8. Michael Keaton As Ray Nicolette In Jackie Brown And Out Of Sight
Michael Keaton (you may have heard of him, he was the best Batman ever) has had ups and downs in terms of career over the years, but nobody can deny his longevity and the string of successful films to his name. In two of these films, Michael Keaton can be found donning the same character, although it is unsurprising in a loose series of film adaptations of novels written by the same author - conveniently filled to the brim with cameos and reprisals. The first of Keaton's roles as Ray Nicolette was in Jackie Brown (an adaption of the novel Rum Punch - also a delicious beverage) when Universal began production on another novel adaptation from the same author. Out Of Sight went into production just as Jackie Brown was finishing principal shooting. Even though Jackie Brown was a Miramax production and Out Of Sight was owned by Universal, Out Of Sight director Quentin Tarantino convinced the two behemoths to get along and allow the character to appear in both films with no royalties to be paid. Nicolette's appearance in Out Of Sight is extremely short, especially when compared to his larger role in Jackie Brown but he appeared alongside Dennis Farina (who cameo'd as Karen Sisco's father, from his previous role in another book adaption - Get Shorty) and alongside Samuel L. Jackson who goes completely uncredited in Out Of Sight, as he is supposedly playing a completely different character to his earlier incarnation in Jackie Brown. Tarantino's convoluted cast or what?
