10 Best Movie Characters Not Introduced Until The End

[@taylorlibby7642]

In the war films, the way that very important characters only interact with the protagonists for a brief but crucial period of time effectively mirrors the dynamics of a combat zone.

[@mattmarzula]

Yep.

[@J.K.Builds]

In Se7en, Spacey is actually shown earlier in the movie as a nosy reporter (as I remember it).

[@americansuperdad5769]

Nobody knew that he was the killer at that point though.

[@finnydot]

@@americansuperdad5769 Genius move by Fincher. You only realize this on a later watch that it's recognizably spacey.

[@jamesbruce487]

The Shark in Jaws Nick Fury in Iron Man (the MCU started there) Mr Wolf in Pulp Fiction

[@SubwoofBarks]

Fury appeared in a post-credit scene, not at the end of the film

[@dollyfartin]

William Hurt in A History of Violence needed to be only this list. 10 minutes of screen time at the very end and was nominated for an Oscar

[@ajmmoviestv1669]

Dude, I wrote the same thing, almost word for word! 😊👍

[@stewarthough3400]

Exactly right - I would have William Hurt at number 1. Incredible 10 minutes

[@perrysouza87]

Joey, Joey, Joey. You ALWAYS were a problem for me.

[@ajmmoviestv1669]

@@perrysouza87 ☺

[@Fixxer315]

Perhaps not on the level of the ones on this list, but I'd give honorable mentions to: Friday the 13th---Mrs. Vorhees: Betsy Palmer does a great performance of elevating this film beyond a generic slasher. And yet, we don't see her (or even know about her) until the last 15 minutes of the film. Airplane II--Buck Murdoch: Most of this sequel is pretty much a retread of the original, but William Shatner's character in Act 3 is a breath of fresh air, with some great lines. "Those lights are blinking out of sequence" "Get them to blink in sequence."

[@williambarwick8237]

How did you forget "The Wizard of Oz"? Only the most famous final act appearance of a titular character of all time!

[@Reggie2000]

@@erakfishfishfish I see how you got there, but not really. The film cleverly has each actor pull double duty, to lend a vagueness to the concept of whether it was all a dream or not, but even still, The Wizard, is still not seen until the arrive in the Emerald City. I mean even if you think it's a dream, in the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz, Professor Marvel is still not actually The Wizard of Oz. Even if it is a dream, he is still a different person. Right? I mean I know Dorthy goes "And you were there, and you were there." and do on but that actually makes no sense, no matter how you slice it. If it's real, they weren't there, and if its a dream, they weren't really there either. Imo

[@SethiusAlpha]

I feel like a separate list for "Movies that aren't about what they say they're about" would make more sense for that. My nomination for said list would be the titular character "Oscar."

[@Reggie2000]

@@SethiusAlpha LOL Definitely! That dude pops in with 20 seconds to go. I wonder how that works in the stage play? 🤔 Is there an actor that just plays a ton of bit parts, and then is also Oscar at the end? I'd that joke not in the stage play? I've personally never seen it performed.

[@jerryschramm4399]

When John Lennon answered the door in "Yesterday", it was a touching, beautiful moment. If only.

[@dgshaw1967]

Just a beautiful and tastefully done moment

[@pinktribble]

It really hit me in a way I never expected.

[@kay-meganwashington1358]

Oh, I sobbed. Quite unexpectedly. It just caught me off guard so suddenly.

[@nawill42]

Fun fact. Kincade was supposed to be played by Sean Connery

[@swankeejones3037]

Boo Radley from To Kill a Mockingbird deserves a mention

[@Macapta]

The "unnamed Arkham Prisoner" was probably my least favourite part of the whole film. Just shoehorned in at the end cos apparently Batman movies are allergic to not having the Joker mentioned every time.

[@piyam5000]

I agree it was fine without it. Ruined that great moment of the riddler freaking out demonstrating his insanity too

[@riseanx]

You do get a glimpse of John Doe before the end when he is posing as a photographer.

[@EvilGav]

And the 5 minute chase sequence.

[@thecrookedcyclist3863]

You both got there first. How did they miss that?

[@jenwharrier]

Came here to say this!

[@MoviePerson280]

What about Nick Fury in Iron Man (2008) Thanos in The Avengers (2012) Tony Stark in The Incredible Hulk (2008) The White Death in Bullet Train (2022) Carver in Bullet Train (2022) Meowthra in The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017) Juggernaut in Deadpool 2 (2018) King Kong in King Kong (2005) Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) Ronan The Conqueror in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

[@doncordialidad]

Are you having a laugh? No Orson Wells’ Harry Lyme in The Third Man???? I mean it was one of the biggest twists and appearance of all time!

[@augustonthefly]

That old man in skyfall was CLEARLY supposed to be a Sean Connery cameo that he told them no on.

[@Locadel2003]

I was really surprised the colonel Mackenzie in 1917 was played by Doctor Strange himself, Benedict Cumberbatch. They spent almost the entire movie mentioning him and he was only in the movie in the last 10 minutes and that was an excellent movie by the way

[@sophiaandre139]

I wish I could forget watching 1917 so I could experience it again. Such a beautiful movie.

[@sonniepronounceds-au-ni9287]

I got confused thinking he died in the first part of the movie. Then, I remembered that was War Horse and not 1917.

[@jb888888888]

The eponymous "Bride of Frankenstein" isn't Elsa Lanchester's character. She plays the Bride of the Creature. The Bride of Frankenstein is Valerie Hobson as Elizabeth.

[@opinionsarelikea55holes20]

Private Ryan is the first character you see in the film.

[@dr.rhowsen]

I like how Matt Damon is just referred to as “the actor”

[@vicpolites6133]

But you only know that at the end, since it does a fake out with a different actor and a dissolve to Hanks.

[@2bteachable2]

Many people missed that detail and believed they were looking at Tom Hanks' character. They miss the little fact that Tom Hanks was a Ranger (as his uniform clearly states), and Ryan's older character is wearing a 101st Airborne Division pin. It's a subtle thing, but Privat Ryan is one of the first characters introduced.

[@cbgreiwe]

Thank you!

[@livewire2759]

Technically... yes, but nobody knew that was him until the very end. Throughout most of the film it's assumed that it was Captain Miller... and some people even forgot all about the opening scene after the bloody scene of D-Day.

[@ajmmoviestv1669]

William Hurt, A History Of Violence. ...... On screen for about ten minutes and he was nominated for best supporting actor.

[@bigo3116]

And he absolutely deserved it!

[@theflan045]

Harry Lime, from The Third Man ???

[@brotherjustincrowe]

Came here to say this. This is the one, true answer.

[@merrymartin3335]

Yes

[@christinecremen4151]

YES !!!!!

[@HariSeldon913]

Kareem Abdul Jabbar - Game of Death John Hurt - Spaceballs The Illinois National Guard - The Blues Brothers

[@melabec]

I believe Ralph Fiennes's given name is pronounced as "Rafe" (long "a").

[@gregburville3368]

What about Mr Wolf in Pulp Fiction?

[@IrishScribbler]

Kincaid was legendary in Skyfall. Albert Finney is incredibly missed.

[@P.A.theDarkstar]

The Hessian from Sleepy Hollow, played by Christopher Walken. I watched that movie at a friend's party and there was an audible gasp from the crowd when he was finally revealed.

[@aroha9090]

You should re-watch Se7en. John Doe is shown snapping a photo of Somerset and Mills in a stairwell. Mills even comments on it later on when he recognises the photo in Doe's apartment.

[@nicholashale7216]

As someone else mentioned when he 1st appears you aren't aware he's the killer until a second viewing. Also, there was a few others on the list that had a brief appearance in the movie, but the bulk one the character was flushed in the end.

[@MK-285]

Wilford Brimley in Absence of Malice. Though in only one scene at the end of the movie, his character & own screen presence has a huge impact on the movie as a whole & ties up the plot of the movie quite nicely.

[@neighslayer768]

Honorable mention to Kiefer Sutherland in Phone Booth. He drives the film through his verbal dissection of Collin Farrell, like the worlds most insidious narrator, but we never see him until the final minute of the film.

[@Robert-up1yi]

Sigourney Weaver… you can pick but both the cabin in the woods, and Paul would fit this list

[@TheTjSquire]

Y'all forgot God in Dogma.

[@bheast86]

the Bob Balaban God appears quite early; you meanthe Avril Livigne one?

[@mattmccomas1]

Good ol' Ralf Fiennes!

[@defiantirl34]

I notice you couldn't bring yourself to say Spaceys name, although you applaud the performance.

[@henrykuo4054]

If preexisting characters count, Darth Vader and Princess Leia's appearances at the end of Rogue One made the whole damn movie

[@eliothamilton2630]

Luke skywalker - The Force Awakens. The architect - the matrix reloaded.

[@americansuperdad5769]

King Richard the Lionheart (Sean Connery) Honorable mention TV show character Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian.

[@tammyr.conner]

This is such a great list💯

[@bowen324]

What about King Richard in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?

[@markr8755]

King Richard in both "Prince of Thieves" and "Men in Tights"... Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart

[@bowen324]

@@danjonmills Figure out the difference between sarcasm and real life. My comment was sarcasm.

[@CashelOConnolly]

In Bruges is magnificent

[@Ceares]

I've never seen it but I've heard it's terrific and I thought there was some sort of weird resurgent interest in it when I saw the SNL skit with Gleeson and Farrell. I didn't realize they had just done the Banshees movie and was very confused, lol.

[@ashwinramaswamy4059]

Jigsaw needs an honorable mention :D

[@dinomonzon7493]

Its said Sir Sean Connery was offered the role of Kincaide for Skyfall.

[@stephendowle4266]

Love the way you mention the actors who played the characters except for Kevin Spacey.. very PC 👍

[@jaymo3205]

7:03 Ralph? Like King Ralph?

[@dimi0474]

Not "The Third Man" with Orson Welles ??????

[@gingaddict]

I would have to say A history of violence - Richie Cusack was mentioned a fair bit before we saw him in the final climax

[@donna25871]

Saving Private Ryan is not the greatest war film ever made. After the first 20 minutes it’s just your average film.

[@robvegas9354]

i like the battle at the end more than the rest of it

[@anacronix4193]

My favourite movie! chills

[@nathanthom8176]

He said arguably and I notice the fact that you refute it, yet give no suggestion of your own as to what the greatest war movie is.

[@ClarqueAllen]

John Doe makes at least two appearances prior to walking into the police station. He pretends to be a reporter early in the film and walks up on Pitt and Freeman as they show up at his door.

[@heatherfyffe3618]

Colour me surprised that a Brit narrator doesn't know that "Ralf" Fiennes is pronounced "Rafe". Of course, just seconds later the narrator says "you're an inatimate object." And later in the video he says "insiduous" instead of "insidious". Of course I would not dare propose that I would do any better in a voiceover, we all trip up. But... I'm not getting paid to do this professionally, with (presumably) a team of editors to make sure the final product is of decent professional quality. *shrug*

[@geoffreykahler1616]

The bride is not the titular bride though. Frankenstein is the doctor, so his wife, who is a major catalyst of the story is the bride of Frankenstein. The monster is just that. The Monster.

[@ClockFink]

I’m really annoyed Batman crossed your mind and then you referenced the wrong movie… a cheap sequel-bait scene ain’t got shit on Tommy Lister’s “Tattooed Prisoner” on the ferry in the Dark Knight. “Give it to me. And I’ll do what you shoulda done 20 minutes ago.”

[@prestonscott73]

Not exactly a character, but what about the baby being born near the end of Children of Men?

[@Jdanej]

The Joker Cameo in The Batman is the worst part of an otherwise excellent movie.

[@timidwolf]

But entry number one is the first character you see in the film!

[@antoniacosta6221]

But no one knows that until the end. When the movie starts it leads you to believe the old man is Tom Hanks, it's not until the very end that he's revealed to be Matt Damon.

[@timidwolf]

@@antoniacosta6221 I know, I was just being facetious.

[@bheast86]

Ricardo Montalban in THE TRAIN ROBBERS

[@daryl772003]

Dr. No should be on this list

[@TallyDrake]

Ralph Fiennes. You know how to pronounce his last name but not his first? 🤨

[@thlortgg]

Nice.

[@jamalvargas6146]

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[@mrmojomajestic8317]

Sigourney Weaver in The Cabin In The Woods.

[@ajmmoviestv1669]

Oh, yeah. That was good. 🙂 ... That was good.

[@playerthirteen9695]

Alfred Molina in Boogie Nights.

[@soundwave1a]

The alien queen from...............ALIENS. 😉😊

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

Marlon Brando is GOAT...until you think about The Island of Dr. Moreau.

[@CAMPBELLOBK97]

The childlike Empress The Neverending Story.

[@domhuckle]

earn this

[@WARGAMINGLIVE]

8 John Lennon. No sign of a wife with a black eye.

[@nathanthom8176]

They may be the same person but they are not really the same person, as we are products of our experiences. The John Lennon at the end of the film has not lived the life and had the same experiences that shaped him as our John Lennon and as such he may very well grown into a very different person.

[@yucon_man]

I would have chosen Lieutenant Joseph Blake for 1917

[@catherineearnshaw8472]

RAFE Fiennes - not RALPH!!!

[@simontrebel87]

Arthur Leigh Allen in Zodiac

[@dietdrpepper15]

Uh John Doe, was taking pictures before the police station.

[@henrywilliams6209]

You know there's a theory saying that John doe from seven is not the kill but instead a suicidal man the real killer hired! I don't know if that's true or not but I think it's wrong

[@jamesbrinner3678]

how can you put Damon above Brando?

[@jamesbrinner3678]

@@danjonmills thank you so much for taking the time to share your opinion on my comment

[@jamesbrinner3678]

you condescending prick

[@jasonroosa2475]

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[@glenconnelly9592]

All of these videos could be so much shorter.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

😍♥️🥰🤩😃😁

[@Brian-th3ge]

Not one single woman 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@daltigoth3970]

The Bride of Frankenstein was on the list...

[@HariSeldon913]

@@daltigoth3970 Yes, but being a bride may exclude her from being single.

[@daltigoth3970]

@@HariSeldon913 They didn't actually get married, though. She was created to be a partner for the original monster, but she didn't like him and rejected him.

[@marioperez9394]

The worst part of 1917 is Dr Strange he’s a horrible actor

[@empurress77]

Skyfall was a really lame movie. The whole reason i went to see it was i wanted to see cool gadgets. Then: no gadgets. What a letdown.

[@IrishScribbler]

Yeah, ‘cos invisible cars and exploding pens are really what you need to make a great film. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@empurress77]

@@IrishScribbler A great 007 film yes. Yes you do.

[@empurress77]

@@danjonmills Going to Burgerking JUST to eat burgers. Lame.~ lmao

[@jasonroosa2475]

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