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Actor Allusion is when an actor is cast in role and the creative team makes a reference to something in the actor\'s previous repertoire for fun. Like when Christopher Lloyd appeared on Spin City which starred Michael J. Fox and the show threw in a few \
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Actor Allusion is when an actor is cast in role and the creative team makes a reference to something in the actor\\\'s previous repertoire for fun. Like when Christopher Lloyd appeared on Spin City which starred Michael J. Fox and the show threw in a few \\\"Back to the Future\\\" references for fun. However, the role that Christopher Lloyd played had nothing to do with Doc. Brown.
Casting Gag is when an actor is specifically hired to play a gag that directly references one of their previous roles. Like in Spaceballs when John Hurt was hired to play a bar patron who suddenly experiences a \\\"chestburster\\\" that\\\'s played for laughs.
For both of these tropes, the implication is that the creative team INTENTIONALLY did it as a nod to the actors previous work. Many times examples of these tropes are interesting trivia and, while true, weren\\\'t intentional just audience perceived similarity.
In the Thor example, Luke Helmsworth kinda works because he was hired because he\\\'s Chris\\\' brother. Sam Neil doesn\\\'t because his role is nothing like previous roles (he may have been hired because of his previous work with Taika, but that\\\'s not what this trope is about), Matt Damon works because of his role of Loki in \\\"Dogma\\\".
Casting Gag is when an actor is specifically hired to play a gag that directly references one of their previous roles. Like in Spaceballs when John Hurt was hired to play a bar patron who suddenly experiences a \\\"chestburster\\\" that\\\'s played for laughs.
For both of these tropes, the implication is that the creative team INTENTIONALLY did it as a nod to the actors previous work. Many times examples of these tropes are interesting trivia and, while true, weren\\\'t intentional just audience perceived similarity.
In the Thor example, Luke Helmsworth kinda works because he was hired because he\\\'s Chris\\\' brother. Sam Neil doesn\\\'t because his role is nothing like previous roles (he may have been hired because of his previous work with Taika, but that\\\'s not what this trope is about), Matt Damon works because of his role of Loki in \\\"Dogma\\\".
