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Moonraker 5Moonraker 5 Ayrshire, ScotlandPosts: 1,821MI6 Agent
...do they do you credit?

Did anyone spot Richards Branson's cameo??
As Bond watches Carlos go through the metal detector in MIA, Branson is being frisked to the right of the detector.

Blink and you'll miss him. Unlike the placement for Virgin Atlantic. :D
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  • A7ceA7ce Birmingham, EnglandPosts: 656MI6 Agent
    I'll lokk at for that later this arfo M5.
    Perhaps we should have this thread with things to look out for in the film from those who have seen it - for those who can stomach spoliers and surprises, cameos, placements etc
  • Disco VolanteDisco Volante Surrey, EnglandPosts: 543MI6 Agent
    I saw it, but my wife missed it!!
  • highhopeshighhopes Posts: 1,358MI6 Agent
    That's weird. Branson himself might have missed it and thought he was cut. I read a story yesterday in which he said he didn't mind winding up on the cutting room floor because he got to spend the day with Bond girls.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,749Chief of Staff
    ...do they do you credit?

    Did anyone spot Richards Branson's cameo??

    Yes, but I thought it detracted from the film however brief it was.
    YNWA 97
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Yep. And agree with Sir Miles. He really stood out.
  • A7ceA7ce Birmingham, EnglandPosts: 656MI6 Agent
    yeah , they lingered way to long on him, even if it was about 3 seconds. He was noticed when the other guy was checking his bag in, they didn't necessarily have to pan onto him for another 2 seconds. It was embarrassing
  • SiCoSiCo EnglandPosts: 1,371M
    You could almost see the smarmy grin as he faced camera! - It would of been better had it just been him walking through the detector.

    It is odd how Miami Airport seems to only support Virgin Atlantic isn't it!

    Who spotted Michael G?
    Simon
  • highhopeshighhopes Posts: 1,358MI6 Agent
    OK -- I get it. Everyone politely ignored my last post, figuring "Highhopes is drinking again." :))
    But I'm not crazy. Just blind. The story actually says that "much" of Branson's cameo -- not all -- wound up on the cutting room floor.
    Oh well. Bartender, hit me again ...
  • JohmssJohmss Posts: 274MI6 Agent
    well, i havent seen the film, but i read a lot of reviews, so i found Wilson and Branson Cameos...

    But at least there are only cameos, hopefully they don''t talk, unlike the disgusting (can`t think another word, maybe annoying) "cameo" made by Madonna, in which everybody (even Pierce Brosnan)were licking her bots, like you know, in family guy when Peter Griffin shows a cameo (OMG Lois, that's Madonna, you know, Madonna. Look at her Lois... it's Fr****ing Madonna). And the editing, you easily notice than they filmed that part way appart the original scene... Now that's disturbing....

    And Product placemente seems to be everywere...

    Ops, kind of off-topic, so i must shut my keyboard for a while 'till i see this movie
  • Disco VolanteDisco Volante Surrey, EnglandPosts: 543MI6 Agent
    Branson was only one screen for less than second - it was no where near 3 seconds.

    I thought the Michael G Wilson cameo was the biggest he's had - was he trying to look like a pimp or something??
  • mike77mike77 Posts: 27MI6 Agent
    he looked really funny, some scarface pimp clone:D
  • Sir Hillary BraySir Hillary Bray College of ArmsPosts: 2,174MI6 Agent
    Branson's was a true "blink and you'll miss it" moment. Wilson's was intrusive and annoying.
    Hilly...you old devil!
  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,707MI6 Agent
    I have seen the movie, but don't know what Michael Wilson looks like. I thought Michael was the guy standing at the top of the stairs at the metal detector when Bond first enters the casino. Of course, having no idea what Michael looks like, it was only a guess.
    Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,856Chief of Staff

    I thought the Michael G Wilson cameo was the biggest he's had

    No, he did more in TND; about the same amount of screen time plus some dialogue.

    I enjoyed Wilson's CR cameo, and didn't find it too intrusive.
  • Hugo DraxHugo Drax Leeds, United Kingdom.Posts: 210MI6 Agent
    ...do they do you credit?

    Did anyone spot Richards Branson's cameo??
    As Bond watches Carlos go through the metal detector in MIA, Branson is being frisked to the right of the detector.

    Blink and you'll miss him. Unlike the placement for Virgin Atlantic. :D

    Nice to know I'm not going crazy after all! I spotted him, but then thought to myself that it couldn't possibly be Richard Branson. No need for Specsavers then.
  • dimchdimch Posts: 19MI6 Agent
    Apparently one of the girls who turn around to check him out when he's at the hotel is a model and that was a cameo.
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    edited January 2007
    Well that's a first for Martin Campbell not to make a cameo.....or did he?

    He played one of the cyclists in Goldeneye!
  • chris Walkenchris Walken Posts: 85MI6 Agent
    I cant belive how you notice these people, :)I missed out well and truely im going to watch it again now :)
  • JohmssJohmss Posts: 274MI6 Agent
    Well that's a first for Martin Campbell not to make a cameo.....or did he?

    He played one of the cyclists in Goldeneye!

    I had no idea about the cameo in GE, but in CR i sa it in the second time, i mean, i saw it both times, but i only realize he was him. He was outside the airport.

    It seems that Versper's Boss, the one who is with M when she calls Bond near the end is also a cameo, would anyone be so kind and tell me who is him?
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Campbell, I believe, is the man killed while refueling the tanker that Bond must stop from destroying the prototype airplane.

    Wilson is a bit too chicken-necked and stoop shouldered to be the local sheriff, but I recognized him immediately.

    That indeed is some "famous" model that turns rather dopily to eye Bond.

    Branson's cameo was very brief, and truth be told, I'd bet a lot of Americans have no idea who he is.

    I was wondering if Chris Cornell or David Arnold had cameos? Was anyone besides the principals in either the casino or Venice plaza scenes a celebrity or a known member of the crew?
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    Johmss wrote:
    It seems that Versper's Boss, the one who is with M when she calls Bond near the end is also a cameo, would anyone be so kind and tell me who is him?

    That's exactly what I was contemplating. He seems very mysterious at the moment.

    Would it be Dryden?
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    Fish1941 wrote:
    I do recall Michael Wilson's cameo.

    Wilson has made made many cameos in most of the films. He played one of the Chief's of Security in TLD and he played one of the USS crewmen in TSWLM. He's done plenty. B-)
    Gassy Man wrote:
    Campbell, I believe, is the man killed while refueling the tanker that Bond must stop from destroying the prototype airplane.

    You are probably correct there! I hadn't noticed him in this film!
  • JohmssJohmss Posts: 274MI6 Agent
    Wilson has made made many cameos in most of the films. He played one of the Chief's of Security in TLD and he played one of the USS crewmen in TSWLM. He's done plenty. B-)

    I believe he was in the opera sitting besides a lady, i have no idea he was a chief of something.

    He was in the Russian board in GE, the journalist that has a conference with Carver in TND, a casino staff in TWINE, and the Chief of police in Montenegro but i don't recall him anywhere else.
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    Johmss wrote:
    I believe he was in the opera sitting besides a lady.

    Your absoloutly correct. That is in fact his wife....I don't know her name however.
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    Johmss wrote:
    He was in the Russian board in GE, the journalist that has a conference with Carver in TND, a casino staff in TWINE, and the Chief of police in Montenegro but i don't recall him anywhere else.

    He has also the Greek Priest in FYEO, Member of Soviet Union in OP, a Soldier in GF and a few more!!
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