Actors spotted in smaller/uncredited roles

kippaxwarrior said:
Interesting fact about Fords role in Apocalypse Now. He was indeed named after George Lucas as him a Francis Ford Coppola are very good friends.

Lucas recommended him to Coppola after Lucas directed him in American Graffiti. Filming of Apocalypse Now starting in March 1976 and Ford's scene was one of first to be shot. Ford went off to film Star Wars 6 months later. Star Wars was released in 1977 but due to production issues Apocalypse Now wasn't released until 1979.

Audiences was confused to see Ford in such a small role when by then he was a global superstar!!
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Also a good Ford fact the scar on his chin which we see been caused by a whip in the young Indiana jones chronicles was caused by a carpentery accident in real life which is what Ford used to do before he made it big.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
The Thin Red Line is the worst for that. All of these megastars desperate to work with Terrence Malick and the studio presumably wanting them in the film, but he just wants some unknown lead. So you end up with weird stuff like George Clooney just showing up for a random scene.
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Awful film came out around same time as the superior Saving Private Ryan
 
johnnytapia said:
You must be an aficionado of Talking Sopranos ;-)
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Did you take my advice and rewatch the series and listening to the podcast after each episode?? It adds a lot and they were able to get some really great interviews. They got everybody which says a lot about them that they got everyone to come on!!
 
One for the FOCs.

The actor, who plays Dylan in the Porridge episode, "A Day Out," became Chief Inspector Japp in Poirot.

Philip Jackson.
 
kippaxwarrior said:
He was. The story is the actor who was supposed to audition with Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill didn't turn up and as luck would have it Ford was on the building doing a bit of carpentry work.

Lucas knew him because he had a bit part in American Graffiti so he asked Ford if if could fill in which he agreed and the rest is history
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That’s a brilliant story.
 
The bloke who plays the DJ near the end of Paul Calf’s Video Diary (Have ya got Into the Valley by The Skids? Musclebound, Spandau Ballet?), is Vincent Regan, who’s been in loads of stuff since, but best-known as a gladiatorial beefcake-type in Troy and 300.
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