When Hollywood celebrities are under scrutiny from fans and tabloids every twenty-four hour period, it takes a special level of courage and guts for them to encompass those same criticisms. Some have it to another level by not only embracing criticism but playing a character onscreen (sometimes playing themselves) in a way that pokes fun at themselves or makes them the barrel of the joke.

Few actors take e'er been willing to do this, but fifty-fifty fewer accept washed so to the same extent that John Malkovich one time did in 1997 for the bizarre comedic movie,Being John Malkovich.

x Being John Malkovich - John Malkovich Is Being Irksome

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Charlie Kaufman took a huge gamble in finishing his Being John Malkovich screenplay without ever having met its championship character, non to mention not wanting another actor to take center stage - per Multifariousness - on the off-hazard that Malkovich said no.

Malkovich easily could've declined given that his character is portrayed as slow and obnoxiously normal despite his glory condition, to the bespeak that he has beer cans thrown at his head for being considered such a joke. Thankfully, the real-life Malkovich enjoyed the humor and agreed to partake in what would be a three-time Oscar-nominated movie.

9 Deadpool 1 & 2 - Ryan Reynolds Pokes Fun At His Superhero Failures

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Both Deadpool movies have always been noted for their self-enlightened, tongue-in-cheek humor. By and large, that humor is directed at Ryan Reynolds and his career - specifically his starring roles in 2 major box role and disquisitional superhero moving-picture show flops: X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Greenish Lantern.

Both movies have congenital notorious reputations among the worst superhero movies e'er made, and Reynolds is well aware of the criticism they received. Rather than ignore them, Reynolds takes every opportunity he can in theDeadpoolfilms to poke fun at those movies himself.

eight Keanu - Anna Faris Is A Crazy Glory Drug Addict

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Keanu is an absurd movie in its own right. Before he wrote and directed his Oscar-winning Get Out, Hashemite kingdom of jordan Peele starred with his buddy Keegan-Michael Cardinal every bit ii cousins caring for a lost kitten who somehow fall into the crosshairs of the mob and are forced to sell drugs.

Things go even more than absurd when one of their buyers happens to be Hollywood actress Anna Faris. Faris is well-known for playing ridiculous, unhinged characters, just for that character to actually exist an extension of herself equally a drug-addled and bloodthirsty lunatic makes things all the more hilarious.

7 Jack And Jill - Al Pacino Is Lovestruck With Adam Sandler

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With all of his screaming, shouty, over-the-top performances in movies similar The Devil's Advocate, Scent of a Adult female, and Scarface, Al Pacino created the perception that he was crazy in existent life, as well. Pacino embraces that perception in Jack and Jill.

Kudos to Al Pacino for not only making fun of his own public image but taking part in a silly movie where he's playing himself equally a hapless thespian in love with Adam Sandler in elevate, all while singing in a just as silly Dunkin' Donuts "Dunkaccino" commercial. This is the aforementioned Oscar-winning actor who took office in The Godfather, and so it's refreshing to see him take a break from more serious pictures to accept a laugh at himself.

6 Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back - Matt Damon And Ben Affleck Sell Out

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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are really good friends with Kevin Smith in real life. The two starred in Smith's Dogma in 1997, and prior to that, they personally asked Smith to straight Practiced Will Hunting before Gus Van Sant came on board. So, it'due south no surprise that they would provide cameos for Smith'sJay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

The bigger surprise for audiences may come up in how the two mega-stars play as exaggerated versions of themselves who are openly sell-outs, as they film an over-the-acme sequel to Practiced Will Hunting called Hunting Flavour. A special mention goes out to Gus Van Sant, who has a cameo as the director who could not care less what happens on the gear up.

five JCVD - Van Damme Trashes His Career

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At to the lowest degree, that's how Roger Ebert put it when he reviewed the movie in 2008. In Ebert'southward ain words for his review, JCVD "trashes [Jean-Claude Van Damme's] career, his personal life, his martial arts skills, his financial stability, and his prototype."

This painfully self-enlightened crime drama sees Van Damme play himself, an aging quondam action star who can't find a new gig to salve his life and is at present broke and struggling against his ex-wife for custody of his child. His problems increase when he's in the eye of a post office heist every bit a hostage. Audiences gained a new level of respect for Van Damme with this role, non only for his surprisingly excellent performance but the fact that he was willing to share such an intimate delineation of his life.

4 Spy - Jason Statham'south Not The Tough Guy He Idea He Was

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Jason Statham has e'er willingly let himself exist typecast into the prototypical action star role for his whole career. At first glance, he enters Spy in a similar role, but upon further review, he'south actually cast against type.

Statham barely sees whatsoever action in this movie, somehow just missing everything each time he enters a scene. And whenever he does find himself in a dangerous state of affairs, he either takes a backseat to Melissa McCarthy or exposes himself equally a bumbling klutz. The movie is clearly aware of Statham's reputation, and Statham is in on the joke.

three The Interview - Eminem Is Aware Of His Criticisms

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For as long as he's had a career in the rap manufacture, the biggest criticisms against Eminem have been about his use of homophobic slurs in his songs. Eminem constantly defends himself by proverb he'south non homophobic and to this day tries to repent for his lyrics.

Eminem faces those critics head-on in The Interview, but instead of offering his usual scathing tongue, he offers a version of himself who actually is gay, coming out on live television set to James Franco's David Skylark. The scene highlights Skylark equally a journalist with a knack for getting the large scoops, and Eminem suggests that whatsoever gay lyrics of his were actually a hint to his own closeted homosexuality.

2 Happy Gilmore - The Price Is Incorrect For Bob Barker

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While not as disparaging as other performances on this list, Bob Barker uses his cameo in Happy Gilmore to poke fun at his ain nice guy image. The man who spent 35 years telling contestants to come on down to the stage for The Price is Right had the demeanor of the kindest senior citizen on the planet.

However, Bob Barker in Happy Gilmorewas an aggressively competitive golfer who trounce up Adam Sandler in a one-on-ane fight. Funnily enough, per Flim-flam News,Barker just agreed to take office in the movie if he was guaranteed to win the fight.

1 Nib Murray - Well-nigh Of His Filmography Is Him Making Fun Of Himself

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If anyone can take a joke, it's Bill Murray. A large portion of his career is dedicated to playing himself in movies, and virtually of these roles are not the near flattering of portraits.

Murray has played exaggerated versions of himself in Infinite Jam, She'south Having a Baby, A Very Murray Christmas. Virtually notably was his office in Zombieland where he doesn't hesitate to poke fun at his participation in the critically pannedGarfield movie, where he voices the championship character.

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