10 Insane Ways Directors Appeared In Their Own Movies

James Cameron isn't the only director who can do a good dying creature squeal, though.

Long before he was the acclaimed director of modern horror classics Get Out and Up, Jordan Peele was a successful comedy performer with his own sketch show and writing himself a lead role in kitten comedy Keanu.

You'd think, then, that there would be plenty of parts in which he could cast himself to appear within his own projects. So, it's kind of weird that the recurring motif that Peele has decided to go with in terms of playing parts in his directorial features is "animal in pain".

It began with his Oscar winning socially satirical debut Get Out, in which black lead Chris's anxiety about meeting his girlfriend Rose's white family in their small upstate community only increases when he accidentally hits a deer with his car. As Chris has an uncomfortable encounter with a cop, the injured deer is heard moaning, sound effects that were provided by Peele himself.

The trend continued this year when Peele, whose latest acting role was as Bunny the fairground stuffed rabbit in Toy Story 4, voiced another rabbit in his own movie Us. Well, "voiced" might be a bit of an exaggeration, because this time it's really more a case of stepping into the recording booth to provide a death screech for the slaughtered leporid.

Peele's next project is as writer and producer on the remake of Candyman. Maybe there's a dying bee that needs some vocal work!