The mention of Rowetta in 24HPP made me think of Coogan, Brydon and a few others iirc all appearing both in character and as plausible versions of 'themselves' in A Cock And Bull Story.
― nashwan, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:37 (three years ago) link
not a movie but the latest Tim Heidecker special is sort of this, albeit in a very strange and meta way. Tim Heidecker is "Tim Heidecker", an offshoot of his "Tim Heidecker" On Cinema character, who then later comes out as "Tim Heidecker" to play a couple of songs, though he sometimes lapses into his ""Tim Heidecker"" persona from the rest of the special???
― frogbs, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:38 (three years ago) link
THe Trip is Coogan in a semi fictionalised form alongside Rob Brydon in similar not 100% the real him guise innit.
― Stevolende, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
"I'm not gonna bury another Batman""How many Batmans have you buried?"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:44 (three years ago) link
That's a good example of something that comes close. They're playing themselves sort of as sightly heightened versions of themselves, and while it's a fictional scenario, is a very mildly fictional scenario. Versus This is the End, where they are indeed very heightened versions of themselves but in a totally insane scenario. Or even a TV show like extras, with Kate Winslet or Danielle Radcliffe playing themselves, but sort of ridiculous ott versions of themselves.Now, if The Trip were recreating an actual trip the two took, that would nail it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
I mean are you looking for home videos
― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:46 (three years ago) link
No! Just the actual people playing themselves as themselves in a real life situation they previously experienced. like in my opeing examples.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link
still think United 93 (mentioned upthread) is kinda the best version of this. non-acting people who were actually officials on 9/11 recreating what they did on 9/11 (which had to be an emotional rollercoaster).
― Neanderthal, Monday, 26 October 2020 16:49 (three years ago) link
xp just realized you mentioned the eastwood movie in the first post, smdh at myself here
― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 26 October 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
Coogan has played about half a dozen fictional characters with his own name, almost all of them exaggerating some of his worst character traits. The Man Who Thinks He's It, Coffee And Cigarettes, Tristram Shandy, "Everyone's a bit of a cunt sometimes," The Trip... xpost
Very few of the speaking roles in The Player are people playing themselves (though the warm bodies are worth noting) - the Buck Henry improv during the opening tracking shot is a good example though.
― Un-fooled and placid (sic), Monday, 26 October 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
Waht role doesn't count as a 'speaking role' in an Altman film, really.
― OrificeMax (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 October 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
Also perhaps notable is the lead actress in Human Centipede 2 is iirc playing a plausible version of herself (in a story desperately keen to persuade you the premise could totally happen).
― nashwan, Monday, 26 October 2020 17:01 (three years ago) link
hah yeah I read a synopsis for it and thought "that's kind of clever actually", not that I would ever actually see it
― frogbs, Monday, 26 October 2020 17:03 (three years ago) link
Yeah, United 93 is a great example.
Bruce Willis and Julia Roberts in Oceans 12 are a pseudo example, since they are playing probably close versions of themselves, but in a goofy made up situation.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 26 October 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
Babe Ruth and a few other Yankees in Pride of the Yankees
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 26 October 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
the mention of Being John Malkovich reminded me that Malkovich briefly plays himself on the set of Being Malkovich at the start of Adaptation
Malkovich
― Number None, Monday, 26 October 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
Dean Martin in Billy Wilder's Kiss Me, Stupid (1964). The first movie to feature an actor 'playing himself,' even if it's a parody of the popular image of Martin.
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 October 2020 17:56 (three years ago) link
Al Pacino in Jack & Jill as Al Pacino, Dunkin Donuts spokesman, sadly a very plausible scenario
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 26 October 2020 18:40 (three years ago) link
I'm not sure if this counts or not, but doesn't everybody play themselves in Godard's King Lear? Godard, Mailer, Molly Ringwald, etc.
― clemenza, Monday, 26 October 2020 18:41 (three years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Monday, October 26, 2020 11:40 AM (forty-seven seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
masterfully meta, Al Pacino playing being a hack by playing himself being a hack
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 October 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
correction
― here comes the hotstamper (jim in vancouver), Monday, 26 October 2020 18:47 (three years ago) link