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Yeah, this trope is definitely being abused pretty badly. A lot of people seem to be using it to mean, \\\"Actor X, famous for Movie Y, was in Movie Z before that\\\", without regard for how popular Movie Z or how big Actor X\\\'s involvement actually was.

I mean, come on. Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in \\\'\\\'Goblet of Fire\\\'\\\'? If it was a forgetable one-scene cameo, then yeah, but a major supporting role in one of the most well-known films of all time?

There\\\'s no way that counts.

And that\\\'s leaving aside the famous British actors who are not obscure at all, but are treated as such because they\\\'re on the one British show exported to the United States.

There should be some sort of subjectivity limit to this trope, to make sure it\\\'s only used for objectively bit parts or forgetable roles.

Yeah, this trope is definitely being abused pretty badly. A lot of people seem to be using it to mean, \\\"Actor X, famous for Movie Y, was in Movie Z before that\\\", without regard for how popular Movie Z or the actor\\\'s involvement actually was.

I mean, come on. Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in \\\'\\\'Goblet of Fire\\\'\\\'? If it was a forgetable one-scene cameo, then yeah, but a major supporting role in one of the most well-known films of all time?

There\\\'s no way that counts.

And that\\\'s leaving aside the famous British actors who are not obscure at all, but are treated as such because they\\\'re on the one British show exported to the United States.

There should be some sort of subjectivity limit to this trope, to make sure it\\\'s only used for objectively bit parts or forgetable roles.

Yeah, this trope is definitely being abused pretty badly. A lot of people seem to be using it to mean, \\\"Actor X, famous for Movie Y, was in Movie Z before that\\\", without regard for how popular Movie Z or the actor\\\'s involvement actually was.

I mean, come on. Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in \\\'\\\'Goblet of Fire\\\'\\\'? If it was a forgetable one-scene cameo, then yeah, but a major supporting role in one of the most well-known films of all time?

There\\\'s no way that counts.

And that\\\'s leaving aside the famous British actors who are not obscure at all.

There should be some sort of subjectivity limit to this trope, to make sure it\\\'s only used for objectively bit parts or forgetable roles.

Yeah, this trope is definitely being abused pretty badly. A lot of people seem to be using it to mean, \\\"Actor X, famous for Movie Y, was in Movie Z before that\\\", without regard for how popular Movie Z or the actor\\\'s involvement actually was.

I mean, come on. Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory in \\\'\\\'Goblet of Fire\\\'\\\'? If it was a forgetable one-scene cameo, then yeah, but a major supporting role in one of the most well-known films of all time?

There\\\'s no way that counts.