Ice Cube in 'Anaconda' (1997) Columbia/Courtesy Everett Collection As Jack Black and Paul Rudd release their meta take on 1997’s Anaconda, at least one member of the original cast will return to the Amazon for a cameo. During Saturday’s Los Angeles premiere of the Sony Pictures comedy, Ice Cube revealed that he makes an appearance in the Tom Gormican co-written/directed movie, nearly 30 years after playing cameraman Danny Rich in the first film. “It’s cool to do a cameo, to kind of make it go full circle in a way,” he told reporters, according to People.