When Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ‘literally begged' for Star Trek cameo, but with this condition
Jeff Bezos
once revealed that it took years of asking—and a very specific demand—to land his dream cameo in the Star Trek universe. Speaking during a 2020 fireside chat in Mumbai with bollywood star
Shah Rukh Khan
and filmmaker Zoya Akhtar, Bezos explained how his brief role in the 2016 film
Star Trek Beyond
came to be. 'I got that role by literally begging,' Bezos then said, describing his persistence in asking
Paramount Global
for a part in the franchise he has loved since childhood.
The billionaire then revealed that he didn't mind wearing heavy alien makeup or being unrecognizable on screen. But insisted on one condition: a speaking line. Jeff further said that the reason behind this was to make sure that his appearance couldn't be edited out.
'The part had to include a speaking line and be part of a pivotal scene so that they couldn't cut me from the final version of the movie,' he explained.
Jeff Bezos cameo in Star Trek Beyond
At around 13 minutes into the movie, Bezos appears as a Starfleet officer on the Yorktown starbase. Covered in full alien prosthetics by Oscar-winning makeup artist Joel Harlow, Bezos has one line of dialogue: 'Speak normally,' spoken as he places a universal translator on a rescued alien.
'We did the scene 20 times,' Bezos recalled. 'It was terrifying… but it all worked out.'
In a recent news, Jeff Bezos offloaded around $737 million worth of Amazon stock in recent days. This is the biggest major divestment made by Jeff Bezos this year. The transactions made by Bezos were executed under the prearranged trading plan known as Rule 10b5-1. For those unaware, Rule 10b5-1 is a regulation from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that lets insiders at public companies set up a plan to sell their shares ahead of time.
Under this rule, major shareholders can schedule the sale of a fixed number of shares at a set time, helping them avoid accusations of insider trading. Many company executives use 10b5-1 plans for this reason. The rule was introduced to clarify Rule 10b-5, part of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which is the main law used to investigate securities fraud.
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