Is it precious or is it nepotism – you decide .
1.Remember the two kids who hand Spider-Man back his mask on the train inSpider-Man 2? Those are Tobey Maguire’s real life half-brothers!
2.DirectorJudd Apatowcast his two daughters, Maude and Iris, in his 2012 movie,This Is 40. They starred as the daughters ofLeslie Mannand Paul Rudd’s characters. The former is also their real life mum (and Apatow’s wife).
3.If the poolside bartender in 1993’sMrs. Doubtfirelooks somehow familiar to you, that might be because he’s played by Robert Todd Williams, Robin Williams' older brother.
4.In the TV seriesMaster of None, actor and show creatorAziz Ansarihad his real life parent’s portray his character’s on-screen parents.
5.InForrest Gump, the girl on the bus who refuses to let Forrest sit next to her is played by Elizabeth Hanks, AKA the daughter of Tom Hanks.
6.Angelina Jolie’s daughter, Vivienne, was cast as young Aurora inMaleficent.This was partly because every other child they tried to shoot with was so terrified of Jolie in costume that they wouldn’t approach her. Vivienne, however, was unfazed.
7.Jolie and Brad Pitt’s child, Shiloh, also made an on-screen appearance with her dad. She appeared in Pitt’s filmThe Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonwhen she was a baby.
8.In exchange for doing 1993’sGroundhog Day, Bill Murray asked for his brother to get a part. He plays the mayor.
9.Another relative of Murray can be seen inMoonrise Kingdom.A khaki scout is played by Bill’s real life son, Cooper Murray.
10.Samwise Gamgee’s daughter in the finalLord of the Ringsfilm is played by Sean Astin’s real daughter.
11.AnotherLord of the Ringsfamily connection can be found in the second movie. One of the Rohan refugees is played by Hannah Wood, the sister of Elijah Wood.
12.In 2004’sElf, Will Ferrell’s brother, Patrick Ferrell, plays one of the security guards who escorts Buddy out of the Empire State Building.
13.In the 2006 filmThe Pursuit of Happyness,Will Smith starred as a down on his luck salesman alongside his real life son, Jaden.
14.And just a year later, Smith’s daughter, Willow, appeared in his filmI Am Legendas his on-screen daughter.
15.Two ofLove Actuallydirector Richard Curtis’s children can be seen in the film. They both appear in the play at the end. His daughter is one of the lobsters, and his son is the boy in the Spider-Man make up.
16.Rory Nolan, one of the children ofThe Dark Knight Risesdirector Christopher Nolan, can be seen in the film on the school bus on the bridge. Nolan also named the working title of the movie –Magnus Rex– after another of his sons.
17.Young Voldemort inHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeis played by actor Ralph Fiennes' nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin.
18.Watch closely during 2004’sThe Terminal, and you’ll see Steven Spielberg’s daughter Sasha appear as the girl with the suitcase that Viktor (played by Tom Hanks) tries to help.
19.InGrease,the waitress who says, “oh, there’s Danny and Sandy” while watching the televised school dance is played by Ellen Travolta, the sister of actor John Travolta.
20.Another of Travolta’s sisters, Ann, and his mother, Helen, also appeared in the first the five minutes ofSaturday Night Fever.Ann plays the pizzeria worker who takes Tony’s order on his way to work, and Helen plays the customer he gives a “discount” to at the paint store.
21.Speaking of mums, both Simon Pegg’s and Edgar Wright’s mothers made appearances inHot Fuzzas the Village of the Year judges.
22.Billy Crystal’s on-screen daughter in 1991’sCity Clickerswas played by his real life daughter, Lindsay. And that little boy on the left? None other than a young Jake Gyllenhaal!
23.The director ofGhostbusters II, Ivan Reitman, cast his daughter Catherine in the film. She appeared briefly in a laboratory scene.
24.Although now a star in his own right, you can see John David Washington in a very early film appearance inMalcolm X, which stars his father, Denzel Washington. He’s the first child who stands up and says, “I am Malcolm X!”
25.Morgan Freeman’s son, Alfonso, appears as a fingerprint technician in his 1997 film,Se7en.
26.And finally, both Stanley Kubrick’s daughter and grandson can be spotted inEyes Wide Shut.A scene at the doctor’s office features both Katerina Kubrick and her son.
