Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is finally out, and the film contains a surprising cameo that contains a secret casting choice. The cast of Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is absolutely star-studded, with it featuring some of the most well-known actors and comedians of the modern day. However, Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story pulled off an interesting trick with one of its actors, with them getting more screentime than viewers may have originally thought.

Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story is finally here, with the highly anticipated comedy movie finally being released on Netflix. The film tells the not-so-true story of the origin of Kellogg’s Pop-Tart product, with it focusing less on the facts and more on the comedy. Unfrosted is full of gags, celebrity cameos, and appearances from food and breakfast cereal mascots, with the film being packed full of easily missed gems. However, one of these hard to notice casting choices probably went unregistered by most viewers.

Walter Cronkite & Johnny Carson Are Played By The Same Actor In Unfrosted

Kyle Dunnigan

Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story features cameo actors playing all kinds of celebrities that were prominent in the 1960s, with impressions and gags surrounding these figures filling the film. Two of these prominently features celebrities are Walter Cronkite and Johnny Carson, with the news reporter and late-night talk show host being two of the most notable figures in the film. As it turns out, however, they are both played by the same actor.

Comedian Kyle Dunnigan appears in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story as both Walter Cronkite and Johnny Carson, with him having some of the most versatile roles in the film. The comedian and actor, who has worked on projects like Inside Amy Schumer and Reno 911!, was cast as both characters in the Jerry Seinfeld film, although he looks completely different in the two roles.

Why Kyle Dunnigan Plays Both Unfrosted Characters

One Uses Deepfake Technology

Although pretty much every other celebrity is played by a different actor, Kyle Dunnigan is the only one to play two in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story, causing many viewers to wonder why this is. It could be because both celebrities were newsmen of the 1960s, with their roles in the film has television personalities being roughly the same.

Although Kyle Dunnigan truly plays Walter Cronkite in live-action, he actually only provides the voice of Johnny Carson, with this being the reason why he can play both characters. According to Jerry Seinfeld in a Vanity Fair interview, Johnny Carson is deepfaked in the film, meaning that no actor really plays him. Instead, impressionist Kyle Dunnigan was able to lend his voice to the iconic TV personality, allowing him to play two roles in Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.