Talk:Casper (film)

Last name

Casper's last name was Mcfadden - John-1107V

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:53, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Crypt Keeper in Casper?

what was he doing there?

Some mistake in starring list of Casper film

Hello,

As per my knowledge there is some mistake in the right hand side list of starring under the Casper Poster. "Robin William" has not been acted in this film, but his name appears there in list. And the actor "Bill Pullman"'s name is missing who has done the role of Dr. James Harvey.

Warm Regards, Ms. Ulka Panchal —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ulkapanchal (talk • contribs) 20:18, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Moustached Dan Aykroyd cameo

@Crboyer and Kirbanzo: Hey guys, I notice that you keep reverting the edits about a moustached Ray Stantz calming that it's "Vandalism" when it's not at all vandalism of any kind. Please watch this short clip here as proof that Ray does in fact has a moustache in his Casper cameo while the character is generally clean shaved in the Ghostbusters films. If you don't think this is a noteworthy piece of trivia to mention about, please discuss it here before reverting these edits again. 124.176.145.159 (talk) 01:07, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

• I'd say perhaps a short mention, but nothing more. It's not noteworthy enough to warrant too much, but perhaps a blurb about the character being depicted with a moustache instead of being clean shaved like the source films. Kirbanzo ^{(userpage - talk - contribs)} 03:16, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Strong exclude: There is zero justification for including a description of the mustache. Was he credited as "mustachioed Ray Stantz"? No. What if there were some costume inconsistency or he was holding his proton pack emitter with the wrong hand? Would we care about that? Hair parted on the other side? How does this trivium improve our understanding of the Casper film? Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:55, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Exclude: For the same reasons as above. The character is still Ray, mustache or not. Crboyer (talk) 04:23, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

"Dark fantasy"?

Who keeps adding this sub-genre to the lead without providing irrefutable evidence? This has to stop. DawgDeputy (talk) 19:46, 4 December 2022 (UTC)

Dan Aykroyd

I have been looking at the article’s edit history and noticed that Dan Aykroyd’s appearance has been repeatedly removed, despite the fact that he does appear on screen in the film.

It is true that Aykroyd is not credited in the end credits. However, he appears in Casper portraying Ray Stantz, wearing the Ghostbusters uniform (including the name badge), and he delivers spoken dialogue. This is not a background appearance, a visual reference, or a brief likeness gag. It is an on-screen performance by the original actor portraying the same named character.

It is also worth noting the production context. Casper was distributed by Universal Pictures and produced by Amblin Entertainment with The Harvey Entertainment Company, while Ghostbusters is a Columbia Pictures property owned by Sony. An appearance of Ray Stantz, portrayed by Dan Aykroyd, in full Ghostbusters costume and identified as the character on-screen, would have required permission and clearance. This suggests that the appearance was intentional and authorised, rather than incidental or insignificant.

Given this, I am struggling to understand why this appearance should be omitted entirely from a section specifically titled “Cameos”. Marking it as “uncredited” seems reasonable. Excluding it altogether is the part I do not follow. If there are policy-based reasons for doing so, I would genuinely appreciate clarification.

For clarity, this appearance fits the usual understanding of a cameo for the following reasons:

• The actor appears on screen in the film itself.
• The appearance is brief and non-central to the plot.
• The actor portrays a specific, named character.
• The character is identifiable on-screen by costume and name badge.
• The actor delivers spoken dialogue.
• The role is uncredited, which is common for cameos and does not, by itself, negate cameo status.

Separately, there are clear reasons why this cameo is appropriate to include in this article’s “Cameos” section:

• This is a cross-property character appearance with the original actor reprising a named role, in a scene directly aligned with the character portrayed (a Ghostbuster appearing during an attempted exorcism, as opposed to a cameo unrelated to the character’s established role), distinguishing it from generic background cameos.
• The appearance is intentional and authorised (permission and clearance would have been required given rights ownership).
• Marking it “uncredited” resolves the credit issue without requiring the article to pretend the on-screen appearance does not exist.

I would like to reiterate that it is presently unclear why the appearance should be excluded entirely rather than listed in the Cameos section with the qualifier “uncredited” and appropriate sourcing. Latodar (talk) 18:34, 7 February 2026 (UTC)