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“What’s the most random bit of background action of football on TV in a movie?” asks Niki Halsey. “I have just seen Julian Joachim playing for Aston Villa in the background of Hannibal.”

The Knowledge has touched upon footballer cameos in films before, but most of the examples from that article were intentional. So let’s stick to the script set by Niki and dive into random background action in big-budget TV and films.

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