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Top 10 Scenes Where Actors Couldn’t Keep a Straight Face


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 sir no sir then wipe that
disgusting grin off your face sir yes
sir 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 jalapeño we got a
strike 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
the final product number 10 meeting
Frank the Pug men in black that’s the
worst disguise ever that guy’s
definitely nearly 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 can 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
Killians and bugs Frank what do you know
I know not a thing Oh 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 nine hotel bellboy
transylvania 6-5000
you want cream before his sitcom tenure
Michael Richards was playing the oddest
oddballs you can imagine Schmidt fish in
this Dracula Einstein farce Richards
plays feyo’s a butler whose high jinks
weird out hotel guests butt 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
things aren’t always as they seem in
Transylvania so who’s really pulling
whose leg hey that’s a little bit hey do
it again number eight
warming up anchorman 2 the legend
continues of 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
delivering the night’s top stories
meanwhile Ferrell takes comedy to the
next level and octave sorry but owner
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
was the most serious take they got
number 7 she used to fart nur sleep Good
Will Hunting but 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 sorry
shit that one that was so thought about
the dug up 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 what was
that you see I didn’t
to tell yes organic and revealing is
referring to Damon’s pig squeal Oh
number six toilet humor American Pie hey
Kevin see shipwreck lately 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 except a little something in his
Mochaccino his rival Stifler pranks him
by slipping an ungodly amount of
laxatives into his Mochaccino
this way sir 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
oh is that 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 friend’s suggestion she
starts doing his pubes I’m out of here
for this scene Corral 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 oh that one hurt her just smush the
first one 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
laughs at his agony in the ass I’m sorry
I really don’t swear this much you know
what you know I got a weak stomach
that’s all I could really take are SC
arwe 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 performance might cause anyone
to do well so VIN and they go down into
the mine everyone would still be alive
number three 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 why is your 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 Navas 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 you know the song
as shown by the outtakes it was a
miracle to get any of the friends to
keep a straight face in the scene
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions oh my god Emperor
Phil came down from fuck gonna give me
yeah yeah we talked abou Rob middle of
the night not generally present you
don’t know man
about a leg about to I’m gonna take
these two legs and shove them right up
your ass all the way to the knee Dwight
Dwight relax number one line up the
usual suspects all right you all know
the drill when your number is called
step forward and repeat the phrase
you’ve been given understand coming in
at the top spot are five criminals
having a blast in police custody Amy the
cage of an 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
fuck off get back and especially Del
Toro’s uncontrollable bout of flatulence
hello jeez you got a window scripted as
a serious scene director Bryan Singer
spent a whole day filming the lineup
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 you agree with
our list what’s your favorite scene
where an actor couldn’t keep a straight
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