Was Bana more right than wrong when he said his role was a cameo?

[NumberOne]

Someone counted the number of minutes Bana was on screen: under 5. That's about as cameo as you can get for the main villain of a movie.

Ya 5 minutes pretty much is a cameo which is strange for the main antagonist. I thought he did a good job with what he had but his talent was largely wasted. I hope in the deleted scenes he has more scenes.

Yeah, 5ish minutes is a cameo in my book but I'm totally fine with it. I wish there was a bit more back story on Nero and what drove him to where he was in the movie, but I still love the flick.

 

[seigezunt]

He ended up having less screen time than I thought he would after Abrams edited out all the Klingon/Rura Penthe scenes. So, yeah...Nero wasn't as big a presence in the film as he was probably originally intended to be before the decisions on the cuts and trims were made.

to the detriment of the character. But it would have made the movie burdensomely long.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

You could say he was a miner character.

 

[Falcor5]

You could say he was a miner character.

HA

 

[Prons]

You could say he was a miner character.

XD!!



Really I don't think it's a big con that he wasn't in the movie for more than 5 minutes. I'm not a Trek expert or anything, but when I think back to some episodes of TOS like "Obsession," we saw the villian for less than 5 minutes. Or even episodes like "Wolf in the Fold" when the vilian is something we can't even see.

I don't think the word cameo is appropriate because I was always under the impression that it's something related to the show itself. Like Stephanie Meyer appearing at the diner in the movie Twilight, for lack of a more recent example.

 

[cooleddie74]

Rhyl: "Yay! More screen time than Eric Bana!"

Too good.