Conveying pre-written conversations is not an easy task.
However, some actors went beyond their acting skills and improvised stunning lines on the spot.
Let's take a look at 10 examples of actors improvising some of the most memorable lines in film history:
1. It turns out that one of the most representative scenes in "Logan" is improvisational.
In the dinner scene, Logan (Wolverine) talks to Professor X and mentions that he used to run a school, and director James Mangold tells Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart: "Fill in something." As long as you see fit. So we improvised for eight to nine minutes. ”
2. In Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix improvised "Am I not merciful?"
His character, Commodus, said this when he chose to marry his sister Lucilla instead of killing her and her son.
3. Philip Semer Hoffman's "You pig**!"
is an improvised line from "The Master".
This shot happened when director Paul Thomas Anderson decided to walk up to Hoffman, look at his hairline, and pull out a hair.
4. This line that went viral from "The Gucci Family" was improvised by Lady Gaga. When she says "father, son, Gucci brand," Gaga explains, "I did it in the trailer, and then when we did, the scene felt right. We did, and it's proof that Ridley Scott as a director because he used these things. He uses creativity. He uses love. ”
5. One of the most memorable lines in Fury was improvised by Brad Pitt. Director David Ayer revealed, "Brad's line 'Ideals are peaceful, history is violent' was his improvisation, and then I thought, buddy, what are you doing?' Then it appears in the movie because it adds a nice thematic climax to the film, and it helps shed light on what the movie is about. ”
6. One of the most important lines in Captain Phillips, and the one that made Buckhard Abdi a great success, is actually improvisational. The line is, "Look at me." I'm the captain now," actor Buckhard Abdi said, "and I became the character." In that moment, I tried to be that person. I had to say everything I had to use a lot of imagination. ”
7. The iconic "Heeeere's Johnny!" The lines in The Shining were Jack Nicholson's original idea. This is a cover of "The Johnny Carson Show", which was very popular at the time, and Johnny Carson would introduce himself with this line.
8. The iconic "I Love You You" was improvised by Andrew Garfield in Spider-Man: Homeless. "I improvised a line in the film, looked at (Maguire and Holland) and I told them I loved them," he said. That's just that I love them. ”
9. The Brantarch joke in Don't Look Up comes from improvisation. Director Adam McKay said: "We shot the scene in the control room at BASH. I said, 'We should play.' Why don't you talk about it? You never know. It may appear. Meryl was very good at improvisation, she said, she wanted to know how I would die!"
10. In the movie The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal says, "There was a censusman who wanted to test me. I ate his liver with broad beans and a delicious glass of chianti. "Anthony Hopkins had been making this hissing sound haphazardly on set for a while, and he decided to incorporate it during filming.
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