i loved you in...part 2

Sorry for the delay in getting to part 2 of this topic going, but with the holidays, you know how it is. Anyway, thanks for all the comments that were posted on part 1. There were some good ones. The Nic Cage one was excellent. So I said Tom Cruise was my next one. And while there were some good ones in the comments like "Taps" and "Endless Love." The "Endless Love" suggestion was truely great since you have to click the "more" link on imdb to get to Tom's role. I can't give "Taps" too much credit since Tom now appears on the movie cover.


I still think I have the winner since the one I have is an uncredited role in a blockbuster movie. Talk about low man on the totem pole. Do you still get paid if your role doesn't show up in the credits or on imdb.com? Anyway, since it is uncredited, I had to actually skim through and watch the movie to take a couple screen prints on my PC to show here. 

So without further ado, I present Tom Cruise in the 1984 blockbuster movie..."The Karate Kid"



Shown here thinking...."I can't believe I took this role." or "Damn, that Billy Zabka is one good looking dude"




And here clearly not paying attention to his sensei









So there you have it...Former biggest movie star in the world and now running punchline for a number of jokes, Tom Cruise in "The Karate Kid." Off to find the next example of "I loved you in..."

i loved you in...part 1

So this is a post that I have been wanting to write for quite a while now that could turn into a recurring "game" on this here blog. It's called "I loved you in..." The premise is that if I were ever to meet any of the celebrities mentioned here in real life, I would say "Oh, [celebrity], I loved you in [small bit part from early in his/her career]" while that person would probably think you were going to mention his or her most popular role. Obviously the bigger the role that made the celebrity the most famous combined with the smallest bit part he/she had to play early on in his or her career the better.

For example, the first celebrity that got me thinking of this little game was Billy Zane (pictured) of Titanic fame. (Man, I can't even type Titanic without that terrible Celine Dion song popping into my head) So after Titanic, Billy Zane was "king of the world" so to speak having turned in a nice performance as the a-hole fiancee of Kate Winslet. Behold, exhibit A:

Kate: "Half the people on this ship are going to die"
Billy: "Not the better half"

Total a-hole.

So after this film, Billy's star could not have been higher. Relating him to our little game here, if I were to run into Billy Zane I would say "Oh, hey Billy Zane. How are you? I just wanted to let you know that I absolutely loved your work in both Back to the Future and Back to the Future II (where he played one of Biff Tannen's buddies)! You really inspired me to become and actor after those performances."

I just think that would be really funny. You know as I started saying "I loved you in..." he would be all "this dude is totally going to commend me on my work in that file that scored 11 oscars, most of them probably because of my acting." But instead I'd be all "you ain't famous" by mentioning his two appearances in one of the most beloved trilogies of all time, in which he had a non-speaking role and a character name of "Match." Barely even a background person. Anytime you have to watch a movie twice to make sure that "yea, that was Billy Zane wasn't it!" you know it's a bit part.

So what do you think? Good game?

I hope so, because I recently found one that blows the Billy Zane one out of the water. Here's a hint.