10 Movies That Tried To Fool You Into Thinking An Actor Was In The Film

10. Gene Hackman - Superman II

After the unquestionable success of Richard Donner's first Superman flick back in 1978, it was safe to assume that the director would be given the freedom to take the series in whatever direction he pleased following a not too shabby $300 million haul at the box office.

However, around three quarters of the way through shooting Superman II, Donner eventually decided that enough was enough after butting heads with producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind over the sequel's overall budget. He was then replaced by Richard Lester, but this didn't exactly go down well with the rest of the cast.

In particular, Gene Hackman was less than impressed by the treatment of Donner. So, when the time came to reshoot certain parts of the movie, the Lex Luthor actor outright refused to play ball. This forced Lester to think on his feet to ensure one of the series' key players still played a significant part in the movie.

In the end, body doubles and voice impersonators were used to trick audiences into thinking they were actually watching Hackman on screen at various points in the flick, when in reality the actor was likely just chilling on a beach somewhere.