Some of these I knew, some I didn't. Gun vs Sword in Indiana Jones, The Cinderella Story in Caddyshack, "Take the cannoli" from The Godfather, "I Know" in The Empire Strikes Back, and The Drill Sargent in Full Metal Jacket are my faves.
Much to the dismay of screenwriters, movies scripts aren't always set in stone. They are often like living objects constantly evolving during the filming process. Some films, like Jaws and Annie Hall, don't even have a finished script when the cameras start to roll.
Actors and actresses are regularly ad libbing, improvising or going off-script while reciting their lines. Occasionally the improved lines become immortalized as some of the most memorable in cinema history.
Check out these 32 great unscripted scenes - you may be surprised at how many of your favorite lines were off-the-cuff.
#32: Full Metal Jacket (1987)
Director - Stanley Kubrick
Originally, R. Lee Ermey wasn't even cast in the role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman but after Ermey submitted a tape of himself spewing insults at group of Royal Marines for 15 minutes straight, Kubrick cast him immediately
Ermey wrote 150 pages of insults and Kubrick estimated that 50% of the character’s dialog was improvised by the former drill instructor.
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