Friday, January 16, 2009
Who was that guy who was in that movie about the thing?
by Anonymous at 12:06 PM
When I was watching Mannequin the other night (still don’t judge me), I noticed that the antagonist, well one of them, was James Spader. I forgot that he was in that, which makes sense because it didn’t really look like him. He definitely looked a lot different in Mannequin than he did in Pretty in Pink. I got to thinking about other movies where I was shocked to learn who one of the actors was. For instance:
- One of Biff’s friends in Back to the Future is Billy Zane.
- The villainous nerdy kid from Road Trip is Daryl from Adventures in Babysitting. "Ya think?"
- Connie, the mom from Son in Law, is also Ferris’s mom. I found this one out by questioning how two "different" actresses can have the same name. Wasn't that against union rules? Oh yeah I'm a smart one.
- Ronald Miller’s little brother is Seth Green.
- Siggy from What About Bob is the "beer has gone bad" guy from Can’t Hardly Wait.
Can you think of more that shocked you when you first learned/realized it?
Rusty from Christmas Vacation was David in Roseanne and is now Leonard in Big Bang Theory.
Roy from The Office was the tight end in The Replacements.
Chris Farley played an extra in an episode of Roseanne. You can see him in the background of a clothing store where roseanne and jackie are shopping.
This one still gets me: Katherine Heigl is the girl from "My Father the Hero."
i can't believe you missed Jerry O'Connell as Vern in Stand by Me... haha he was so fat.
Jerms, read this