10 Movie Secrets Hidden In Single Frames
8. Mel Gibson's Teaser Cameo - Apocalypto
Cameos come in all shapes and sizes.
Some can be found in the background of inter-galactic battlefields. Others in carrot-chomping wanders in front of the cinematic lens. And then there's that time Mel Gibson decided to oddly lace himself into the teaser trailer for his upcoming 2006 historical epic by the name of Apocalypto.
This was by no means simply a case of Gibson sneaking into a scene in full costume under fans' noses, however. If you hit the pause button at just the right moment in this teaser for the film focusing on the decline of Mayan society, you'll spot the film's director posing alongside some of his cast members with a cigar in mouth for a solitary frame, all while grinning from ear-to-ear.
It's without a shadow of a doubt one of the most bizarre tidbits to find its way into a feature's promotional material. But it certainly helped generate some online buzz for the impending project, even if it was in the form of folks simply wondering what in the hell had just flashed up on their screen for a fleeting second.