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10 Exemplary Cinematic Cameos

2) Hugh Jackman – X-Men: First Class

Director Matthew Vaughan managed to have his cake and eat it by roping in ole’ Wolvie himself, Hugh Jackman, to deliver a brief but extremely memorable rebuff to Charles and Erik during their X-Men recruitment drive.

It’s fair to say that Jackman’s cameo here (slightly longer than a blink-and-miss moment) was infinitely more entertaining than the entire running time of his own shockingly inert spin-off from the popular film series two years earlier.