Cameo Bits: Bill Hader’s Voice, Anthony Weiner In ‘Alpha House’, Two For ‘22 Jump Street’
SNLalumBill Haderhas been a top-billed voice performer in the past, as forCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and he’s physically shown up in cameo roles here and there, too. In one current film, however, Hader has a super-brief vocal appearance. Hit the jump for more about his tiny appearance in the film in question, plus details on Anthony Weiner’s impending cameo inAlpha Houseand some of the surprises22 Jump Streethas in store for us.
Potential spoilers for all three films follow.
Scarlett Johansson’s getting all the attention for her voice-only role as lively, sexy Samantha inHer, but she’s not the only disembodied performer in the movie. Bill Hader can also be heard, briefly, in one early scene. But don’t feel bad if you don’t notice. Hader says his own father didn’t know it was him, either.
“I took my dad to go see it and he didn’t know I was in it until the credits started rolling,” recounted the actor.
Hader’s voice can be heard during a scene in which Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) is looking for a phone sex partner. The comedian plays a man pretending to be a woman, but Theodore rejects him and moves on to a different character voiced byKristen Wiig. Hader recounted his father’s reaction to the news that his son had been in the movie.
He was like, ‘Wait a minute, wait a minute — which one were you?’ I was like, ‘It’s fast and I sound like a woman. But that was me.’ And then we got the screener at home and watched it again and heagainsaid, ‘Wait, who were you? What were you?’ It’s easy to miss, but just to be associated with such a phenomenal film … like, I got in the car [after recording] and called my wife and went, ‘I just got directed by Spike Jonze!’ It was so cool.
Hader’s right — it is pretty cool, even if his own family couldn’t recognize his voice. After all, he got to be in aSpike Jonzemovie, which is more than most of us will ever be able to say. [Vulture]
Anthony Weiner’s inability to keep it in his pants may have stalled his political career, but it looks like he’ll be able to leverage his infamy into a TV role. Or a cameo, at least.
The former congressman is set to cameo in the season finale ofAlpha House, Amazon’s political comedy series starringJohn Goodmanas one of four U.S. senators living together in D.C. Weiner isn’t the only big name popping up in the episode, either. Former GOP headMichael Steele, CNN analystJeffrey Toobin, and former NBC News anchorTom Brokaware also set to pop up, along withBill Murrayas a jailed senator. [TheWrap]
Of the many hilarious moments in21 Jump Street, one of the most memorable was a cameo appearance by originalJump StreetvetJohnny Depp. Now,22 Jump Streetis trying to measure up to its predecessor with a couple fun surprises of its own.
One, which we’vealready coveredhere, is an appearance byRichard Grieco, who served time alongside Depp on theJump Streetseries. The other is a small role byBrad Pitt. Which seems kind of random until you realize that he, too, is technically a21 Jump Streetalum — he played Peter in the episode “Best Years of Your Life,” early in his career.
There aren’t many details at this point on what either man will be doing in the movie, which is probably just as well. Part of what made Depp’s cameo work was that he showed up somewhere totally unexpected. Anyway, keep your eyes peeled when22 Jump StreetopensJune 13. [Radar Online]
