There’s nothing on earth quite like a good romantic comedy . Not only do they have the ability to make audiences double over with laughter, but they also make us believe in true love.
What’s even better is learning that some of our favorite moments from some of the most iconic rom-coms of all time, happened totally by accident. Have a look and check out these 15 unscripted rom-com moments that make me love the movies even more.
When Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti tattoo phallic objects onto one another in ‘Palm Springs’.
One of the more hilariously random moments of the film is when Nyles and Sarah proceed to tattoo impressive-looking penises on each other’s backs. Supposedly, it was an on-the-spot brainstorm captured in one take.
Director John Wu wasn’t sure about Constance Wu’s “Bok, bok, bitch!” line from ‘Crazy Rich Asians’.
“Jon wasn’t sure about it,” Constance told the HuffPost , “but I was like, ‘Let’s just film, let’s just put it in! Gotta make a strong choice.’”
Cary Elwes diving head-first into quicksand in ‘The Princess Bride’.
In Cary’s memoir, ” As you Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride ,” he explained how the script called for Westley to jump into the quicksand. However, Cary didn’t think that jumping in, feet first, was all that heroic.
Emma Thompson’s reaction to discovering her husband is cheating in ‘Love Actually’.
Director Richard Curtis explained to Elle that the Joni Mitchell scene from Love Actually was all Emma. The scene direction in the script only said that Emma was to go upstairs, put on a record, and let the emotion wash over her.
When Robin Williams slipped during the family dinner scene in ‘The Birdcage’.
Hank Azaria informed The AV Club that Robin Williams was never supposed to slip and fall while carrying the pot of soup. If you pay close attention, you can see both Hank and Robin fighting to remain in character.
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Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s bedroom conversation in ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’.
Screenwriter Dan Fogelman tweeted out that the entire bedroom exchange was ad-libbed. At the time, he thought that none of it would make the final cut and wound up leaving the set early, in a fit of frustration.
Keanu Reeves reciting Chinese dignitaries in ‘Always Be My Maybe’.
Ali Wong wants everyone to know just how outrageously funny Keanu Reeves is. Not only did he ad-lib the part where he recites Chinese dignitaries , but it was also Keanu’s idea for his “character” to wear glasses without lenses.
Noah Centineo’s “pocket spin” in ‘To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before’.
Director Susan Johnson told Entertainment Tonight that Noah performed the pocket spin randomly during rehearsal. The crew loved it so much that they decided to put it in the film.
When Julia Stiles starts to cry while reading her poem in ’10 Things I Hate About You’.
When asked why she started crying, Julia told Cosmopolitan that “I don’t know why I did, whether it connected to something going on at the time, or if I was just overwhelmed by the whole experience of making my first big movie .”
Donald Faison’s “Keeping it real” defense in ‘Clueless’.
Donald told Vulture that while he was speaking with a neighborhood kid, the boy instructed him to “Keep it real.” It was the first time Donald had ever heard the saying before.
Keiran Culkin hitting Michael Cera in the head with his keys in ‘Scott Pilgrim VS. The World’.
Culkin told Collider that hitting Michael in the head with his keys was a total accident. The director wound up loving it so much that they filmed take after take until they got it perfect.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt shaving his head in ’50/50′.
“We only had one shot at it,” Rogen told MTV News . “It was the first day of filming, and we improvised the whole thing, which is not wise when it’s something you have one take for, but it turned out funny .”
Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan’s “Totally overwhelmed by you” moment in ‘The Big Sick’.
Kumail told Rolling Stone that the reason for the repetitive line was due to the fact that nothing else was scripted. He had no clue what to say and decided to simply repeat what Zoe had said to him.
Billy Crystal’s declaration of love in ‘When Harry Met Sally’.
Director Rob Reiner told Entertainment Weekly that Billy came up with almost all of Harry’s climactic speech, including the line where he says “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible .”
When Richard Gere slammed the jewelry box shut in ‘Pretty Woman’.
This is arguably the most famous scene from any romantic comedy film, and it’s all the more enticing because Julia Roberts had no idea it was coming. According to director Gary Marshall, Julia’s laugh is 100% genuine .
