10 Famous Actors Who Inexplicably Popped Up In Found Footage Movies
5. Miles Teller (Project X)
Its debatable whether Miles Tellers appearance in Nima Nourizadehs 2012 found footage comedy (bet you didnt know those existed, huh?) Project X warrants being included on this list. On the one hand, in all fairness to Nourizadeh, Project X, though released in February 2012, was actually filmed back in summer 2010, a mere 4-5 months before Teller would go on to break out in that falls much acclaimed Rabbit Hole. Its doubtful that Nourizadeh could have reasonably predicted the degree of attention that Rabbit Hole - and in particular, Teller's turn in it - would end up having. On the other hand, regardless of intent or desire on the filmmakers' parts, its hard to deny that Tellers appearance in Project X isnt incredibly distracting, even in the relatively small role that he has as a college-age baseball prodigy with seemingly unbarred access to busloads of hot chicks whenever he desires. Amidst a sea of unknown faces, Tellers presence stands out like a sore thumb. It basically boils down to this: if you're judging Teller's presence in the movie purely on the rationale of whether or not those behind-the-scenes knew that Teller would soon be a recognisable face to mass audiences, then Teller's Miles is far from the most egregious example of a celebrity being cast in a found footage movie. However, if you're looking strictly at how much Tellers presence takes away from the films overall effect, one has to admit that Tellers casting in Project X proves to be nothing less than fatal to the film's aims in maintaining faux-authenticity.
