10 Incredibly Sneaky Film Director Cameos You Totally Missed

3. Brad Bird In Jurassic World

Jurassic World Brad Bird
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We've already established that directors can sneak into movies by way of portraits, limbs or full physical appearances, but they can also be slotted into a scene without ever appearing on film at all.

And that's exactly what happened with Brad Bird and Jurassic World.

Bird is good friends with the movie's director, Colin Trevorrow, and because the part didn't exactly require high-level acting chops, Trevorrow asked Bird if he would voice the monorail announcer that gives passengers information as they travel through the park.

Skip to the 40-second mark in the above clip to hear Bird give the passengers information about the famous Jurassic World main gates.

Bird was in production on Tomorrowland at the time and bumped into Trevorrow at Skywalker Ranch, which is how the initial conversation about a possible cameo began.

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