Who plays a movie? “Actors, ” you say, and you will be absolutely right. However, not only professional actors play in films. Representatives of other professions may appear in films, no less famous than the most famous actors. You yourself can easily recall many such examples. This technique is called a cameo.
Cameo and its varieties
A cameo (from English cameo - episodic) is the appearance of a famous person in a movie, theater, or, for example, in a video game. As the name suggests, this role is most often episodic. Guest stars can play both ordinary characters and themselves.
Cameo is an artistic technique used by many directors. The same word refers to the roles themselves.
The term "cameo" was coined by producer Michael Todd.
Popularly directed cameo. Many directors love to shoot themselves in their films. So do not be surprised if you are at the next premiere, for example, Quentin Tarantino suddenly see the director’s familiar face in the frame. This will mean that you saw another cameo.
No less often, famous actors appear in episodes of films and TV shows, often in the role of themselves. How to distinguish this from a simple episodic role? It is important to keep in mind the scale of the individual. If the actor has long been known and starred in many famous films, then his episodic appearance, especially not in the most large-scale film, should be taken as a cameo.
It’s not easy to star in episodes that invite different celebrities: athletes, singers, television presenters, politicians, etc. It is enough to recall, for example, the films "Brother" and "Brother-2." In this famous dilogy, the audience saw in the role of themselves many famous people - from Vyacheslav Butusov to Irina Saltykova and Valdis Pelsh.
