It’s always exciting to see our favorite stars pop up unexpectedly in movies, but some cameos are so subtle that audiences might not even clock who they are before their time on screen has come to an end. This can happen through secret cameos where actors don’t even show their faces, or simply brief appearances that came so far out of left field nobody was prepared for them.

The wealth of subtle movie cameos includes major franchises like Star Wars and The Hobbit , as well as auteur-driven cinema from the Coen brothers and Quentin Tarantino. Eagle-eyed viewers who recognized these cameos on first watch can give themselves a pat on the back because they represent some of the most unexpected guest appearances cinema has ever seen.

Daniel Craig In Star Wars: The Force Awakens (

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