Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy is loaded with celebrity cameos, and here's a complete guide to the actors, video game personalities, and others who are featured. The video game-based movie is the latest potential action franchise spearheaded by the Deadpool star. It's directed by Real Steel helmer and Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy, who has delivered one of 2021's best blockbusters judging by Free Guy's very positive reviews.
The story of Free Guy follows Reynolds as a bank teller named Guy, who is a non-playable character (NPC) inside of a video game called Free City. Guy's life and programming are forever changed after a chance encounter with Millie a.k.a. Molotov Girl (Jodie Comer). Instead of following his programming to be a character for real-life players to steal from, kill, and so on, Guy becomes aware of Free City's video game makeup and begins helping keep his city and friends safe. He ultimately begins working with Millie to uncover the code to Free Life, the original game she and Keys (Joe Keery) created, that they believe is hidden within Free City. With a lot of action and heart, Free Guy has proven to be a thoroughly entertaining movie, thanks in large part to its cast.
While Reynolds and Comer carry much of Free Guy on their shoulders, Joe Keery, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Taika Waititi all play important supporting roles. But, Free Guy is also jam-packed with other surprise celebrities. Some of these come through voice-only cameos, while other actors and gamers appear on screen throughout the film. Here's a complete guide to Free Guy's many celebrity cameos.
Channing Tatum has one of the most prominent cameos in Free Guy. He plays the in-game avatar for Keith and is seen near the very beginning of the movie and again later on, as he has a recording of gameplay that would confirm Free City was built off of Free Life's code. Tatum is best known for his role as Jenko in the Jump Street franchise and as Mike in the Magic Mike franchise.
Chris Evans makes a cameo in Free Guy's ending where he plays himself. Evans is best known for playing Steve Rogers aka Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that role is directly tied to his appearance here. Free Guy's third act includes a moment where Guy uses a Captain America shield during a fight. This moment is being live-streamed, though, and the movie cuts to a shocked Evans in real-life seeing "Blue Shirt Guy" use the Captain America shield. It's a hilarious appearance that is only possible thanks to Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman's online "rivalry" paid off with the former X-Men star having a cameo in Free Guy. The pair famously appeared together in X-Men Origins: Wolverine several years ago, and Reynolds continued to campaign for Jackman' Wolverine to appear in a Deadpool movie after. Instead, Jackman has a voice cameo as an avatar Molotov Girl seeks out in an alley. Jackman also previously worked with Levy on Real Steel.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson also reteams with Reynolds for his voice-only cameo in Free Guy. Johnson voices one of the many bank robbers that Guy encounters in Free City. Thanks to his WWE career and a multitude of major movie roles, Johnson's voice is easy to recognize. He and Reynolds previously collaborated on Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. They also will co-star with Gal Gadot in Netflix's 2021 action movie Red Notice.
John Krasinski also has a voice-only cameo in Free Guy. He provides the voice of "Silhouetted Gamer," who can be heard talking about his experience playing Free City during a TV interview. Krasinski has recently made waves as the director of the A Quiet Place franchise, but he's still best known for playing Jim Halpert in NBC's hit comedy The Office. Krasinski hasn't worked with Reynolds or Levy in the past, but he and Reynolds are friends in real life. They are also set to star in Imaginary Friends together for Paramount.
Tina Fey also has a small cameo in Free Guy as the mom of Keith, although she is officially credited as Vacuuming Mom. Fey is best known for her work on 30 Rock and SNL, and she recently voiced 22 in Pixar's Soul. Her connection to Free Guy comes through Shawn Levy, as she starred in his 2010 comedy Date Night opposite Steve Carell.
In addition to the actors Free Guy employs, it also features some of the biggest names and faces in online gaming, with the appearance of Ninja a prime example. Richard Tyler Blevins rose to fame in recent years by primarily streaming Fornite and Apex Legends. He has the most-followed Twitch channel in history after eclipsing more than 16 million subscribers.
Free Guy also features a cameo from Pokimane. She is a Twitch streamer who gained popularity after playing Fortnite and League of Legends online. Her channel has more than eight million followers and won Best Twitch Streamer at the 2018 Shorty Awards.
Another streamer to appear in Free Guy is Lannan Eacott aka Lazarbeam. His popularity increased greatly in 2018 once he began posting videos of his gameplay from Fortnite Battle Royale in 2018. The Australian streamer is also known for his Minecraft videos.
Ireland's top YouTuber, Seán McLoughlin aka Jacksepticeye, also has a cameo in Free Guy. He originally rose to fame thanks to working with PewDiePie and doing his Let's Play video series. His YouTube channel has more than 27 million subscribers.
Free Guy also includes a cameo by DanTDM, also known as Daniel Middleton. He is a YouTube creator who specializes in Minecraft, such as his Minecraft Hardcore playthrough, and creating animated content of his own. His YouTube channel has more than 25 million subscribers.
One other cameo that Free Guy includes is by the late Jeopardy host Alex Trebek. The award-winning and legendary game show host appears as part of a montage that covers the growing fandom around "Blue Shirt Guy." This cameo was known about before Free Guy came out, as Reynolds confirmed Trebek's appearance shortly after he passed away after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
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