Potential Muppet movie cameos

Over the years the Muppets have announced or developed cameo appearances for their feature films that never came to fruition. Many of these cameos never went beyond the early development stages.

The Muppet Movie

 * The original script for called for a cameo by Henry Kissinger which never came to fruition.

The Great Muppet Caper

 * While Jack Warden was Jim Henson's first choice for the role of Mike Tarkanian, other actors Henson considered for the part included Jim Backus, Tom Bosley, Jackie Cooper, Hume Cronyn, David Doyle, Charles Durning, Broderick Crawford, Ed Asner, Martin Balsam, Harvey Korman, Walter Matthau, Jack Klugman, Jack Lemmon, and Lionel Stander.

The Muppets Take Manhattan

 * A cameo for Dustin Hoffman as a producer was written, but Hoffman decided not to do it at the last minute.

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

 * Snoop Dogg filmed a celebrity cameo scene for the telefilm. However the scene was removed from the final cut of the 2002 telefilm by The Jim Henson Company and NBC, and was also absent from the DVD release, which included other deleted scenes.

The Muppets

 * Early drafts of the screenplay include celebrity cameos by Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Christian Bale, Ben Stiller, Steve Carrell, George Clooney, Mel Brooks, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Rachel Ray, Bob Saget, Lisa Lampenelli, Jeff Ross, and Charles Grodin.
 * Rob Corddry, Billy Crystal, Ricky Gervais, Kathy Griffin, Sarah Hyland, Sterling Knight, Wanda Sykes and Danny Trejo filmed cameos for the film; however, their scenes were cut from the final film. These cameos were all included in the bonus features of the film's Blu-ray release.
 * One version of the screenplay included a cameo by Lady Gaga, however she did not appear in the film.
 * A cameo appearance of the character Nicky Holiday from The Great Muppet Caper was written in a early draft of The Muppets, but Charles Grodin declined to appear in the movie.
 * Elmo was originally proposed as a celebrity host for the Muppets Telethon, however legalities prevented such a cameo as it would've been too expensive.