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Movies are a big business, and we all have our favorites.
And just like the movies themselves,
we all have favorite scenes
that we can remember from those movies.
But, it might surprise you that some of the most
popular scenes ever recorded on film
were not in the original script.
They were, in fact, accidents.
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Here are 10 famous movie scenes that were total accidents.
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Number 10 is Alien Surprise.
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When Ridley Scott was filming the iconic scene
in his 1979 horror hit Alien
in which the title creature's
true method of reproduction is revealed,
he wanted the shocked look on the actors' faces
to be as genuine as possible.
So he famously neglected to inform them
that an alien was about to burst out of the chest
of their friend and fellow actor John Hurt.
Okay, guys, this is gonna be a nice chill scene (yells).
When the actors arrived on set,
all they could smell was fish guts and formaldehyde,
and they found Hurt laying down on the table,
probably holding back a giggle or two.
In the film, when the creature bursts
from the prosthetic chest
and blood flies in every direction,
the reaction on Sigourney Weaver
and her fellow actors' faces
is absolutely real, just shock and terror.
And Veronica Cartwright even passed out
after taking a line of fake blood to the face.
Ha, oh, that wasn't supposed to happen.
Number Nine is Bond Leaves the Water.
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In the beginning of Daniel Craig's first outing
as James Bond in Casino Royale,
he finds himself in the Bahamas,
attempting to get information from somebody.
As Bond treads the water in the ocean,
a beautiful woman, specifically the one he's looking for,
rides by on a horse, drawing his attention.
Director Martin Campbell's intent was to show the woman,
Solange, played by Caterina Murino,
as the sexy one in the scene
while Bond stayed a mysterious half-hidden figure.
However, as Craig attempted to maneuver
his way closer to the beach,
the actor walked up on a sand bar,
bringing his chiseled abdomen above the water
and accidentally stealing the title
of Sexiest Person in the Scene.
Though the opposite of what Campbell wanted occurred,
it was enough to make the scene more intense
and revealed the new Bond with a bang.
I like my women shaken, not stirred.
Number Eight is Nervous Loyalty.
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Nothing makes a person seem more powerful
with special effects than having a person twice their size
literally tremble in their presence.
Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film The Godfather,
which has been labeled by many
as one of the greatest films ever made,
brought this notion to the forefront
with the casting of the late Lenny Montana
as loyal bodyguard Luca Brasi.
Montana was both a professional wrestler
and an enforcer for the mob,
but when he was cast by Coppola due to his size,
the idea of acting alongside the great Marlon Brando
proved to be a bit too much for him,
and he stammered through his lines.
However, the nervousness played off
as if he was so intimidated by the power of the don
that he was shaking with fear,
so Coppola left the exchange in the film.
I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.
Also, this guy peed himself.
Number Seven is Flag Flies.
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Peter Jackson is apparently a fan
of adapting happy accidents into his films,
and there are several examples
in the Lord of the Rings trilogy alone
of actor and prop errors that made the film even better.
One such scene happens in the second film
The Two Towers in which Eowyn storms
out of a castle in the mighty City of Rohan,
after a verbal exchange with Wormtongue,
to see four of the film's heroes riding up over the hills.
As she watches them, the Riders of Rohan's flag next to her
is torn from its pole and flies off
to land outside the city walls,
symbolizing the fall of the once-proud kingdom.
However, in reality, it was just
an incredibly windy day on set,
and the flag literally tore loose on its own.
But the moment seemed so powerful
Jackson left it in the film.
Side note: After watching those movies,
I ate so much bacon just because of the line 'salted pork'.
It made me hungry.
Number Six is The Sneeze.
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In case you didn't know, Woody Allen is a pretty quirky guy,
and he enjoys writing the characters
that he portrays in his own movies
as quirky to make them seem realistic.
But one of the most famous examples of that
wasn't actually written that way.
Released on April 20th, 1977, Annie Hall featured a scene
in which Allen's character Alvy
and his co-star Dian Keaton's Annie
attempt to try cocaine for the first time.
However, upon sniffing the white powder,
Alvy immediately sneezes into the container
holding the drugs, sending a cloud up
and covering everyone in a chalky substance.
(sneezes) Oh, I'm sorry, it's just, it was there.
It was right in front of my face.
Well, it turns out that that humorous moment
was actually the real thing,
with Allen literally sneezing
after trying to put the fake powder in his nose.
Test audiences howled at the scene,
so Allen kept it in the final cut of the film.
Number Five is Laughing Lineup.
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When it comes to Brian Singer's
1995 crime drama The Usual Suspects,
with the exception of the twist ending,
few scenes are as memorable or legendary as the lineup,
in which all characters meet in the story.
The group is laughing at each other
while trying to read a line that's been provided to them
by police so a witness can identify the right suspect.
It comes off as silly and brings the group together a bit.
However, it wasn't supposed to be that way.
The original script called for a sarcastic,
but quite serious, tone for the scene.
It was a happy accident that it didn't end up that way.
Apparently, Benicio del Toro was quite gassy that day
and kept passing gas while on set.
Okay, everyone, serious set here.
Everyone be quiet (passes gas).
Oh, God, it was hot; I'm sorry.
His free-flowingness broke his fellow cast members
several times but also gave the group
a camaraderie that played well on screen.
Number Four is The Bloody Hand.
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Some actors get so into their
characters or particular scenes
that the lines between who they're portraying
and who they really are can be blurred.
Such is the case with Leonardo DiCaprio's performance
in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 Western Django Unchained.
In one incredible scene, DiCaprio's Calvin Candie
flies into a raging monologue, confronting Jamie Foxx
and Christopher Waltz's characters
for lying to him and smears a bloody hand
over the face of Kerry Washington's character
to portray his ownership of her.
Incredibly, there was never meant to be any blood,
but DiCaprio accidentally smashed a crystal glass
in one of the takes, slicing his hand open.
Ha, that was real blood?
Oh, I don't like to see blood, oh.
Barely reacting, he continued on with the scene,
and it stunned Tarantino to the point
where he added the wound into the film.
Number Three is I'm Walking Here.
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Director John Schlesinger's 1969 drama Midnight Cowboy
changed the world of cinema forever,
especially in how movies are classified,
but one iconic scene made the world look at Dustin Hoffman
and the City of New York in a whole new light.
Since the crew didn't have permits to shoot
in the streets of New York City, they did so in secret.
In this famous scene, main characters Ratso and Joe,
played by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight respectively,
are walking down the street talking
when suddenly a cab swerves in almost hitting Hoffman.
Enraged, the actor slapped the front of the cab
and yelled the legendary line, "Hey, I'm walkin' here,"
the accent he used throughout the film slipping.
It slipped because it was a real moment
with a near-real accident.
Good thing he didn't actually get hit
'cause that would have been a short film.
Number Two is Aragorn Feels Loss.
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In the second of The Lord of the Rings films,
there's a scene that really made viewers appreciate
the purity and talent between Viggo Mortensen's performance.
After chasing after their kidnapped friends,
Merry and Pippin, for days, Aragorn, played by Mortensen,
and his party come across a burning pile of dead orcs
killed by the Raiders of Rohan.
Among the pile, is evidence that
the pair of hobbits are among the dead.
In a rush of emotion, Aragorn loses his composure,
he kicks away one of the orcs' steel helmets,
screams at the sky, and collapses to his knees.
The thing is, that scream and collapse are not scripted.
They are reactions to real pain.
Mortensen broke two of his toes when he kicked the helmet,
and director Peter Jackson realized
how amazing the performance looked,
so he kept it in the film.
Man, that is dedication to the scene,
'cause if that was me and I was like, (grunts),
I would've been like (screams), everybody help!
(screams) No, oh my foot!
And Number One is The Hospital Explosion.
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Oh, you'll see, when the chips are down,
these civilized people will eat each other.
When it comes to the best portrayals of comic book villains,
nobody holds a candle to the late Heath Ledger
and his take on the Joker in Christopher Nolan's
2008 Batman sequel The Dark Knight.
But surprisingly, one of the key scenes
in which Ledger's Joker made the audience
both fear him and laugh was when he attempted
to blow up Gotham General Hospital and almost failed.
In the scene, the Joker walks away from the building
as explosions go off all around him, but they abruptly stop.
Embracing his role, Ledger turned,
faced the failed set, and threw his hands in the air
before clicking his detonator like crazy.
Suddenly, the rest of the explosives detonate,
and the actor flawlessly switches back into escape mode
as if it were written that way.
But believe it or not, it wasn't.
You know who I am?
I'm just a dog chasing cars.
I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it.
So those were 10 famous movie scenes
that were total accidents,
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