When Actors Forgot Their Lines in Movies

Here are some of the moments where actors forgot their lines and improvised the scenes.
Thanks, Alex for the Voiceover.

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

3:43 It wasn't Ben's brain fart that made the scene, it was David's staying in character, deadpan response "Are you serious, I just told you why a moment ago!' or something like that.

[@jimbu6651]

"I don't care!" was one of the best adlibbed lines ever! Tommy Lee Jones killed it!

[@robby1816]

Films a steamy love scene, then conveniently forgets line. Oh darn, I guess we need to do that again?

[@ntdscherer]

Robert Wuhl said he made sure to mess up his kiss with Kim Basinger in Batman.

[@WordUnheard]

That's wild how a lot of these improvised lines became the lines people remember the most. "I don't care!" "I'm Batman!" "Kevin!" All of those lines were featured in the trailers.

[@inoox]

They are not improvised, this youtuber is full of bs.

[@WordUnheard]

@@inoox Not according to what I've read. Where's your proof that they're lying?

[@alexbladez]

“Im beetlejuice”

[@DarianDuncn]

The best part of the Clue moment was they all look at Christopher Lloyd (playing a psychologist) for explanation and the look he gives back says “Yeah, I got nothing”

[@kirinrex]

I think I'm going to invent a new drinking game: every time they mispronounce someone's name, we all take a drink. I'll call it "Plastered in less than 8 minutes"

[@fusser87]

I like this game. Count me in!

[@joeysplats3209]

@@fusser87 Every time we go out you wanna do this game!

[@veraukoion]

Looks like I’m going to bed with Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stuck in my head. Thanks lol

[@mortamustyler8166]

That happens to me like once a month.

[@dragracer2511]

@0:13 "In 'The Fugitive' during a tense moment when Harrison Ford's character is being chased for a crime he didn't commit...." That wasn't a tense moment, that was the WHOLE movie!

[@dbuzman]

The "I'm Batman" was not because he forgot the line. Neither he nor Burton liked the original so Keaton was told to make something up.

[@andrewcocos]

Like half of this have editing and cuts. No way this is genuine reaction of other actors if it's cut to other shot, come on.

[@markjames8603]

Most of the dialogue in the first Batman movie was improvised because there was a script writers strike in Hollywood when they shot this and out of solidarity the cast refused to use it, everybody knew where scenes were supposed to go and shows how great Nicholson and Keaton were at their craft

[@echo4260]

5:00 Pity this has been debunked as myth. Even in the original script he's listed as Tim the Enchanter. Would have been an awesome story if it were true.

[@AshleyMarks-]

What?! No. The story is David Duchovny. He was the one that responded so well too the other actors mistake.

[@Christian_Prepper]

7:59 *That still happens to me too when I'm with my wife. I forget my lines and just ad lib.* 😂

[@helenwilliams7065]

Madeleine Khan! "What is it you DO do?"😂❤

[@bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb-]

My favorite was in Big Fat Greek Wedding when Aunt Voula comes up the happy couple, she asks to touch Ian's hair, after Toula cuts her off from touching his hair, Aunt Voula asks what he likes to eat and Toula says that he's a vegetarian, and the famous, "He don't eat No meat" was born. When Aunt Toula asks to touch his hair...apparently, that's because the actress, Andrea Martin, forgot her line and asked to touch his hair to give her time to remember her lines again instead of completely stopping the scene. Brilliant acting and comedy gold

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

6:10 Olivia Wilde's behind is pixelated for sensitive audiences and KZbin reasons. 6:14 Pixels magically fall off, and sanity prevails.

[@JervisGermane]

You got the "Most replayed moment" for that

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Wow, I did not know that "I don't care" was ad-libbed. I think it's the only line from the movie (which I liked) that I remember and think of from time to time.

[@blats1212]

These are starting to become remixes of past videos. Once you see the earlier one, it is repeat in different order.

[@treehousebandit]

You can't just take rumors and then act like they are 100% confirmed. The working script for Holy Grail in fact has the name Tim in it.

[@Kpictures_NYC]

It's great when you have A-listers who understand how to improvise. However, when you're working on a low budget and you're chasing daylight and an actor forgets their lines and it's not so magical, not so fun.

[@critter_creek_nature_videos]

Conversely if an A lister starts making up lines they are possibly jeopardizing years of prep and work and tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars.

[@cynthiajones3241]

I read Tom Felton's auto biography. 90% of the time, Tom couldn't remember his lines and improvised.

[@justindza]

I'm doubtful a studio would let a kid/teenage actor improvise "90%" of his lines. Especially a blockbuster. Could be a lot but not 9/10 lines.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@justindza 90% sounds better.

[@skyshatter3633]

to be fair i would have forgotten my words around Olivia Wilde in that underwear

[@angeliquevanwinkle6234]

"Flames" is my favorite line and I use it for the really important anger moments!

[@NexusGrymm]

That last shower scene - I doubt it was "intense pressure" that made the actor forget his lines, more like, "intense pleasure".

[@joebenzz]

I wonder if most of these scenes they actually didn't forget their lines or names but because they thought the original was so bad that they came up with somethign so much better but didn't wanna look obnoxious so they probably just said "oh i just forgot my line." 😆

[@darkzak47]

I miss Madeleine Kahn so much.

[@born2lol]

Love that scene in Clue. The funniest in the whole movie.

[@drydogg]

Daniel Stern and Steve Guttenberg, was that Kevin Bacon and Paul Reiser? DAMN! They're young!

[@unstepintime]

If you haven't watched Diner before do yourself a favorite and watch it. Great young actors in a great movie.

[@SacredDaturaa]

Also like Daniel Stern there was only eight years away from portraying Marv in Home Alone. Never would have guessed these performances were so close together in time.

[@unstepintime]

@@SacredDaturaa Also not mentioned but Tim Daly, from Wings, is in this & Ellen Barkin. Great cast.

[@drydogg]

@@SacredDaturaa Remember Daniel Stern in Blue Thunder, with Roy Scheider? Remember Dana Carvey, in the Blue Thunder TV show? I just found out that Tim Robbins was in Top Gun. Wasn't Kevin Bacon in Animal House?

[@the_full_english]

Why has no one mentioned Mickey Rorurke as well, he’s right there in the clip.

[@robertotamesis1783]

He was eating that was that was delicious, some do forget, Caley Coco is one expert who never forgets .

[@dougwebb704]

I always wondered about that scene in the Holy Grail where John Cleese said his name was Tim. I always thought it was hilarious that they made his name Tim, but now that I hear this, it's even more brilliant.

[@ColinRichardson]

Why Male Models!

[@drydogg]

One of my favorite movies!

[@GodIsJamesMason]

7:06 Clue!?! Tim Curry!! 💜💙 Omg!! Aaahaaaha

[@unropednope4644]

You making these up bro? I'm 49 years old and have never heard some of these before.

[@lancomedic]

Since I have never seen any of these movies I thought the video was interesting.

[@ericadams7834]

Kahn...legend!

[@deannanovak6289]

My husband and I do the some call me Tim line way too much.

[@jzeffmz]

Why does this video stop at 7:08 ... indefinitely ??

[@joseparcenary4706]

7:32 What is this bullshit? These aren't real "reaction" shots to an improv. They are all different camera setups. Do you really think films are made by having separate cameras pointed at every single actor on the set?

[@tb20million]

Is there nothing these Gods can’t do?? Fawning complete.

[@DustyChalk]

I gotta say, I am dumbfounded by Olivia Wilde's beauty, too, and I'm just WATCHING the movie.

[@noelpizarro3812]

How the f#@k did Peter Sellers not win an Oscar for "Dr Strangelove"?

[@randycelaya4412]

Just like Ben Stiller in Zoolander, you seem to repeat yourself and all your videos as well. I feel like I already watched this many many times. No more

[@fabricofdreams.]

Can't blame Gillian, would be me too ngl 😂

[@mikehere5331]

Jim Carey isn’t Count Olaf though? 4:17

[@phapnui]

Ironically, the narrator flubbed all his lines in this one.

[@deadnowfound]

Nicely done

[@quatie]

I dislike these videos when you reuse clips, and you reuse all the time.

[@grewntd]

Those "pressures" he just mentioned, yeah, they would located in the crotch region

[@BrianBradbury]

"G"illian - no. It's pronounced Jillian

[@Akitten84]

Thank you. I was like hold up.. what'd he just call her??

[@DoctorNemmo]

*I don't care*

[@BrianBradbury]

@@DoctorNemmo Did someone ask if you did care?

[@DoctorNemmo]

@@BrianBradbury I was quoting Tommy Lee Jones

[@framesdaimaginacao]

Michael Keaton is THE BEST BATMAN!

[@side2k]

I wonder how many less successfull improvisations there were, which never made it to the final cut, thus not reaching viewers.

[@attybong]

marlon brando does not memories his lines, he uses cue cards and improvises .. 😢😮

[@ClassifiedRanTom]

There’s a difference between forgetting your line, and improvising a better one, the first example with Fugitive is a bad beginning to this video.

[@j.r.demaria9209]

Cannibal the musical???? Deep cut

[@tilasole3252]

That's not my leg... 🦵

[@Kameleonic]

The narrator certainly won't be voice acting in anything off of KZbin.

[@chriscoates503]

I dint believe half of thses

[@inoox]

Yes, its obvious. Why would a director have a camera ready in front of her to shout "Kevin!" incase she forgot her lines? lmao

[@pingofdeath6535]

Male modles will always be number 1 line 😂

[@BezoRazo]

Is anyone else a bit skeptical about the legitimacy of some of these?

[@unropednope4644]

Uh yeah. The home alone one, dr strange love, Ben Stiller one,

[@julmcconnell]

"hanged at sunrise" not hung

[@shugmchugh5107]

Either is good

[@john2510]

Most of these “improv” videos are lies. Every camera angle is separately shot and it takes several minutes to set up for the take from that angle. No response from a separate camera angle is spontaneous. The actor has probably had a half hour to consider what they’re going to say.

[@Clubber-Slang]

But in the general sense, this video uses "improv" to mean "not as originally scripted", it doesn't need to be in-the-second spontaneous.

[@john2510]

@@Clubber-Slang Certainly, scripts change, but many of these clips describe the shot as something the actor improvised, or did by accident and everyone just rolled with it. In the context of the various camera angles they show, and the time that it would have taken to shoot the clip, that ranges from highly unlikely to impossible. When you cut from what one actor's action to another actor's reaction, that reaction isn't spontaneous. It's a carefully staged reaction to what has been shot. I think some people think they use multiple cameras all filming at once. That's not how movies are filmed.

[@Clubber-Slang]

@@john2510 You didn't need to cut and paste your previous response, I'm simply stating that this video isn't using "improvised" as in that exact second, but instead something they've come with off script. If you watch any comedy movies' DVD/Blu-Ray, nearly all of them have "line-o-rama" as part of the extras/options where they shoot the same exact scene a dozen times and have a line or two that are up to the actor, which therefore, IS "improvised" aka up to that specific actor (think 40 year old virgin or Wanderlust, Paul Rudd is in many of the movies I'm thinking of). Many of these, I agree, are more like delays while the actor remembers their line, but even still, you can see smiles and reactions that don't mesh with how it was supposed to go.

[@john2510]

@@Clubber-Slang I give up.

[@jeremyvettech5562]

​@@john2510good because you didn't have a clue

[@obscuredgurl]

Dunno what it is with Reynolds but I feel like he gets deeply lost in his acting; seeing how breathy and erotic his expressions become during intimate filming along with his repeated use of straddling in a LOT of his make-out scenes.. I just don't think this is a coincidence ❤️‍🔥🫦❤️‍🔥

[@grantpowell4135]

0:01 what do they say lol

[@inoox]

Lmao "Im batman." and "Kevin!" being adlibbed? (despite there being a camera right in front of her that she shouts this into lmao) AHAHAHAH youre having a laugh mate. Im sorry that people actually believe this bs.

[@GoosFrabaaa]

The Jim Carrey, lemony snicket one was made up by you.

[@Cruzoe_]

I forgor

[@SamSpade2010]

Oh my God, this is all made-up.

[@PrinzessinVonGottHier]

I admit... I got some amusement from the person who's sharing all these facts pronounce Gutenberg "gutt-enberg" instead of "Goot-enberg". You know these random facts but don't know how to pronounce a famous actors last name... ahhh...it's like middle school all over again...only now I'm calling out the schmucks this time round. Lol

[@shugmchugh5107]

You should Google the correct pronunciation of that name, you might be surprised. Quite often the most common way, is not always the correct way

[@michaelcarbone6101]

AI cannot pronounce human’s name?🤖

[@pingofdeath6535]

Jim Carrey should make a comeback

[@anthonyalegria1841]

Sonic 3 baby

[@jewel65]

Learn to pronounce Gillian!😤

[@NicholasKandis]

Get a LIFE.