joe Foy (an old 3rd baseman for the Mets in 1970).
Interestingly enough, Eddie Foy's life was made into a biopic starring Bob Hope, but the only reason why I watched it was to see Jimmy Cagney's cameo, reprising the role of George M!
And how can "before they became famous" brief walk-on roles be handled? Probably the biggest I can think of right now is Boo Radley of To Kill A Mockingbird being portrayed by Robert Duvall in his first feature ever.
Eh, this is an interesting topic...well I think so any way! = But I guess it is too broad (and way too much research would need to be done) to be tackled on a podcast.