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Top 10 Scenes Where Actors Couldn’t Keep a Straight Face – Best of WatchMojo


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even for the best actors some scenes are
too ridiculous to play them straight you
think I’m cute private Pyle do you think
I’m funny no sir they weren’t that
disgusting grin off your face yes
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
scenes where actors couldn’t keep a
straight face well we got a story for
this list we chose moments in which
actors let loose any facial expression
from the littlest sneer to convulsive
laughter that wasn’t in the original
script we’ve selected scenes from both
television and film but excluded
anything that was shot live that means
that the following incidences of
character breaking were either
overlooked or intentionally included in
number 10 meeting Frank the Pug men in
black that’s the worst disguise ever
that guy’s definitely an alien starting
off our list is a scene between two
grown men and a pooch so cute you can’t
help but smile you don’t like it you
kiss my furry little butt in this
classic sci-fi comedy agents K and J
played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones
respectively meet Frank an alien
informant disguised as a pug
while interrogating Frank who is in fact
played by a real trained adorable dog
named Mushu Jones becomes self-aware and
cracks a big one it’s a cinematic moment
that proves even the most veteran actors
can’t hold themselves together when
they’re talking to a dog and the bug had
other plans the galaxy is the best
source for subatomic energy in the
universe number 9 hotel bellboy
transylvania 6-5000 he loved people
before his sitcom tenure Michael
Richards was playing the oddest oddballs
you can imagine in this Dracula lankan
stein farce richards plays feyo’s a
butler whose high jinks weird out hotel
guests but crack up actors
this good is nice Richards improvised
parts of his role using puppets banana
peels and other props of his own accord
to get laughs out of his on-screen
associates especially Jeff Goldblum
[Music]
things aren’t always as they seem in
Transylvania so who’s really pulling
whose leg eight warming up anchorman 2
the legend continues a great broadcast
to darling in the first scene of Ron
Burgundy’s sequel big-screen feature a
newscaster husband and wife team played
by Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate
practice their diction and scales before
meanwhile Ferrell takes comedy to the
next level and octave while trying to
warm up Applegate gets helplessly
distracted by Farrell’s uproarious
preparation methods and cracks a few
smiles between her use and
corningstone’s believe it or not this
number seven
she used to fart nurse leap Good Will
Hunting I think that’s a super
philosophy well that way you can go
through your entire life without ever
having to really know anybody even in
dramatic roles Robin Williams couldn’t
hold himself back from seizing an
opportunity for hilarious improvisation
my wife used to fart when she was
nervous during a short respite in this
scene between Williams playing a
therapist and Matt Damon as his stubborn
patient Williams catches Damon
completely off-guard with an inventive
anecdote about romance and flatulence
he was fused of hardened asleep the
scene is a standout of organic and
revealing laughter by two actors in
modern cinema that only an actor like
Robin Williams could bring about she
woke up and gone like who is that you
see I didn’t
yes organic and revealing is referring
to Damon’s pig squeel number six toilet
why what did you do to him high school
senior Finch played by Eddie Kaye Thomas
has a crippling fear of going number two
on school grounds I don’t think he’s
gonna have a problem shitting in school
anymore slipped a little something into
his Mochaccino his rival Stifler pranks
him by slipping an ungodly amount of
laxatives into his Mochaccino you can
see where this is going
in this paragon of toilet humor Finch
spends the next few minutes soiling his
own reputation as everyone can hear his
moans and groans from outside Joanie I
sent you towards the end
Thomas slips out of character
acknowledging the scenes absurdity and
gives us a small knowing smirk number
five the waxing the 40 year old virgin
take off your shirt in an effort to be
more attractive to the ladies steve
carell goes for a chest waxing at his
friends suggestion if she starts doing
his pubes I’ve had a year for this scene
Carell volunteered to actually have his
bare chest bear waxed ignorant of how
insanely painful it would be by his
natural reaction to scream out whatever
random thought entered his mind we can
tell it hurt a lot his coworker buddy’s
played by Paul Rudd Seth Rogen and
Romany Malco
as well as the waxing lady forego their
directions to pity him and
dead laughs at his agony I’m sorry I
really don’t swear this much you know
you know I got a weak stomach that’s all
I could really take i Osceola number
four dr. Strangelove’s out of control
arm dr. strangelove or how I learned to
stop worrying and love the bomb
radioactivity would never penetrate of
mine some thousands of feet deep there
are mad scientists who can’t control
their arms and then there are actors who
can’t control their expressions during
one of the funniest scenes in Stanley
Kubrick’s cold war satire former Nazi
scientist dr. Strangelove played by a
brilliant Peter Sellers struggles to
manage a right arm that still
compulsively hiles his Fuhrer standing
right behind him is Peter bull who drops
a nice big grin as sellers farcical
also VIN and it go down into the mine
everyone would still be like number 3
killing younglings Star Wars Episode
three Revenge of the Sith was even the
younglings survived in any given film
not every written line is perfect Batman
Anakin has turned to the dark side that
rule applies to episode three of the
Star Wars saga in which Anakin Skywalker
breaks bad and becomes Darth Vader
you and McGregor who plays Anakin’s once
mentor obi-wan Kenobi gets the honor of
delivering one such imperfect line
informing Padme of Anakin’s descent into
darkness I have seen a security hologram
of him killing younglings McGregor takes
a moment to finish the awkward
melodramatic line and covers his mouth
as if to keep from smiling hey whatever
gets us to the next fight scene he
couldn’t he was deceived by alive we all
were number two Ross plays the bagpipes
friends David Schwimmer is known for
some hilarious antics as Ross Geller on
the sitcom friends why is your family
Scottish family Ross in this classic bit
he whips out his bagpipe and plays his
best rendition of celebration remember
I’m still learning
Schwimmer’s novice playing is supposed
to make his friends uncomfortable but as
Lisa Kudrow joins him with what she
believes are the lyrics Jennifer Aniston
gives up and hides her amusement behind
her hands
[Applause]
as shown by the outtakes it was a
miracle to get any of the friends to
keep a straight face in the scene
[Applause]
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions these two legs
and shove them right up your ass all the
way to the knee Dwight Dwight relax
coming in at the top spot are five
criminals having a blast in police
custody
Amy the cage you in cocksucker in this
classic crime mystery the usual suspects
are lined up and asked to read a line
then crack up at Stephen Baldwin and
Benicio Del Toro’s mocking
interpretations and especially Del
scripted as a serious scene director
Bryan Singer spent a whole day filming
the line up becoming frustrated when the
actors continually lost self control you
don’t put guys like that into a room
together who knows what can happen
eventually he scrapped his original plan
and used the funniest takes instead and
we couldn’t be happier that he did do
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