9 Extremely Subtle Movie Cameos That Went Straight Over Your Head

9. Cate Blanchett And Peter Jackson - Hot Fuzz

Taking on much smaller parts than the duo would be used to, Cate Blanchett, best known as the elven queen Galadriel, and director of the Lord of the Rings trilogy Peter Jackson, appear in Hot Fuzz for collectively less than a minute - and you’d have to have a sharp eye to spot them. Cameoing in the opening sequences, the pair were snuck in by Edgar Wright as they are known fans of Shaun of the Dead and pals with the director himself.

Blanchett appears in the CSI scene as Nicholas’s soon to be ex-girlfriend, covered up by a protective outfit that muffles her voice and leaves only her eyes visible, leaving it almost impossible to tell who the oscar-winning actress really is unless you’ve spent a lot of time staring longingly into pictures of her eyeballs. But hey, what you do with your free time isn’t any of my business.

Jackson has an even smaller part - appearing for all of two seconds to stab the detective in the hand as a flashback, dressed as Father Christmas, because of course he is.