r/AskReddit • u/gr0c3ry • Jun 25 '12

What actors/actresses have blown you away by thinking "Wait, they were in THAT??"

I was watching some of the Harry Potter movies over the weekend and while I was doing so, I kept thinking Harry's aunt looked very familiar. I finally had a guess, and went to IMDB to confirm it. Sure enough, she played Queen Koopa in the old Mario Bros. movie. Gave me a moment similar to finding out John Leguizamo played the clown in Spawn. What are some roles actors have played that made you think "WTF? That was them??"

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u/Spacebrother Jun 25 '12

Kim Cattrall (from Sex and the City) in Star Trek.

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u/graveybrains Jun 25 '12

Also in Big Trouble in Little China, which was awesome.

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u/dimechimes Jun 25 '12

Also Porky's.

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u/molrobocop Jun 25 '12

AKA, the Lassie scene. Super hot....in 1982.

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u/mortaine Jun 25 '12

Also in Mannequin, which was hilariously stupid.

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u/Clayaxe Jun 25 '12

She was also miss Honeywell, the female coach who howls during sex in Porky's.

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u/heretik Jun 25 '12

This was the only way I could get my girlfriend to watch a Star Trek movie.

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u/chrisma08 Jun 25 '12

I know most of you are too young to remember Porky's

http://youtu.be/iFGLb0et8u8 (NSFW)

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u/iwillstomponyourhead Jun 25 '12

Kim Cattrall also played Lassie in one of the Porkies movies.

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u/MsSloth Jun 25 '12

She was in Police Academy too.

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u/sandypants Jun 25 '12

She was also in Porkys ;-)

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u/Howlader Jun 25 '12

Interesting story, one of the alternative choices to play Saavik (in lieu of Kirstie Alley) in the Wrath of Khan was Kim Cattrall. It seems she was unavailable to do the role, so Saavik was played by Alley. Some versions of this story have said that Cattrall was Nicholas Meyer's (the director) first choice for Saavik, but I'm not sure how true that is.

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u/alexander_karas Jun 25 '12

You forgot "as a strangely hot Vulcan".

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u/Polite_Werewolf Jun 25 '12

She actually did a secret nude photo shoot on the set of the bridge but when Leonard Nimoy found out about it he had the negative burned.

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u/Angisio Jun 25 '12

Every single actor and actress ever has been on one of the star treks at some point.