10 Better Movies That Were Secretly Hidden In Films

10. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Hamlet - Last Action Hero

There's a strong argument to be made that Arnold Schwarzenegger's cult action-comedy Last Action Hero is one of the most criminally underrated blockbusters of the last 30 years - an inventive, ahead-of-its-time action flick that audiences of 1993 just weren't ready for.

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But co-writer Shane Black wrote a minute-long scene in the 131-minute tentpole that suggested something even more entertaining than the meta deconstruction of Schwarzenegger's career we ended up with.

We're talking, of course, about Arnold Schwarzenegger's Hamlet.

Early in the film, Schwarzenegger mega-fan Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien) is watching Laurence Olivier's 1948 adaptation of Hamlet, when he suddenly daydreams about a more amped-up version starring Schwarzenegger.

The brief-but-hilarious fake trailer shows Arnie chomping cigars, throwing bad guys through windows, mowing others down with a damn Uzi, and blowing up a castle while acting out the Bard's legendary play.

As much as the scene is basically a joke about A-list movie stars being cast in projects they're totally unsuited for, the gag is brilliantly crafted enough that fans have been wishing they actually got the real deal ever since. But alas, it never came to be.

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