10 Weirdest Footballer Cameos In Movies
8. Stan Collymore - Basic Instinct 2
In what's perhaps the most 2006 thing that ever happened, alleged dogger and former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore was cast as the opening love interest for the "long-awaited" Basic Instinct sequel. Just in case my tone isn't entirely clear here, absolutely nobody was asking for this movie, and, even if they were, Stan Collymore wasn't on their list of people who necessitated inclusion.
He doesn't get a single line in the movie, instead simply sitting in a sports car's passenger seat, pulling increasingly funny faces, while Sharon Stone uses his hand to rub one out while she's driving. The car accelerates through London's streets and then, when he's finally hitting the vinegar strokes, crashes into the Thames.
No sooner has he entered the film is he killed off, and the rest of the film revolves around David Morrissey trying to work out if she did it on purpose or not. During the press tours for the movie, Sharon Stone tipped Collymore for future stardom in the wake of this movie. He never acted again.