While movie scripts may be polished and accurate, allowing actors to go off-script can create more impeccable and hilarious scenes. This article is about some of the memorable movie moments where stars improvised. It may surprise you to learn that some lines in our favorite movies were actually never part of the original script!
Goodfellas
To be honest, apart from The Godfather, the other great classic gangster film is definitely Goodfellas. There were plenty of legends in this film including Roberto De Niro, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci. The most underrated was definitely Pesci as Tommy. He actually invented the famous line, “Do I amuse you?”
The Fugitive
Let’s begin with The Fugitive which starred both Tommy Lee Jones and Harrison Ford. During the shoot, Ford’s character was being pursued for a murder he didn’t commit. He was escaping from the authorities and at a standstill with Jones’ character, Ford screamed that he was not responsible for his wife’s murder. Jones forgot his original line and instead of saying “I don’t care,” he said, “That isn’t my problem.”