19 Awesome Movie Cameos Nobody Saw Coming

10. John Hurt - Spaceballs

Spaceballs John Hurt
MGM

When Captain Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and Barf (John Candy) are at a space diner in Mel Brooks' iconic Star Wars spoof, they see a space trucker (John Hurt) choking on his food, after which an alien bursts out of his chest, dons a top hat and cane and starts singing, "Hello! Ma Baby".

It's a gloriously silly parody of the iconic chest-burster scene from Ridley Scott's Alien, made all the more entertaining by John Hurt reprising his role as the poor victim.

After getting chest-bursted, Hurt even says, "Oh no, not again", in an hilarious wink at the audience that serves as one of Spaceballs' funniest moments.

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