10 Actors Who Hid That They Were In Famous Movies

8. Bruce Willis - Four Rooms

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Ah, nineties era Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, True Romance, Natural Born Killers. Oh, and Four Rooms. You don't remember Four Rooms? The comedy anthology based on the works of Roald Dahl, featuring four shorts directed by up-and-coming directors of the time - Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and, of course, Tarantino? Probably for the best.

The whole thing is set in, surprise surprise, four rooms of hotel, with Tim Roth's bellhop linking together the various vignettes. Tarantino's entry, Penthouse, sees a cocky film director (write from what you know) instigate a pretty sadistic twist on the usual lighter game and boasts an extended appearance from Bruce Willis. Which probably surprised the small audience that saw it in theatres, because one of the biggest actors in the world was conspicuously absent from the marketing.

Willis only starred as a favour for his Pulp Fiction director, but had to go uncredited to avoid having to pay money to the Screen Actor's Guild (they don't like pro bono work). A good idea you did that Bruce - the film was a spectacular dud.

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Film Editor (2014-2016). Loves The Usual Suspects. Hates Transformers 2. Everything else lies somewhere in the middle. Once met the Chuckle Brothers.