THE JAY-LISTERS

REBOOT IS CRAMMED WITH CELEBRITY CAMEOS. HERE ARE FIVE OF SMITH’S FAVOURITES

MATT DAMON

“I was going to use him as Matt. Then my wife Jennifer said, ‘How come you never think to use him as Loki [from Dogma]?’ I said, ‘’Cause Loki died.’ She said, ‘Yeah, but it’s a movie.’ I said, ‘Oh, you’re fucking right!’ So we found a church and shot the Loki scene. I love it for what it became.”

CHRIS HEMSWORTH

“He had given an interview where he said, ‘We listened to Kevin Smith on a podcast.’ I said, ‘Chris Hemsworth knew my name? Let’s see if he’ll come do something.’ When he pops up in the movie, people are like, ‘Holy fuck!’ We’ve got a couple of Batmans [Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck] and we’ve got a Thor.”

JUSTIN LONG

“I had him in Zack And Miri and he’s my man in Tusk and Yoga Hosers, but he was never technically a part of the View Askewniverse. So I loved bringing him in as his Zack And Miri character — [filthy-mouthed gay porn star] Brandon St Randy. He’s a weapon of mass destruction, in the best possible way.”

ROSARIO DAWSON

“She doesn’t play Becky [her Clerks II character] because that takes my story in a different direction. But she came in, had nearly a half-page of dialogue, and juiced us in that one-page role. Now it’s where I’m like, ‘Fuck, I wish I had nine pages,’ because she’s so electric and fun.”

KEVIN SMITH

“In the original draft, Stan Lee was a big character in the third act. We lost Stan, and there is no Next Stan Lee. So I said, ‘Why don’t I use Kevin Smith as a character?’ So Kevin Smith is the director of the fake Bluntman v Chronic movie.”