Started By
Message

Random Guest Stars in Saving Private Ryan

Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:13 pm
Posted by DR93Berlin
Member since Jul 2020
1281 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:13 pm
Obviously loaded with stars, but Dennis Farina and Paul Giamatti come to mind.
Posted by Fgiord
America
Member since Nov 2006
4708 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:16 pm to
Were they really guests or stars at the time
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
34531 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:20 pm to
Ted Danson
Nathan fillian
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12056 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:25 pm to
Trying to score points with celebrity surprises actually takes away from the experience. Hey, it's Ted Danson from Cheers!
Posted by DR93Berlin
Member since Jul 2020
1281 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

Were they really guests or stars at the time

Some were, some weren’t. Case in point, Danson and Fillian
This post was edited on 2/25/22 at 7:27 pm
Posted by habz007
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2007
4272 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:27 pm to
quote:

Ted Danson


Ted Danson felt somewhat out of place to me. Movie is moving along and out of nowhere “whoa what the hell is Ted Danson doing there?”
Posted by MDB
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2019
3469 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:32 pm to
The German sniper in the church steeple was Kevin Costner. However there was some sort of controversy and his credit was pulled, then added back, then pulled. If you have an early version of the DVD his name might be in it.

EDIT: Leo Stransky is now credited as the sniper. I don’t know what the foul up was but Costner was in original cast. A ‘typo” maybe.
This post was edited on 2/25/22 at 7:39 pm
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
107540 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 7:38 pm to
quote:

Hey, it's Ted Danson from Cheers!


Is that a star?
No...it's Ted Danson.

Movie?
Posted by geauxnavybeatbama
Member since Jul 2013
25134 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 8:02 pm to
Bryan Cranston
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
35303 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 8:14 pm to
quote:

Trying to score points with celebrity surprises actually takes away from the experience.


Now do A Bridge Too Far.
Posted by TTB
LA to L.A.
Member since Nov 2006
2703 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 8:16 pm to
quote:

Is that a star? No...it's Ted Danson. Movie?


Doc Hollywood
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53124 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

Paul Giamatti come to mind.


Was he a guest star or just an actor with a minor role?
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
21915 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 9:09 pm to
quote:

Was he a guest star or just an actor with a minor role?


Minor role. Maybe 3-4 minutes of screen time, tops.
Posted by Zap Rowsdower
MissLou, La
Member since Sep 2010
14365 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 9:47 pm to
quote:

The German sniper in the church steeple was Kevin Costner. However there was some sort of controversy and his credit was pulled, then added back, then pulled. If you have an early version of the DVD his name might be in it.


Kind of reminds me of the end of Young Guns when one of the soldiers Billy and the Gang kill in the final shootout turns out to be Tom Cruise who was hanging out on set that day and asked could he be an extra.
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
25213 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 9:50 pm to
Hollywood War movies has a long history of jam-packing stars in minor roles throughout the film. Saving Private Ryan was no different.

It ups the game of eveyone to have great actors in every scene.

Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
107540 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 10:56 pm to
quote:

quote:
Is that a star? No...it's Ted Danson. Movie?


Doc Hollywood


One of a handful of movies with nudity and an f-bomb carrying a PG-13 rating.
This post was edited on 2/26/22 at 8:13 am
Posted by eiasjsf
Ellensburg, Washington
Member since Sep 2009
502 posts
Posted on 2/25/22 at 11:35 pm to
quote:

Ted Danson felt somewhat out of place to me. Movie is moving along and out of nowhere “whoa what the hell is Ted Danson doing there?”
That's pretty much my reaction whenever I watch Band of Brothers and Jimmy Fallon rolls up in a jeep. I find myself expecting him to suddenly turn away from the camera to try to stop from laughing.
Posted by The_Joker
Winter Park, Fl
Member since Jan 2013
16355 posts
Posted on 2/26/22 at 12:05 am to
quote:

That's pretty much my reaction whenever I watch Band of Brothers and Jimmy Fallon rolls up in a jeep. I find myself expecting him to suddenly turn away from the camera to try to stop from laughing.



"We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed be surrounded."


Posted by The_Joker
Winter Park, Fl
Member since Jan 2013
16355 posts
Posted on 2/26/22 at 4:02 am to
Not many people noticed that Private Ryan was played by Matt Damon. The guy from We Bought a Zoo
Posted by memphis tiger
Memphis, TN
Member since Feb 2006
20720 posts
Posted on 2/26/22 at 1:11 pm to
quote:

Random Guest Stars in Saving Private Ryan


Guest stars? I always thinking “guest stars” as people who show up in a TV series not a movie.

I think you mean cameos.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 2Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on X, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookXInstagram