Markiplier's Cut Five Nights at Freddy's Movie Cameo Detailed By Star (& Fellow YouTube Gamer)

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After having helped popularize its source material, Markiplier's cut cameo details have been revealed by fellow YouTube gamer and movie star MatPat. An adaptation of Scott Cawthon's horror video game franchise about possessed murderous animatronics has been in the works for nearly a decade, having finally made its way to the screen with the creator onboard as a co-writer and producer and Blumhouse financing the project. Though garnering negative reviews from critics, is already a box office hit in its opening weekend with an impressive 89% approval rating from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Fresh off the movie's release, MatPat took to his YouTube account to open up about his cameo in . While reflecting on the costume process of the production, the YouTube gamer revealed that there was a costume made up for fellow internet personality Markiplier to appear in the movie, confirming that he was supposed to play the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza security guard killed in its opening sequence before he had to depart due to scheduling conflicts. See what MatPat shared in the quote and video below:

It was actually there that I got to see who else was gonna be a part of this movie up on the wall. That's where I actually learned that Cory was gonna be a cab driver for the first time. It was also where I saw that good old Markiplier was supposed to be the security guard who gets killed at the very beginning of the movie.

Mark Fishcbach, better known by his online name of Markiplier, is one of the biggest names in YouTube gaming, especially in regard to the franchise. Ever since the 2014 original game, Markiplier has uploaded Let's Play videos for every subsequent installment, with the original garnering over 113 million views at the time