10 Actors You Didn't Know Played The Same Character In Different Movies

You probably don't much remember the character of Trent (Travis Van Winkle) in Michael Bay's original Transformers, but he was Mikaela Banes' (Megan Fox) stereotypically obnoxious jock ex-boyfriend and Sam Witwicky's (Shia LaBeouf) high school nemesis.

The character was a one-off in the Transformers franchise and made no appearances in any of the sequels, though this might be explained by the fact that Trent secretly resurfaces - and dies - in 2009's Friday the 13th remake.

In the movie, Winkle plays another character called Trent who exhibits all the same offputting traits of his prior Transformers character: an antagonistic bully douchebag who viewers are actively encouraged to despise.

Trent of course ends up as one of Jason Voorhees' victims, but given that Friday the 13th was itself produced by Michael Bay, there's absolutely no way in hell that this casting and namesake were a mere coincidence.

Though Trent's surname is listed in the Transformers novelisation as "Demarco" while a deleted scene from Friday the 13th names Trent as "Sutton," the fact that neither of these names are canon makes it all the more clear that Mikaela's ex ended up on the business end of a skewer just two years later.