15 Lines And Scenes In Famous Movies That Were Ad-Libbed

Who could forget Harrison Ford's "I know" line in Star Wars? Or Robin Williams' hysterical improvisation in Aladdin? Improvisation is often what makes or breaks a scene, and these iconic moments are no exception.

Did you know that a lot of the scenes in famous movies were ad-libbed? It's true! For example, did you know that the 'I'm flying' scene in Spider-Man was improvised by Tobey Maguire? Or that the 'Here's Johnny' scene from The Shining was improvised by Jack Nicholson? Check out this infographic for more funny examples of ad-libbing in famous movies. You won't believe what some of these actors came up with on the spot! In fact, some of the most iconic movie moments were improvised by the actors on the spot. Here are some of our favorite examples…

You’d think that major studios would tightly script major moments like, say, the hero of your whole franchise dying … but that’s not the case for Marvel, apparently. Here’s the full story, plus 14 others:

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Hayley Atwell's touching of Chris Evans' boob was totally spontaneous. She just impulsively grabbed it when she saw him topless for the first time, and they put that shot in the final version of Captain America: The First Avenger. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vanity Fair

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Leo DiCaprio came up with Rick's meltdown in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Tarantino never thought of anything like that, but DiCaprio said that his character has to screw up at one point and then have a real crisis of conscience. Tarantino agreed. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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When Arthur climbs into his fridge in Joker, that was all Joaquin Phoenix. They just set up cameras and lighting around the set so he could do anything he wanted and it would look good, and he climbed inside the fridge. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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Tony Stark's death in Avengers: Endgame was just improvised on the spot. There was no script -- they just told the actors roughly what should happen, and let them improvise. It was maybe the craziest day on set, said Tom Holland. CRACKED.COM — Source: IndieWire

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About 80% of Thora Ragnarok is improvised to one degree or another. During filming, Taika Waititi keeps shouting out Say this, say this! Say it this way to actors, and most of the movie has ad-libs, improv, or last-minute additions. CRACKED.COM — Source: SlashFilm

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Emilia Clarke improvised a speech in Valyrian in Game of Thrones Season 5. She was supposed to deliver the speech where she orders an execution in English, but they asked her to do it in Valyrian. She came up with something in 10 minutes. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Logan's birthday dinner scene in Succession was unscripted. Director Adam McKay just told everyone what conversations they'll have in the scene, circled around the table, and repeated the whole process three times. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Titus Burgess came up with Pinot Noir from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. When he saw the song in the script and asked about it, they told him Just sing whatever. So he did, and he came up with Pinot Noir on the spot. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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I love lamp in Anchorman was just Steve Carell riffing while on camera. Co-writer Adam McKay told Carell We should have more lines for you, but we don't have any on the page, and asked him to just say something. He did. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vulture

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Zachary Levi improvised the entire Get him, Batman! bit from Shazam! At one point, Shazam throws a big Batman toy at a villain and yells Get him, Batman! He also did that with Barbie dolls, but that didn't make it into the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR.com

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Dave Bautista ad-libbed Why is Gamora?! in Avengers: Infinity War. The line in the script was Where is Gamora?' 'I'll do you even better: Who is Gamora? But Bautista just suggested adding his line one day. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR.com

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Samuel L. Jackson came up with a big line in Spider-Man: Far From Home. When Nick Fury says, B***h, you went to space!, that was Jackson's ad-lib. CRACKED.COM — Source: ComicBook.com

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Clarice Van Houten ad-libbed the scene where Melisandre resurrects Jon Snow. She improvised the shit out of the resurrection scene, because she couldn't remember her lines in High Valyrian at the end of a long day. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Hobbs & Shaw's banter in Fast 8 was improvised (and led to a new franchise). HOBBS FAST & FURIOUS PRESENTS & SHAW Dwayne Johnson said he wanted to try out something new in a scene where Jason Statham was working on his car, and he started talking trash. It led to great chemistry. CRACKED.COM — Source: CBR

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Martin Scorsese's mom ad-libbed her cameo in Goodfellas (as Tommy's mom). There were almost no scripted lines for her they just explained to her what the scene was going to be about, and she rolled with it. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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