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Kevin O'Leary, Gwyneth Paltrow, Timothée Chalamet and Odessa A'zion attend the premiere of ‘Marty Supreme’ at Regal Times Square on Dec. 16, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Cameos in Marty Supreme ask audiences to dig deeper

Joceline Andersen, Thompson Rivers University

Finding a famous face in an unexpected place is strangely thrilling, and cameos in Marty Supreme and other films are part of the art of casting.
The grotesque excesses of stardom in ‘Sunset Boulevard’ showed a truth captured by cameos: celebrities are best in small doses. (Paramount Pictures)

A brief history of celebrity cameos, from ‘Sunset Boulevard’ to ‘Eurovision Song Contest’

Joceline Andersen, Thompson Rivers University

Billy Wilder’s 1950 classic noir , ‘Sunset Boulevard,’ blurred boundaries between reality and fiction through casting. Recognizing cameos makes viewers feel we’re part of the film’s story.

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