Clayface is now out in theaters, and DC followers are going into it with eyes huge open, on the lookout for any Easter eggs that would present enjoyable connections to the bigger DC Universe franchise, or a nod to the comedian ebook lore that impressed the movie. Whereas there is probably not sufficient of these within the movie (one of many greatest criticisms we made in our official assessment), there’s one wild celeb cameo second, should you can spot it.
One of many stars of Breaking Unhealthy makes an look in Clayface, however odds are that almost all followers – even die-hard followers of the actor – gained’t even spot it. We’ll let you know the place to look, however in fact, that can require moving into SPOILERS about Clayface.
Clayface Cameo Revealed: Breaking Unhealthy’s Aaron Paul Is A Gangster Daddy
The story of Clayface follows Matt Hagen (Matthew Rhys Harries), a Gotham Metropolis actor. When Matt sleeps with the girlfriend of native gangster Markos Szabo (David Dencik), he pays the worth by having his famous person face horribly mutilated. When Matt tries to rebuild his life, he finds these closest to him have betrayed him and are profiting off his misfortune. That sends him on a quest for revenge, one which ends in numerous bloodshed.
By the third act of Clayface, Matt has gone totally off the deep finish and is totally embracing his means to vary look and kill with out consequence. The climactic “motion sequence” sees Matt infiltrate Szabo’s nightclub to kill the gangster and his girlfriend, Mia Torrez (Joana Ribeiro). As a substitute of confronting the gangsters immediately, Matt makes use of his shapeshifting skills to his benefit, transferring by means of the group to dispatch the gangsters one-by-one. At one level through the collage of faces Matt cycles by means of, he lands on one explicit face with a purpose to distract a veteran gangster: the face of his low-level gangster father, Jimmy Hagen.
An extended-haired and bearded Aaron Paul is the face Matt takes on to impersonate Jimmy, making the Breaking Unhealthy actor an official a part of the DCU. The second solely lasts for seconds earlier than Matt cycles to a different face to take down one other foe, but it surely was a pleasant (random!) shock for individuals who noticed it. Rumors of Aaron Paul being solid in Clayface circulated earlier this 12 months, leaving some to surprise why he wasn’t within the advertising for the movie.
Followers are having enjoyable with the short cameo, and the memes about Aaron Paul’s “function” in Clayface are already flying round social media. As one fan posted, it’s a “literal blink-and-you-miss-it second”.
Not a lot is revealed about Matt Hagen’s backstory (should you can imagine it). Early within the movie, when Szabo’s gang first ambushes him, they point out figuring out Matt’s connection to the underworld through his father, who they mock as a two-bit criminal. Whereas Clayface doesn’t do the best job creating that backstory and lore, we do know sufficient to get that Jimmy Hagen wasn’t the best of men, or best of dads.
Aaron Paul is most well-known for his function as “Jesse Pinkman,” one of many lead characters of Breaking Unhealthy. Followers obtained to see him play a really troubled and conflicted character who’s mucking round within the underworld and leads to approach over his head. That affiliation works wonders for making his seconds of display time worthwhile, because it conveys that Jimmy Hagen was the identical sort of low-rent legal that Jesse Pinkman was.
Clayface is now in theaters. What did you consider it?