The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke to Franco Nero, the actor who made his name playing the spaghetti western hero “Django.” In the recent movie “Django Unchained,” Nero made a nice cameo appearance talking to Jamie Foxx’s Django bar as a two-shot joint. It marked a great moment for the actor, when Quentin Tarantino was able to convince him to appear in the film that bore his legendary title.
This is not the first time that the original actor returns to play a classic character. Here are other instances where new movies have inspired people.
“21
In 2012, Channing Tatum and Jonah-hill starred in the big screen remake of “21st Street Jump.” The film takes place in the present day and is played by two young cops assigned to a long-standing schism, who are tasked with infiltrating a high school to stop crime. Of course, the original television series starred Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise. In one of the new film’s most exciting moments, two members of a biker gang reveal themselves to be undercover agents and help young officers. It turns out that Depp and DeLuise are playing the same characters, years later in their lives. Not only did it combine two properties, but it was a huge fan favorite.
“Invasion of the Body of Raptors”
This cameo was not only a great look at the original movie, but it also happened in a perfect scene. In the original “Invasion of the Body Raptors” Kevin McCarthy was a man trying to convince aliens to take over the world in the beginning, in the bodies of his old friends and loved ones. In the 1978 remake, starring Donald Sutherland, he is still running, trying to convince her to listen to him and pushing against Sutherland’s car asking him to listen to her. 22 years later and she’s still looking for help.
“Dawn of the Dead”
Three of the original actors from George Romero’s “Dawn of the Dead” made cameos in Zack Snyder’s 2004 remake. The first was Ken Foree, who portrayed a television evangelist in the Reformation. The other was Scott Reiniger, who was leading the army, who ordered everyone to stay inside for their own safety. And the best cameo was by Tom Savini. In the original film, Savini not only led the motorcycle gang that burst into the shopping mall, unleashing zombies, but also designed all the zombie movie effects and later “Night of the Living Dead” reformed itself. In the remake of “Dawn of the Dead,” he plays a sheriff who explains how to kill zombies by shooting them in the head. Nobody knows better.
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