Introducing Keith Hernandez: 20 athlete cameos that aren’t totally unwatchable

By Libby Hill, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, A.A. Dowd, Caroline Framke, Rowan Kaiser, Alex McLevy, Noel Murray, Les Chappell, Alasdair Wilkins, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago | July 15, 2015 | 5:00am

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Introducing Keith Hernandez: 20 athlete cameos that aren’t totally unwatchable

A good celebrity cameo can be the highlight of a movie—but athletes don’t always make for the most engaging actors, and a stiff line reading can be a big strike out. Here are 20 sports players who buck that trend and hit a home run.

1. LeBron James, Trainwreck

The world of Comedy Central’s is crowded with outsize personalities, sharp parodies, and characters full of unexpected pathos. Still, none of these categories contain the enigma that is former NBA forward Metta World Peace, the host of Key & Peele’s sporadic infotainment program Metta World News. The segments are never longer than a minute, as Metta World Peace blinks into the camera and, playing off his reputation, delivers some of the writers’ most ridiculous and random lines in a perfect deadpan: “Well, that wraps things up for Metta World News, this Wednesday, April Hurricane Slipknot. I’m Metta World Peace. Goodnight.” [Caroline Framke]

Introducing Keith Hernandez: 20 athlete cameos that aren’t totally unwatchable

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