Warning: the following contains spoilers for Ocean's 8.
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Ocean's 8 features dozens of cameos, including the return of two original Ocean's Eleven team members and a ton of celebrities playing themselves during the heist at the Met Gala. Almost fifty celebrities from film, fashion, and other industries have credited cameos in Ocean's 8. As a result, not only does the film feature some fun and surprising cameos, but the Met's red carpet in the film feels like a real star-studded event. Ironically, because the Met's biggest fashion icon, Rihanna, is in Ocean's 8, Rihanna herself does not make an appearance at the Gala.
Ocean's 8 is a continuation of the Ocean's franchise, rather than a reboot that erases the previous films. Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) is the sister of Danny Ocean (George Clooney), who learns that her brother is dead when she is released from prison. Debbie keeps a picture of her brother in the film, and one of her team members, Constance, comments on how attractive he is. Two members of Danny's former team, Reuben (Elliot Gould) and Yen (Shaobo Qin), are both featured in the film. Originally, two more team members, Linus (Matt Damon) and Saul (Carl Reiner) were also slated to appear, but it seems that their cameos have been cut.
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The tradition of celebrities appearing as themselves in the Ocean's films began with Rusty (Brad Pitt) teaching celebrities how to play poker. The scene featured television stars Holly Marie Combs (Charmed), Topher Grace (That '70s Show), Joshua Jackson (Dawson's Creek), Barry Watson (7th Heaven), and Shane West (Once And Again) as themselves. In Ocean's 12, Bruce Willis plays himself opposite Julia Roberts playing Tess, who is pretending to be Julia Roberts.
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Ocean's Eleven Team Members Return
While Matt Damon and Carl Reiner were slated to return as Linus and Saul respectively, it appears that their cameos were cut from the film. However, Elliot Gould reprises his role as Reuben and Shaobo Qin returns as Yen.
Reuben meets with Debbie Ocean at the beginning of the film at the grave of her brother, Danny Ocean. He tells Debbie that he has heard about her plan, and while it is a brilliant heist, he thinks it will land her back in prison. Debbie ignores Reuben's warning.
Yen's role is both more surprising and more pivotal to the film. At the end of the film, Debbie and her partner Lou reveal that they decided to steal more than the Cartier diamond necklace. In addition, they steal the entire display of royal jewels that the Met has on display. To do this, Lou brings a surprise team member into the museum —Yen — who uses his acrobatic skills to take the jewels and replace them with replicas.
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Celebrities Playing Themselves at the Met Gala
Because the major heist in Ocean's 8 occurs at the Met Gala, the filmmakers had dozens of celebrities from the film and fashion industries cameo as themselves. Some, like actress and supermodel Heidi Klum, were featured with a few lines. In Klum's case, she trades German with Sandra Bullock's Debbie Ocean while Ocean is disguised as a German celebrity. Serena Williams is interviewed on the red carpet, while Anne Hathaway's Daphne Kluger is seated next to actress Katie Holmes and fashion designer Zac Posen. After the heist occurs and security temporarily shuts down the party, actress Olivia Munn and athlete Maria Sharapovia anxiously ask the guards what is happening. Other major stars, including Kim Kardashian West, Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, who simply appear in the background at the Met Gala.
Dakota Fanning also appears in a cameo role, but not as herself. Instead, she plays Penelope Stern, an actress and rival of Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway).
Below is a complete list of the credited cameo appearances in Ocean's 8. Celebrities are grouped into categories of actors and reporters, the fashion industry, and other industries. Names are listed in alphabetical order unless otherwise noted.
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Celebrities Playing Themselves: Actors and Reporters
Derek Blasberg (fashion journalist)
Katie Holmes (actress Batman Begins)
Kendall Jenner (actress Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
Kylie Jenner (actress Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
Kim Kardashian West (actress Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
Olivia Munn (actress X-Men Apocalypse)
Amy Robach (ABC News correspondent)
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Celebrities Playing Themselves: Writers, Athletes, Musicians, and More
Leon Bridges (singer)
Common (hip-hop artist and film producer)
Desiigner (rapper and singer)
Matt Harvey (baseball player)
Nick Mangold (football player)
John McEnroe (tennis player)
Wendi Murdoch (businesswoman, credited as Wendy Murdoch)
Kimberly Pauley (author)
Rainey Qualley (singer)
Maria Sharapova (tennis player)
Serena Williams (tennis player)
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Olympic rowers, venture capitalists, and Social Network villains)
Dr. Georgia Witkin (author and psychiatrist)
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Celebrities Playing Themselves: The Fashion Industry
Many celebrities from the fashion world were also featured in Ocean's 8, including designers, models, and the real organizers of the Met Gala.
Fashion designers who play themselves in the film include: Waris Ahluwalia, Dennis Basso, Wes Gordon, Prabal Gurung, Dee Hilfiger, Tommy Hilfiger, Zac Posen, Sofia Sanchez de Betak, Jonathan Simkhai, Alexander Wang, and Jason Wu. Aerin Lauder of Estee Lauder beauty products also appears as a Met Gala guest.
Supermodels who appear at the Met Gala include: Lily Aldridge, Hailey Baldwin (daughter of Stephen Baldwin), Cindy Bruna, Anna Ewers, Gigi Hadid, Jaime King, Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Sofia Richie, and Liu Wen.
Andrew Bolton, the head curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, appears in the film along with four major players at Vogue: Hamish Bowles (the European editor-at-large for the American Vogue), Tonne Goodman (Vogue's fashion director), Lauren Santo Domingo (a contributing editor at Vogue), and Anna Wintour (the artistic director of Condé Nast and editor-in-chief of Vogue). Anna Wintour has previously appeared as herself in the fashion comedy film Zoolander 2.