10 Weirdest Cameos In Superman Movies

2. Michael Cassidy - Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice

While the presence of actor Michael Cassidy wasn't especially strange in Batman v Superman's first act - though he did previously play a small but memorable role on Smallville, coincidentally - the true nature of his role in the film most certainly was.

Cassidy plays Lois Lane's (Amy Adams) seemingly unnamed photographer during her mission in Africa, before it's revealed that he's actually an undercover CIA agent and is promptly murdered by a warlord.

Yet Cassidy is in fact credited as Jimmy Olsen, and the film's Ultimate Edition confirms that he is the Daily Planet's famous snapper, as he's actually heard introducing himself to Lois by name.

Though most fans agree that the film's Ultimate Edition is a marked improvement over the sloppy theatrical cut, many were nevertheless left frustrated that such an iconic Superman character was offed so casually.

Of the decision, Snyder said, "We just did it as this little aside because we had been tracking where we thought the movies were gonna go, and we don’t have room for Jimmy Olsen in our big pantheon of characters, but we can have fun with him, right?"

We might have a different definition of "fun," Zack.