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How Free Guy's Alex Trebek Jeopardy Cameo Happened


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Free Guy director Shawn Levy explains how the movie's sweet Alex Trebek cameo and Jeopardy! shout-out came to be. This weekend's biggest new release is the Ryan Reynolds-starring Free Guy, a video game adventure/rom-com that was supposed to debut last year, but was bumped back to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The movie follows Reynolds' non-playable character Guy as he becomes the hero of Free City, a popular Fortnite-esque video game that's in danger of shutting down for good. Free Guy also stars Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Joe Keery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Taika Waititi.

Throughout its runtime, Free Guy contains numerous references to well known games, shows, and movies. One of the most memorable is a scene involving the late Alex Trebek. As Guy becomes famous out in the real world for his heroics inside Free City, numerous real life personalities begin commenting on the "Blue Shirt Guy" phenomenon. Guy even becomes an answer on Jeopardy!, thus allowing audiences one last look at the dearly departed Trebek, who passed away last fall.

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In speaking to EW, Levy explained how Trebek's Free Guy cameo came to be. Levy called it an "honor" to have Trebek participate in the movie, especially since now it means Free Guy is tied to his legacy. The idea to have Trebek make an appearance stemmed from the need to properly convey Guy's rising popularity. The answer came quickly: Have him be a Jeopardy! answer. Levy said:

"We were literally sitting in the editing room and we were talking about, 'We need to convey to the audience that blue shirt guy has become a cultural phenomenon. How can we do that concisely?' One answer that came to us is, if you become an answer on Jeopardy, you're a cultural reality. You have achieved a certain level of cultural embed."

Reynolds has become involved with various charitable organizations as a favor to Trebek, so he was the one to ask the Jeopardy! host if he would cameo in Free Guy. Levy was unable to actually direct Trebek for his scene, but he's still glad he was able to be a part of the movie. The director also remarked on how Trebek's kind personality fits within Free Guy's entire message, adding, "There is a positivity and a fairly profound rejection of cynicism that informs the character of Guy and the entire movie that we've made."

Free Guy is packed with surprising celebrity cameos, from Channing Tatum to Hugh Jackman. There's even a surprise Marvel cameo that took many fans by surprise. And yet, it really just might be Trebek's that tugs at the heartstrings the most. Jeopardy! recently named a new host in Mike Richards, but Trebek will always remain the face of the show. His loss was a difficult one for many last year, so to see him one last time on the big screen was an undeniably special moment. As Levy said, Free Guy is now a part of Trebek's enduring legacy, and that holds great meaning to all involved. He will certainly never be forgotten.

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Source: EW

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Rachel LaBonte is a news, feature, and movie review writer for Screen Rant with a deep passion for film and television. A graduate of Emerson College, she majored in Media Arts Production while specializing in screenwriting. She's been a writer ever since high school when she realized she was rather good at it and joined as many entertainment news clubs as she could while in school. Most notably, she wrote for Emerson's website Emertainment Monthly, and one of her film reviews won an Evvy (Emerson's student awards) for Best Review. Her deep love of movies led to her working at a movie theater for five years, which she loved despite the angry customers. An avid reader who constantly buys books before reading the ones she already owns, Rachel is a huge fan of superheroes (especially of the Marvel variety) and wizards and will likely never be able to catch up on all the movies/TV shows she longs to watch.

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