14 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different

A lot of work goes into the making of a movie scene. A writer has to visualize it and form the words to put the action and dialogue into the script. The actor, in turn, has to put their thoughts and inflection into the performance for the scene's purpose to be properly executed. The director needs to visualize the entire thing, from nuts to bolts, and then put that vision into practice for the service of the story. The editor then takes it all and makes sure the scene is execute neatly and smoothly.

Or it's just thrown out and changed on the day of the shoot.

Sometimes what the movie script says and what ends up on screen might have barely a passing resemblance to each other, apparently. In other words, improvisation is probably more important than careful planning for making films. At least that’s the impression you’ll probably come away with after reading these stories, starting with...

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - It was Al Pacino's idea to make Michael Corleone quiet and reserved atSource: 5 Iconic Performances (That Everyone On Set Hated)

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Hunt and Hall were going to sit down and talk about their Source: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Yondu was supposed to get saved in Guardians of the Source: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Jack Sparrow was written as a run-of-the-mill movie Source: 5 Iconic Performances (That Everyone On Set Hated)

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - When Lisbeth meets Bjurman for the first time in The Girl Source: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Dustin Hoffman slamming the car in Midnight Source: 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - The transmission in Alien: Covenant was originally a prayer. But Ridley SSource: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - In the final scene with Luke and Leia in The Last JeSource: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Deadpool breaking Cerebro wasn't in the Deadpool Source: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Daniel Craig just happened to hit a sandbank onSource: 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Benedict Cumberbatch had the idea to make Doctor Strange's cloakSource: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - When Viggo Mortensen screamed and fell to his kneesSource: 6 Iconic Movie Scenes That Happened by Accident

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - The dinner scene in Logan was supposed to be pretty different. The actorsSource: Film School Rejects

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Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different - Benicio Del Toro's character in The Usual SuspectSource: 5 Iconic Performances (That Everyone On Set Hated)