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Maybe I was wrong, there just seemed to be enough similarity to get me thinking it might be her.
I remember someone mentioning that in the Dr Who story The Hand Of Fear there was an extra who looked a lot like Steve Coogan, but it can't be him as he would have been only 11 at the time.
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quote:Originally posted by Richard1978: I've just been watching Meet Me In St Louis & during the Trolly Song I noticed that one of the passengers looked a bit like a young Angela Lansbury. I can't any reference on IMDb but it's possible she was an uncredited extra. The character in question is dressed in light blue with blonde pleats, in case you have a copy to check this up on.
You meanthis girl in the blue and white hat, left of center? There's a strong resemblance, but I don't think it's Angela Lansbury. Here's a couple photos of Angela Lansbury from about the same time period. She had somewhat large, pretty eyes when she was young. The girl's eyes, in Meet Me in St. Louis, seem rather small in comparison. On the right
quote:Originally posted by robbiev427: ...I realized not long ago that Captain Smith from Titanic is the same guy that played King Theoden in LOTR: ROTK.
I didn't notice it until someone pointed it out to me, but I wasn't a huge LOTR fan.[/URL]
And while I didn't spot him in Titanic, I recognized Theoden as Shirley Valentine's husband.
quote:Originally posted by Ramblin' Dave: In a shoe-on-the-other foot sort of case...I was a big fan of the Disney flick Flight of the Navigator when I was a kid. I haven't seen it since I was 14 or so, but I have since heard Sarah Jessica Parker was in it.
Of course, I now know what she looked like back then anyway, since my ex made me watch Footloose with her last summer.
Yup. There's a pic here. She was the cleaning lady who was in to Twisted Sister and had pink bits in her hair.
You know, I remember that scene ("Twisted Sister is a he! Or a they...") and when I first heard she was in it, that character was my best guess. It just seemed to fit her best, at least of what I could remember.
I, too, liked "Ed" although I wasn't a regular viewer. I did see it now and then, which is why I'm surprised I don't remember Ginnifer Godwin being in it. Here's hoping it does turn up on DVD.
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I didn't recognize Ashley Judd in the Star Trek: TNG episodes "Darmok" and "The Game" until I was looking at her IMDB profile and noticed the credits. It's not that she was in makeup - it just didn't register while she was on screen.
Mark me down as another who didn't recognize Gary Oldman as Gordan in "Batman Begins". I thought he was just a really good unknown until the credits.
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quote:Originally posted by Tootsie Plunkette: And while I didn't spot him in Titanic, I recognized Theoden as Shirley Valentine's husband.
That was HIM???
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Try watching The Boys From The Blackstuff, I never realised Bernard Hill was both Yosser Hughes & Theoden until recently.
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Until I saw it mentioned in another thread, I never realized the young blonde girl in Addams Family Values was the same actress who played Harmony in the Buffy and Angel television series. Of course, now it is completely obvious to me and I don't know how I never recognized her. Just talented, I guess.
Tim Curry in Stephen King's "It" had me scratching my head for a little bit until I placed the voice. I'm sure if "Legend" had not been the second film I saw that featured Tim Curry (the first, I believe, was "Annie"), then I would have spent a lot of time wondering who was playing the devil character. Instead I see movies with Tim Curry and think, "Hey, it's that guy from 'Legend'". . .
quote:Originally posted by Macheath: Until I saw it mentioned in another thread, I never realized the young blonde girl in Addams Family Values was the same actress who played Harmony in the Buffy and Angel television series. Of course, now it is completely obvious to me and I don't know how I never recognized her. Just talented, I guess.
Most obvious in the play scene in series 4's closer "Restless", where she delivers her onstage lines in the same manner as she does in the play in the film.
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I just had another moment today. I watched the original Buffy: The Vampire Slayer with my middle daughter today, and suddenly realized that the ineffectual principal was also Milton from Office Space.
I guess he used his red stapler to hold all those detention slips together...
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For me and a roommate, it was Charles Napier.
We're watching a marathon of old Star Trek episodes... and that silly "space hippie" episode comes on. He was watching Adam singing "yea... brother..." and suddenly jumped up and yelled, "London NFBSKing England!!!!!" ...
He had recognized that Napier, almost 30 years later, played Commander Gilmour in "Austin Powers"... you know the guy. "Pack my overnight bag, I'm going to London England!" "...and Rogers... feed my fish?"
The same guy played a military commander in DS9's "Little Green Men"...
But ever since then whenever he suddenly recognized someone he'd say triumphantly, "London NFBSKing England!"
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quote:Originally posted by Malruhn: I just had another moment today. I watched the original Buffy: The Vampire Slayer with my middle daughter today, and suddenly realized that the ineffectual principal was also Milton from Office Space.
*AND* the boss from Newsradio.
Johnny "have you seen my stapler?" Slick
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And Stephen Root was the blind record producer in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
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Both Nikki Cox and Kirsten Dunst appeared while children as non-humans on Star Trek: The Next Generation
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quote:Originally posted by gnome: He had recognized that Napier, almost 30 years later, played Commander Gilmour in "Austin Powers"... you know the guy. "Pack my overnight bag, I'm going to London England!" "...and Rogers... feed my fish?"
quote:Originally posted by Joe Bentley: Both Nikki Cox and Kirsten Dunst appeared while children as non-humans on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Oh my God. I did not know that. That's really odd.
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When Ma and I were watching Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, I don't know how far into it before Ma leaned over and said, "Hey! I think that's Guy!" (From Galaxy Quest) When I got home, I went on IMDb to make sure. Then I said, "Oh, crap! He's the Bill Gates wannabe from Charlie's Angels, too!" (Which meant nothing to her, since she hadn't watched it a billion times like me.) Plus he was in Matchstick Men, which we both enjoyed.
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quote:Originally posted by Joe Bentley: Both Nikki Cox and Kirsten Dunst appeared while children as non-humans on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Oh my God. I did not know that. That's really odd.
In fact the Star Trek franchise in general probably has the most per capita "I know that person from somewhere" moments both because of their use of elaborate make-up and/or costumes which makes recognizes actors slightly more difficult and their habit of re-using the same actor in multiple roles.
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Here's a weird one: My husband and I were watching The Manhattan Project the other day and I realized the girlfriend (Jenny) was Cynthia Nixon. I kept thinking I had seen the boy (Paul) in something but I couldn't place it. When the movie was almost over I excitedly told my husband that I thought he was the same actor who played on The Cosby Show as Theo's friend, the one with cancer that Theo visits in the hospital. After the movie was over I confirmed this on IMDB.
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quote:Originally posted by gnome: He had recognized that Napier, almost 30 years later, played Commander Gilmour in "Austin Powers"... you know the guy. "Pack my overnight bag, I'm going to London England!" "...and Rogers... feed my fish?"
I remembered that as Airplane. Oops.
They probably stole the idea from Airplane. "Tell the milkman, NO MORE CHEESE!"
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Embarrassingly I must admit that I didn't realise that House was Hugh Laurie until I saw him on some awards show and he spoke with his natural accent, myself and the gf both said "holy crap House is British" than it hit me "oh yeah Fry and Laurie"
*smacks head*
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In an episode of Babylon 5, it took me a while to recognise one of the Minbari as Guy Siner (Gruber from Allo Allo).
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When I saw Leo Fitzpatrick on "The Wire" playing Johnny the basehead, it took me forever to recognize him as Telly from "Kids." Then, one I realized it, it seemed like a logical extension of his character from that movie.
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Guy Siner was also General Ravon in The Dr Who story Genesis Of The Daleks, along with Hillary Minster (Allo Allo's General Von Klinkerhoffen) in another role.
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Kind of an opposite reaction, but I remember in college, when I watched "Another World", and in a voice over, the show announced that the character of so-and-so (can't recall the character's name right now) would now be played by Kathleen Turner. And I've been following her career ever since.
Now, I'll try to recall a similar "That was HER?!?!" moment.
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OK, here's one: In "Being Julia", the old guy who gives Julia advice (he's her old acting mentor, who's dead) looks like a deranged Benjamin Franklin to me. But it's actually Michael Gambon - the current Prof. Dumbledore from the Harry Potter films. I was watching (again) Being Julia the other night and saw his name in the end credits and went "Ohhhh, that's who that is!".
I remember being impressed with the caustic Brit on the airplane with Rachel in the Friends' episode where she's flying to London for Ross' wedding. Then when I saw him on "House", I immediately recognized him as Hugh Laurie.
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quote:Originally posted by Richard1978: Guy Siner was also General Ravon in The Dr Who story Genesis Of The Daleks, along with Hillary Minster (Allo Allo's General Von Klinkerhoffen) in another role.
They also both appeared in Secret Army (as did Richard Marner), the series that Allo Allo parodied.
Watching the repeats of Secret Army recently, I was surprised to see Terrence Hardiman (The Demon Headmaster) as Major Reinhardt. ETA And John Ratzenberger as a Canadian soldier.
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quote:Originally posted by TrishDaDish: Definately Sam Rockwell.
When Ma and I were watching Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, I don't know how far into it before Ma leaned over and said, "Hey! I think that's Guy!" (From Galaxy Quest) When I got home, I went on IMDb to make sure. Then I said, "Oh, crap! He's the Bill Gates wannabe from Charlie's Angels, too!" (Which meant nothing to her, since she hadn't watched it a billion times like me.) Plus he was in Matchstick Men, which we both enjoyed.
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I just crapped my pants. I checked IMDB and realized that Guy Fleegman (Rockwell) was Wild Bill in The Green Mile!! What a HORRID person Wild Bill was! Bravo, Guy Fleegman, you plucky comic relief you!! (Galaxy Quest is one of my family's favorite flicks!!)
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William Forsythe is another one. I've seen Dick Tracy a dozen times, it being the only film other then Sin City to accurately capture the look of a comic book on screen, but I had no idea he was Flattop.
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Not quite the right thread, but not enough of a hijack, and I don't think we need another "before they were famous" thread right now. I've just got photographic proof of one.
Many people watch Lost. Many people think Kate is amazingly pretty. Not so many people watch slasher films. Those of us who do notice the background extras. Yes, Evangeline Lilly was in Freddy Vs. Jason as the "magic extra" who appears at both ends of a school hallway at once.
Don't believe me? Suit yourself...
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Hey thats the same expression she always has on Lost. You know when she's being pensive and deep.
Trollface what the hell did you do to the width of the forum?
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quote:Originally posted by Monkster: Embarrassingly I must admit that I didn't realise that House was Hugh Laurie until I saw him on some awards show and he spoke with his natural accent, myself and the gf both said "holy crap House is British" than it hit me "oh yeah Fry and Laurie"
I've seen a couple of episodes of House, and it's rather amusing to have Hugh Laurie being Mr Hard Man American Doctor, and then in an advert break he's doing an oh-so-amusing voiceover for nappies...
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The intelligent, educated, and boring feminist on Just Shoot Me (Maya) is the drug using prostitue Kat (Julia Robert's roomate) in Pretty Woman.
Also, Brittany Murphy from 8 Mile, Little Black Book, etc. was also Ty in Clueless!
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