Jennifer Lopez has made an unexpected return to the Anaconda franchise with a surprise appearance in the new reboot starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, directed by Tom Gormican. The movie is the sixth installment of the 'Anaconda' series and was released on December 25.
The singer and actress, who played Terri Flores in the original ‘Anaconda’ (1997), appears briefly in the new film in a cameo that was not announced ahead of time. Her scene happens near the end of the movie and plays on her celebrity status and not on her original character.
Fans online were enthusiastic about the surprise appearance. Indeed, a cameo by a well-known star offers up a wonderful surprise for moviegoers, especially if their role is uncredited.
Legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock realized the attraction of the cameo as early as 1928, the year he started making fleeting appearances in his own pictures. The late Stan Lee of Marvel Comics fame made a fine art out of the cameo and is seen, albeit briefly, in various guises in many of the Marvel movies. Some authors and musicians have also also been captured in cameo appearances, their blink-and-miss-it performances often only spotted by those with the keenest of eyes.
So, can you name the celebrities who've made cameo appearances in your favorite films?
Click through and see who you can spot!