well nothing else is gonna fit into this
dress I’ll tell you that maybe something
on this box I don’t want you get too
excited zone an along for that great
scene these actors put the improv in
improvement welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top ten improvised movie moments
for this list we’ve chosen movie scenes
or lines that were ad-libbed or
otherwise changed by an actor in the
heat of the moment
number ten show tune the Warriors can
you dig it for the Coney Island
confrontation between this film’s rival
gangs director Walter Hill wanted David
Patrick Kelley’s character Luthor to
tunt the Warriors from his 55 Cadillac
and he gave him free rein to do it in
any way he wanted Kelley clinked three
bottles together in one hand and
delivered the legendary singsong Todd
that we’ve come to know according to
Kelly it was a childhood bully that
inspired the chant it also helps that
he’s a musician blessed with the singing
chops for the line
number nine just kicking it the Lord of
the Rings the two towers showbiz is
dangerous there are few of us left
during a particularly emotional scene in
the adaptation of Tolkien’s trilogy
Viggo Mortensen’s character Aragorn
breaks down when he comes to the
realization the two of his Hobbit
friends might be dead and he expresses
himself by kicking a nearby helmet turns
out his breakdown was not only emotional
but also physical because after one too
many takes of kicking solid metal he
broke two toes the shot chosen for the
final cut of the film was the toe
breaker because you can’t fake the
intensity of the actors excruciating
pain number eight the barn story Saving
Private Ryan I can’t see my brothers
faces
and I’ve been trying and I can’t see
their faces at all is that ever
happening Matt Damon only shows up
towards the end of this epic war film
and he’s so preoccupied with survival we
barely get to know his character except
in this scene which was improvised by
the actor one night two of my brothers
came and woke me up in the middle of the
night I said dad a surprise for me so
they took me to the barn up into the
loft and there was my oldest brother Dan
as Ryan and Captain Miller
quietly await more fighting Private Ryan
reminisces about his lost brothers with
a spontaneous tale he’s working on this
broth he’s trying to get it up and all
of a sudden shot just screams that demon
obviously thinks the story is as funny
as we do but once he realizes it’s the
last time his family was together the
scene takes on a bittersweet feel made
more impressive when you remember it was
ad libbed that was it that was the last
that was Dan went off to basic the next
day that was the last night the four of
us were together two years ago number
seven the zit Animal House when a
director gives a comedian like John
Belushi a little wiggle room anything
can happen but it’s almost guaranteed to
be funny John Landis knew that when
Bluto began dumping food onto his tray
something magical might occur so he let
the cameraman follow him for the rest of
the scene everything Belushi did in the
cafeteria was unscripted and since the
cast and crew weren’t in on his joke or
its disgusting punchline amaz it get it
the reactions captured on film or real
it’s classic Belushi and possibly the
flicks most famous scene
number six blood sweat and smears Django
Unchained
I will admit you all pretty clever when
injured on the job most people would
take a 30-second breather before
continuing with their day now that
should be your first second third fourth
and fifth concern not Leonardo DiCaprio
he got so into character for Django
Unchained that when he slammed his hand
down onto a table during a tense scene
smashing a glass and cutting his hand so
badly he required stitches he just kept
right on with his racist rant said
aramis to the table here tonight but
that you can’t believe DiCaprio even
worked the blood into the scene by
smearing it across an obviously
mortified Kerry Washington’s face boom
Hilda yeah is my property and I can
choose to do with my property whatever I
so desire and if you all think my price
this yeah is too steep
apparently the room erupted in a
standing ovation after the take to the
man with the exceptional beard and his
unexceptional number five hair and
makeup the 40 year old virgin she starts
doing his pubes I’m out of here
some say a comic is only as good as his
ability to improvise by that logic this
film features some stellar comedians as
it has many unscripted moments
everything from Steve Carell is genuine
pain induced curses that having his very
hairy chest waxed seriously I think I’ve
done that’s good to Paul Rudd’s and Seth
Rogen’s gay joke barbs were off-the-cuff
you know I know that you’re gay oh you
have a rain
bumper sticker on your car that says I
love it when balls are in my face
and if you’re a fan of the you know how
I know you’re gay back and forth you
should check out the extended DVD scenes
or the to try to outdo each other for
several minutes you know I know that
you’re gay Wow cuz you’re gay and you
can tell the other gay people or you
know I know you’re gay yeah you like
Coldplay where the two try to outdo each
other for several minutes all ad-libbed
of course you know how I know that
you’re gay you like the movie made in
Manhattan number four men afford Blade
Runner
shall we continue it’s completely
natural for actors to tweak their lines
for a monologue but rarely do they go
beyond grammar or sentence structure to
resonate this much with the character
and audience quite an experience to live
in fear isn’t it
that’s what it is to be insane though
there were previous scripted versions of
the soliloquy Rutger Hauer mainly
improved the depth and philosophical
musings of Roy Patty’s last words and
gave us even more reason to ask the
question what is human I’ve seen
attack ships on fire off the shoulder of
a lion all those moments will be lost in
time it might sound a little cheesy on
paper but it isn’t when it’s delivered
as a replicant leaders dramatic final
epiphany time to die
number three sword to a gunfight Raiders
of the Lost Ark actors aren’t immune to
travel troubles and even a tough guy
like Harrison Ford submitted to
dysentery while filming Raiders in
Tunisia that’s a big reason this scene
was altered originally Indy was supposed
to engage the show-off he swordsman in a
choreographed sword fight where the
adventurous archaeologist would disarm
him with his whip but Ford was sick and
just wanted to shoot the guy I ought to
kill you right now though it wasn’t
improvised while cameras rolled that
move impacted the franchise in a big way
and the scene is one of the series most
iconic and hilarious moments
number two the most annoying sound in
the world Dumb and Dumber we usually
don’t pick up hitchhikers and I’m gonna
go with my instinct on this one saddle
up partner as dum-dums Harry and Lloyd
head on their cross-country roadtrip
they meet all sorts of people including
a hit man who’s trying to kill them hey
hey hey I told you already I’m on it all
right
well sucks to be that guy cuz car rides
with these two means sing-alongs hit
seas backsies durin do it and the most
annoying sound in the world
when hear the most annoying sound in the
world that last one was injected into
the film by Jim Carrey on the fly and
you can see in Jeff Daniels reaction
that he was not expecting it even the
hit man’s outburst was unscripted
proving that sometimes unplanned is best
Phyllis
that we could listen to the radio or
something before we reveal our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
number one look out bellow Tarzan the
ape men how then Jane
hurt me boy love it
okay this jungle living eight man
originated in a series of Edgar Rice
Burroughs novels where his signature
sound was described as the victory cry
of the bull ape
when it came to bringing that noise to
the screen Olympic swimmer and once
competitive yodeler johnny weiss mueller
was the first actor to succeed where
others had failed tasked with inventing
a call to summon his jungle crew Weiss
Muller and apparently some Hollywood
sound editing trickery combined to
create one of the most celebrated
imitated reused and easily recognized
sound bites in film history do you agree
with our list which unscripted movie
scenes did we miss for more top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you don’t know you’re
gay how I saw you make a spinach dip in
a loaf of sourdough bread once
dress I’ll tell you that maybe something
on this box I don’t want you get too
excited zone an along for that great
scene these actors put the improv in
improvement welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top ten improvised movie moments
for this list we’ve chosen movie scenes
or lines that were ad-libbed or
otherwise changed by an actor in the
heat of the moment
number ten show tune the Warriors can
you dig it for the Coney Island
confrontation between this film’s rival
gangs director Walter Hill wanted David
Patrick Kelley’s character Luthor to
tunt the Warriors from his 55 Cadillac
and he gave him free rein to do it in
any way he wanted Kelley clinked three
bottles together in one hand and
delivered the legendary singsong Todd
that we’ve come to know according to
Kelly it was a childhood bully that
inspired the chant it also helps that
he’s a musician blessed with the singing
chops for the line
number nine just kicking it the Lord of
the Rings the two towers showbiz is
dangerous there are few of us left
during a particularly emotional scene in
the adaptation of Tolkien’s trilogy
Viggo Mortensen’s character Aragorn
breaks down when he comes to the
realization the two of his Hobbit
friends might be dead and he expresses
himself by kicking a nearby helmet turns
out his breakdown was not only emotional
but also physical because after one too
many takes of kicking solid metal he
broke two toes the shot chosen for the
final cut of the film was the toe
breaker because you can’t fake the
intensity of the actors excruciating
pain number eight the barn story Saving
Private Ryan I can’t see my brothers
faces
and I’ve been trying and I can’t see
their faces at all is that ever
happening Matt Damon only shows up
towards the end of this epic war film
and he’s so preoccupied with survival we
barely get to know his character except
in this scene which was improvised by
the actor one night two of my brothers
came and woke me up in the middle of the
night I said dad a surprise for me so
they took me to the barn up into the
loft and there was my oldest brother Dan
as Ryan and Captain Miller
quietly await more fighting Private Ryan
reminisces about his lost brothers with
a spontaneous tale he’s working on this
broth he’s trying to get it up and all
of a sudden shot just screams that demon
obviously thinks the story is as funny
as we do but once he realizes it’s the
last time his family was together the
scene takes on a bittersweet feel made
more impressive when you remember it was
ad libbed that was it that was the last
that was Dan went off to basic the next
day that was the last night the four of
us were together two years ago number
seven the zit Animal House when a
director gives a comedian like John
Belushi a little wiggle room anything
can happen but it’s almost guaranteed to
be funny John Landis knew that when
Bluto began dumping food onto his tray
something magical might occur so he let
the cameraman follow him for the rest of
the scene everything Belushi did in the
cafeteria was unscripted and since the
cast and crew weren’t in on his joke or
its disgusting punchline amaz it get it
the reactions captured on film or real
it’s classic Belushi and possibly the
flicks most famous scene
number six blood sweat and smears Django
Unchained
I will admit you all pretty clever when
injured on the job most people would
take a 30-second breather before
continuing with their day now that
should be your first second third fourth
and fifth concern not Leonardo DiCaprio
he got so into character for Django
Unchained that when he slammed his hand
down onto a table during a tense scene
smashing a glass and cutting his hand so
badly he required stitches he just kept
right on with his racist rant said
aramis to the table here tonight but
that you can’t believe DiCaprio even
worked the blood into the scene by
smearing it across an obviously
mortified Kerry Washington’s face boom
Hilda yeah is my property and I can
choose to do with my property whatever I
so desire and if you all think my price
this yeah is too steep
apparently the room erupted in a
standing ovation after the take to the
man with the exceptional beard and his
unexceptional number five hair and
makeup the 40 year old virgin she starts
doing his pubes I’m out of here
some say a comic is only as good as his
ability to improvise by that logic this
film features some stellar comedians as
it has many unscripted moments
everything from Steve Carell is genuine
pain induced curses that having his very
hairy chest waxed seriously I think I’ve
done that’s good to Paul Rudd’s and Seth
Rogen’s gay joke barbs were off-the-cuff
you know I know that you’re gay oh you
have a rain
bumper sticker on your car that says I
love it when balls are in my face
and if you’re a fan of the you know how
I know you’re gay back and forth you
should check out the extended DVD scenes
or the to try to outdo each other for
several minutes you know I know that
you’re gay Wow cuz you’re gay and you
can tell the other gay people or you
know I know you’re gay yeah you like
Coldplay where the two try to outdo each
other for several minutes all ad-libbed
of course you know how I know that
you’re gay you like the movie made in
Manhattan number four men afford Blade
Runner
shall we continue it’s completely
natural for actors to tweak their lines
for a monologue but rarely do they go
beyond grammar or sentence structure to
resonate this much with the character
and audience quite an experience to live
in fear isn’t it
that’s what it is to be insane though
there were previous scripted versions of
the soliloquy Rutger Hauer mainly
improved the depth and philosophical
musings of Roy Patty’s last words and
gave us even more reason to ask the
question what is human I’ve seen
attack ships on fire off the shoulder of
a lion all those moments will be lost in
time it might sound a little cheesy on
paper but it isn’t when it’s delivered
as a replicant leaders dramatic final
epiphany time to die
number three sword to a gunfight Raiders
of the Lost Ark actors aren’t immune to
travel troubles and even a tough guy
like Harrison Ford submitted to
dysentery while filming Raiders in
Tunisia that’s a big reason this scene
was altered originally Indy was supposed
to engage the show-off he swordsman in a
choreographed sword fight where the
adventurous archaeologist would disarm
him with his whip but Ford was sick and
just wanted to shoot the guy I ought to
kill you right now though it wasn’t
improvised while cameras rolled that
move impacted the franchise in a big way
and the scene is one of the series most
iconic and hilarious moments
number two the most annoying sound in
the world Dumb and Dumber we usually
don’t pick up hitchhikers and I’m gonna
go with my instinct on this one saddle
up partner as dum-dums Harry and Lloyd
head on their cross-country roadtrip
they meet all sorts of people including
a hit man who’s trying to kill them hey
hey hey I told you already I’m on it all
right
well sucks to be that guy cuz car rides
with these two means sing-alongs hit
seas backsies durin do it and the most
annoying sound in the world
when hear the most annoying sound in the
world that last one was injected into
the film by Jim Carrey on the fly and
you can see in Jeff Daniels reaction
that he was not expecting it even the
hit man’s outburst was unscripted
proving that sometimes unplanned is best
Phyllis
that we could listen to the radio or
something before we reveal our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions
number one look out bellow Tarzan the
ape men how then Jane
hurt me boy love it
okay this jungle living eight man
originated in a series of Edgar Rice
Burroughs novels where his signature
sound was described as the victory cry
of the bull ape
when it came to bringing that noise to
the screen Olympic swimmer and once
competitive yodeler johnny weiss mueller
was the first actor to succeed where
others had failed tasked with inventing
a call to summon his jungle crew Weiss
Muller and apparently some Hollywood
sound editing trickery combined to
create one of the most celebrated
imitated reused and easily recognized
sound bites in film history do you agree
with our list which unscripted movie
scenes did we miss for more top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com you don’t know you’re
gay how I saw you make a spinach dip in
a loaf of sourdough bread once
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