Jurassic World: Where To Spot Jimmy Buffett’s Hilarious Cameo

Here’s where to spot Jimmy Buffett’s very apt cameo in Jurassic World. Following the underwhelmed response to 2001’s Jurassic Park III, the franchise went on ice for many years. While Steven Spielberg and the franchise’s producers occasionally commented on the fourth entry being in development, it never seemed to move ahead. The main problem was trying to come up with a unique scenario for it, with writer John Sayles once producing a now infamous script involving a team of human/dinosaur hybrids being trained for rescue and assassination missions.

Jurassic World finally arrived in 2015 – almost 15 years after the third movie – from director Colin Trevorrow (The Book Of Henry). The story took things back to basics, with a fully functioning dinosaur park becoming undone with the arrival of a highly intelligent, and hungry, hybrid creature. The movie received mixed reviews for its various tonal issues, including the weirdly mean-spirited death of supporting character Zara, but it was an enormous hit regardless. Stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard later returned for sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Another mark against Jurassic World in its reviews came with the sheer amount of product placement crammed into it. Everything from Coca-Cola to Beats by Dre, Starbucks and even The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon make an appearance. On one hand, this was intended as meta-commentary and a callback to the commercialization of the park comment made by Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum, Thor: Ragnarok) in the original. On the other hand, the sheer sensory overload of product placement becomes a little hard to bear.

The presence of a Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in Jurassic World can’t help raise a smile, however, since it resulted in the movie’s funniest easter egg. During the sequence where the Pterosaur’s break free and start swarming the guests – including the aforementioned Zara – a brave bartender at the park’s Margaritaville can be seen saving two margaritas from a table during the attack. That’s because Jimmy Buffett himself is playing the bartender, and while this gag can be easy to miss on first viewing, it’s definitely a fun one. Buffett’s big moment can be spotted at the 0.20 mark here.

Jimmy Buffett hasn’t been confirmed to return for Jurassic World: Dominion in 2021, but considering Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jake Johnson and many more are all coming back, there must be room for Jurassic World’s Margaritaville bartender too. Colin Trevorrow will return for this third entry, which promises to be a suitably epic conclusion to the current saga.

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It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games – he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU – where Hawkeye is clearly the best character – to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

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