Kevin Smith Reveals More ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Cameos From The View Askewniverse
Jay and Silent Bob Reboothaswrapped principal photography, with or without Ben Affleck. But this final week of production had plenty of cameos featuring stars fromKevin Smith’s previous films in the View Askewniverse, and not justJay and Silent Bob Strike Back. The latest reveals from Kevin Smith include the return of the leading ladies fromChasing AmyandClerks II, not to mention the return of a couple very serious actors. Find out the latestJay and Silent Bob Rebootcameos below.
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First up,James Van Der BeekandJason Biggsare both returning as themselves, the stars of the originalBluntman and Chronicmovie fromJay and Silent Bob Strike Back. This time, Bluntman and Chronic is so popular that there’s an entire comic convention dedicated to the bluntastic duo, and it’s appropriately called Chronic-Con. Presumably the two stars are participating in some kind of nostalgic panel about the original movie in the wake of the reboot thatJay and Silent Bob Rebootcenters on.
Next,Clerks IIstarRosario Dawsonreunited with Kevin Smith for a small role inJay and Silent Bob Reboot. However, unlike most of the cameos we’ve seen revealed by Kevin Smith on social media, Dawson won’t be reprising the role she played in the aforementeioned comedy sequel. Instead, the caption in the above photo makes it sound like she’s playing a new character. I guess we’ll have to wait until the movie comes out before we find out what it is.
Finally, the most recent cameo revealed by Kevin Smith is the return ofJoey Lauren Adamsas Alyssa Jones fromChasing Amy. She returned to the role in a very brief capacity at the end ofJay and Silent Bob Strike Back, but as you’re able to read in the caption above, she had a much larger impact on Kevin Smith’s career years before that. Surely her role will again be small, but it’s still been great to see all these familiar View Askewniverse faces getting back together with Kevin Smith, no matter how brief.
As for some other cameos that we’ve missed out on reporting over the past few weeks, let’s run through some of them now. The young pot-smoking teens played byJake RichardsonandNick Fehlingerin front of the Quick Stopcame back for an appearance.Office SpacestarDeidrich Baderis returning as thehorny Hollywood security guardfromJay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin Smith’s wifeJennifer Schwalbachis returning asthe diamond thief Missy, whose life seems to have taken a turn since she’s now working at a Mooby’s. AndJoseph Reitmanis back as thebeleaguered assistant directorof the original Bluntman and Chronic. Of course, those are on top of the variousother cameosandcharacter returnswe’ll see.
If you’re worried that Kevin Smith has been spoiling all these cool cameos that would have been much better to see unfold for the first time when you’re sitting in a theater, the director has reassured fans that there are still plenty of surprises in store for long time fans of his work. Jay and Silent Bob Reboot doesn’t have a release date yet, but as soon as it does, we’ll let you know.
