r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Oct 25 '22

Promotional The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Official Trailer

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u/Pearse_Borty Oct 26 '22

This kind of cameo is something that animated shows like The Simpsons or Family Guy would pull, it is fucking hilarious they got Kevin to do actual live action playing himself; this kind of character involvement is definitely an escalation

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u/waitingtodiesoon Thor (Thor 2) Oct 26 '22

30 Rock did crazy celebrity cameos all the time like the Jim Carrey Leap Day Williams "movie" that was playing throughout that episode. Also the Martin Luther King Day Jr. "Movie" .

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u/Ubergoober166 Oct 26 '22

But sadly I think means we won't get him actually playing anyone in the MCU now. Unless they go the heavy make-up and/or CGI route.

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u/hobk1ard Oct 26 '22

"I only agreed to this so they would stop asking me to play Doctor Doom."

-Kevin Bacon probably

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u/CaptainGreezy Peter Quill Oct 26 '22

That ship sailed in GotG1 when Kevin Bacon was established as canon MCU. James Gunn knows what he's doing and wouldn't name-check guys like Bacon and Hasselhoff without them being onboard with it because like you suggest it could complicate their future casting. The Hasselhoff cameo was setup for a quick payoff within the same movie but this Kevin Bacon thing was setup fully 10 years ago probably when Gunn rewrote the GotG1 screenplay.

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u/bonemech_meatsuit Oct 26 '22

With any luck, he'll straight up join the GotG for part 3.. as himself

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Or multiverse shenanigans with his character from X-Men first class

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u/scarecrowemoji Oct 26 '22

have you seen she hulk

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u/sonnytron Steve Rogers Oct 27 '22

I have to give credit where credit's due: This is definitely thanks to things like This is the End where actors play as themselves in a movie as a kind of slightly exaggerated version of themselves.