20 Recent Movie Cameos NOBODY Saw Coming

20. Bradley Cooper - Superman

James Gunn sure doesn't forget the actors he's enjoyed fruitful collaborations with in the past, but did anyone expect to see Bradley Cooper show up in his new Superman reboot?

Cooper appears in the opening minutes of the film where he portrays Clark's (David Corenswet) father Jor-El, alongside Angela Sarafyan who plays his mother Lara Lor-Van, in a holographic message watched by their son.

It's imminently jarring to see an actor of Cooper's stature playing such a small part totally out of nowhere, though of course, given Jor-El's iconic nature in his own right, it absolutely tracks that a major name actor would be sought out.

Beyond Cooper having worked with Gunn before as Rocket in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Gunn said that he wanted an actor for Jor-El who "could walk in the footsteps of Marlon Brando," who of course played the role in the original 1978 Richard Donner-directed Superman.

Though rumours have swirled as of late that Cooper may reprise this role in the upcoming Supergirl, we'll just have to wait and see.