Thursday Movie Picks: Actors Playing Themselves

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This week's theme from Wandering Through The Shelves is an interesting one...actors playing themselves! This was a tough one, nothing came to mind right away, but when I gave it more thought, my choices became much easier. 


1) Margot Robbie - The Big Short: This is a movie I've been meaning to re-watch and its first of a few celebrity cameos was easily the most memorable. 


2) Bob Barker - Happy Gilmore: The price is wrong, bitch!


3) Neil Patrick Harris - Harold and Kumar go to White Castle: NPH is everywhere nowadays but when this film was released, it easily had to be one of the most random things ever.

Comments

  1. BirgitSeptember 9, 2021 at 7:31 AM

    I, too, want to rewatch The Big Short because I don’t remember her in it or much of anything from this film but I know I liked it. Happy Gilmore is so stupid, well it stars Adam Sandler so..duh..lol. I had fun watching this movie and Bob Barker was funny in it. I have not seen the last film at all.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 9, 2021 at 2:33 PM

      Happy Gilmore IS stupid lol. It's been a while since I've rewatched it.

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  2. joel65913September 9, 2021 at 11:09 AM

    I've seen all three but don't remember Margot Robbie in Big Short. I didn't care for Harold & Kumar very much but NPH's segment of the film was one of the funnier bits. Bob Barker's cameo in Happy Gilmore is brilliance! I liked that film far more than I expected to, it's no Wedding Singer but it's still one of my favorite Sandler movies.

    I had some trouble with this too but did manage to remember three that I thought worked well.

    Airplane! -Kareem Abdul Jabar (1980)-Wacky spoof of disaster movies and in particular the 1957 Dana Andrews/Linda Darnell film Zero Hour! Kareem plays himself though for some reason he’s pretending to be co-pilot Roger Murdock leading to many puns.

    Wings of Desire-Peter Falk (1987)-Dreamy and cerebral fantasy from Wim Wenders about two angels, Damiel & Cassiel who float above Berlin offering rays of hope for the downtrodden without their knowledge. When Damiel falls for trapeze artist Marion and longs for a non-spectral existence he is given some unexpected advice from Peter Falk (as himself) who harbors a secret unknown to all.

    Zoolander-David Bowie (2001)-In this loony satire of the male modeling industry the legendary Bowie appears as the judge of a fashion runway “walk-off” between Ben Stiller’s Derek Zoolander and Owen Wilson’s rival male model Hansel McDonald.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 9, 2021 at 2:33 PM

      Wings of Desire is the only one of yours I haven't seen. Airplane! and Zoolander are classics, but I like Airplane! a lot more.

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  3. thevoid99September 9, 2021 at 4:21 PM

    Ah, those are 3 great films and those appearances are awesome. Who knew Bob Barker was a bad ass? Plus, I love seeing NPH as a drug-addicted psychopath. Even in the third film as his husband in reality is really his drug dealer. "Fuck Fred Savage"

    You have to see Wings of Desire, it is a great film and it will remind you exactly why City of Angels is a fucking piece of shit remake.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 10, 2021 at 6:17 AM

      I fell asleep during the 3rd Harold and Kumar so I remember nothing from it lol

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  4. Often Off TopicSeptember 10, 2021 at 6:25 AM

    I really need to watch The Big Short again. The first time I concentrated way too hard on trying to actually understand the financial parts.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 11, 2021 at 6:34 AM

      Oh I know, there was so much information in it. I need to watch again.

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  5. SaraSeptember 10, 2021 at 8:53 AM

    I watched The Big Short but I cannot remember Margot! lol Bob Barker is a fantastic pick!

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  6. Sonia CercaSeptember 10, 2021 at 10:12 AM

    Margot Robbie's cameo in The Big Short is one of the few things I liked about the film. I've been meaning to rewatch it though to see if I still feel the same.

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  7. DellSeptember 10, 2021 at 8:23 PM

    NPH is pure gold in Harold & Kumar. That's such a great call!

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    1. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 11, 2021 at 6:33 AM

      He was. I never watched his old TV show so that was the first time I really saw him in anything memorable.

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  8. GetterSeptember 11, 2021 at 1:53 AM

    Such cool picks, like.. small but memorable. Even though I can't really remember any of them hahaha. I think I haven't even seen the last one. Whoops. :D

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  9. KatySeptember 11, 2021 at 4:30 PM

    Nice picks! The most I remember about The Big Short is Ryan's monologue and that terrible fake tan. lol But the celebrity cameos were a nice touch. And that second gif is classic.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamSeptember 11, 2021 at 8:39 PM

      Ryan was good in it but yes that tan was...something lol

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  10. ThePunkTheorySeptember 18, 2021 at 4:46 AM

    Ooooh I completely forgot about Margot Robbie!

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