The most unexpected and fascinating names to appear on the new season of ‘Twin Peaks’

Jim Belushi

Now here’s the casting that caused all of the cinephiles in the bunch to wonder if David Lynch had finally lost his goddamn mind. Yep, that’s right — according to Jim (and this cast list), the star of According to Jim and plenty of just terrible films will be making an appearance this season. Belushi’s a popular punching bag for people on film and TV twitter, and honestly, he hasn’t done too much to reject that status. Still, if anybody can make him look good, it’s Lynch, who gave Billy Ray Cyrus a spot in a movie that would be later put into the Criterion Collection. In this clip from Red Heat, a nearly contemporaneous theatrical work with the first season of Twin Peaks, Belushi’s rude to a waitress and asks Arnold a hell of a lot of personal questions about his family back in Mother Russia. It’s a good summation of his career.