Can You Believe These Iconic Movie Lines Were Actually Improvised?

Published on 09/26/2018
ADVERTISEMENT

American Beauty

When Sam Mendes was working on his project American Beauty, he allowed the actors a great degree of freedom.

American Beauty

American Beauty


Impressively, the dinner scene was not scripted. While the actors received some general instructions, their improvisation brought the moment to life.
ADVERTISEMENT

Reservoir Dogs

It might be an earlier work, though we daresay that Reservoir Dogs is one of Tarantino’s best movies.

Reservoir Dogs

Reservoir Dogs


However, he doesn’t deserve all the credit for making it so good. When Mr. Blonde snips off Nash’s ear, actor Michael Madsen cooked up the one-liner, “Can you hear that?” The same applies to the weird dancing and witty replies!

ADVERTISEMENT