WHAT IS A CAMEO ROLE IN A MOVIE? (In the Entertainment industry.)

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WHAT IS A CAMEO ROLE IN A MOVIE? (In the Entertainment industry.)  

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What is a cameo role in a movie?

A Cameo is just a short appearance by a well-known actor, often just for fun. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance or voice part of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly either appearances in a work in which they hold some special significance (such as actors from an original movie appearing in its remake) or renowned people making unaccredited appearances. Short appearances by celebrities, film directors, politicians, athletes or musicians are common. A crew member of the movie or show playing a minor role can be referred to as a cameo as well, such as Alfred Hitchcock's frequently performed cameos.

For instance. If you ever saw any of the recent Marvel films, Stan Lee makes a Cameo in all of them. Though now that he has died, people are winding which upcoming Marvel film will be the first one without him. Typically, an unaccredited role by a well-known celebrity.

Originally (1920s) "cameo role" meant "a small character part that stands out from the other minor parts". The Oxford English Dictionary connects this with the meaning "a short literary sketch or portrait", which is based on the literal meaning of "cameo", a miniature carving on a gemstone. More recently (late 20th century), "cameo" has come to refer to any short appearances, as a character, such as the examples below.

Cameos are generally not credited because of their brevity, or a perceived mismatch between the celebrity's stature and the film or television series in which they are appearing. Many are publicity stunts. Others are acknowledgments of an actor's contribution to an earlier work, as in the case of many film adaptations of television series, or of remakes of earlier films. Others honor artists or celebrities known for work in a particular field.

Possibly the best-known series of cameos was by Alfred Hitchcock, who made very brief appearances in most of his films.

Cameos also occur in novels and other literary works. "Literary cameos" usually involve an established character from another work who makes a brief appearance to establish a shared universe setting, to make a point, or to offer homage. Balzac often employed this practice, as in his Comédie humaine. Sometimes a cameo features a historical person who "drops in" on fictional characters in a historical novel, as when Benjamin Franklin shares a beer with Phillipe Charboneau in The Bastard by John Jakes.

A cameo appearance can be made by the author of a work to put a sort of personal "signature" on a story. Vladimir Nabokov often put himself in his novels, for instance as the very minor character Vivian Darkbloom (an anagram of his name) in Lolita.

Other reasons that this is usually done is marketing. If you make a movie but can't pay a big-name actor full time then you might be able to get a cameo. This allows you to put that actor's name on the movie and raises the visibility of that movie.

Another reason might be the cameo is someone deeply involved with the writing or directing of the movie, but is not an actual actor.

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