The 2 tiny 'Black Mirror' Season 4 celebrity cameos you may have missed

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Warning: Contains mild spoilers for Black Mirror Season 4, Episode 1.

Okay, chances are -- assuming you're a Breaking Bad fan -- you'll probably have noticed at least one of the celebrity cameos in the "U.S.S. Calllister" episode of Black Mirror Season 4.

We'd bet money you didn't spot both, though.

Shortly after the latest season of Charlie Brooker's dystopian nightmare aired on Netflix, gleeful fans took to Twitter to discuss their findings.

Yep: both Kirsten Dunst and Aaron Paul pop up briefly in the episode.

In case you didn't spot either of him, here's where they're hiding.

1. Aaron Paul

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Aaron Paul's cameo is the easiest to spot, because even though we don't actually see him he has a decent chunk of dialogue right at the end of the episode.

Paul plays "Gamer691", the man behind the transmission the U.S.S. Callister crew receive once they've made their escape through the wormhole.

"Yeah, Merry Christmas," says a disinterested Paul after Nanette Cole patches him through. "Are we gonna blow each other or are we gonna trade?"

Without a doubt this is casting at its absolute finest.

2. Kirsten Dunst

Kirsten Dunst's cameo is way, way harder to spot, largely because she's on screen for all of about three seconds.

Skip to the 10 minute mark, though, and you should be able to find her -- she's the unnamed colleague walking through the shot while Daly watches Cole meeting the rest of his co-workers.

It may seem like an incredibly random cameo, but it makes more sense when you remember that Dunst is currently engaged to actor Jesse Plemons, who plays Daly in the episode.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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