10. Lethal Weapon 2
Dean Norris got his first big break in Lethal Weapon 2. Working as a ''waiter'' in a burger restaurant, Norris was a struggling actor like many other men and women who get attracted to the glamour of L.A. But he got cast as Detective Tim Cavanaugh and it would begin a lifetime of playing never ageing, law enforcement officials. Reflecting on the time he was told he got the part in Lethal Weapon 2, Norris recalls;
''That was my very first movie, and it was a great time. And I made some good money on it. That's what turned me into an actor from being a waiter...I'd gotten to L.A. with no money and with no experience as a waiter, and immediately got a lied my way into a job at a local restaurant, and was there for about six months. And I got a phone call literally while I was at the job saying that I had booked "Lethal Weapon 2." And I was like: Are you sure? How much money, exactly? And now this is guaranteed, right? Yes, it's all done. I said, OK, took my apron off, handed my, you know, to other waiters, this hamburger goes here, that hamburger goes there, and I left. And interestingly enough, the "Lethal Weapon 2 premièred in the theatre next to the restaurant where I was working.''