Top 10 Scenes Where Actors Couldn't Keep a Straight Face

even for the best actors some scenes are too ridiculous to play them straight buddy no sir then wipe that disgusting grin off your face sir yes sir welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top ten scenes where actors couldn't keep a straight face we gotta strive for this list we chose moments in which actors let loose any facial expression from the littlest sneer to convulsive laughter that wasn't in the original script we've selected scenes from both television and film but excluded anything that was shot live that means that the following incidences of character breaking were either overlooked or intentionally included in the final product number 10 meeting Frank the Pug men in black that's the worst disguise ever that guy's definitely an alien starting off our list is a scene between two grown men and a pooch so cute you can't help but smile you don't like it you can just my furry little butt in this classic sci-fi comedy agents K and J plagued by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones respectively meet Frank an alien informant disguised as a pug Killians and bugs Frank what do you know while interrogating Frank who is in fact played by a real trained adorable dog named Mushu Jones becomes self-aware and cracks a big one it's a cinematic moment that proves even the most veteran actors can't hold themselves together when they're talking to a dog and the bug had other plans the galaxy is the best source for subatomic energy in the universe number 9 hotel bellboy transylvania 6-5000 it won't be before his sitcom tenure Michael Richards was playing the oddest oddballs you can imagine in this Dracula in Stein farce Richards plays feyo's a butler whose high jinks weird out hotel guests butt crack up actors this good is nice Richards improvised parts of his role using puppets banana peels and other props of his own accord to get laughs out of his on-screen associates especially Jeff Goldblum things aren't always as they seem in Transylvania so who's really pulling whose leg number 8 warming up anchorman 2 the legend continues have a great broadcast too darling in the first scene of Ron Burgundy's sequel big-screen feature a newscaster husband and wife team played by Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate practice their diction and scales before delivering the night's top stories meanwhile Ferrell takes comedy to the next level and octave while trying to warm up Applegate gets helplessly distracted by Farrell's uproarious preparation methods and cracks a few smiles between her use and corningstone's believe it or not this was the most serious take they got number seven she used to fart nur sleep Good Will Hunting I think that's a super philosophy well that way you can go through your entire life without ever having to really know anybody even in dramatic roles Robin Williams couldn't hold himself back from seizing an opportunity for hilarious improvisation my wife used to fart when she was nervous during a short respite in this scene between Williams playing a therapist and Matt Damon as his stubborn patient Williams catches Damon completely off-guard with an inventive anecdote about romance and flatulence he used to [ __ ] up the scene is a standout of organic and revealing laughter bye to actors in modern cinema that only an actor like Robin Williams could bring about she woke up and gone like who is that you see I didn't know to tell yes organic and revealing is referring to Damon's pig squeel number six toilet humor American Pie hey Kevin why what did you do to him high school senior Finch played by Eddie Kaye Thomas has a crippling fear of going number two on school grounds I don't think he's gonna have a problem [ __ ] in school anymore slipped a little something in his Mochaccino his rival Stifler pranks him by slipping an ungodly amount of laxatives into his Mochaccino you can see where this is going in this paragon of toilet humor Finch spends the next few minutes soiling his own reputation as everyone can hear his moans and groans from outside Joni sent you towards the end Thomas slips out of character acknowledging the scenes absurdity and gives us a small knowing smirk number five the waxing the 40 year old virgin takeoff issue in an effort to be more attractive to the ladies Steve Carell goes for a chest waxing at his friend's suggestion she starts doing his pubes I've out of here for this scene Corral volunteered to actually have his bare chest bear waxed ignorant of how insanely painful it would be by his natural reaction to scream out whatever random thought entered his mind we can tell it hurt a lot his coworker buddy's played by Paul Rudd Seth Rogen and Romany Malco as well as the waxing lady forego their directions to pity him and laughs at his agony I really don't swear this much you know what you know I got a weak stomach that's all I could really take I Osceola number four dr. Strangelove's out of control arm dr. Strangelove or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb radioactivity would never penetrate of mine some thousands of feet deep there are mad scientists who can't control their arms and then there are actors who can't control their expressions during one of the funniest scenes in Stanley Kubrick's cold war satire former Nazi scientist dr. Strangelove played by a brilliant Peter Sellers struggles to manage a right arm that still compulsively hiles his Fuhrer standing right behind him is Peter bull who drops a nice big grin as sellers farcical performance might cause anyone to do oh so VIN and they go down into the mine everyone would still be alive number three killing younglings Star Wars Episode three Revenge of the Sith was even the younglings survived in any given film not every written line is perfect Batman Anakin has turned to the dark side that rule applies to episode three of the Star Wars saga in which Anakin Skywalker breaks bad and becomes Darth Vader you and McGregor who plays Anakin's once mentor obi-wan Kenobi gets the honor of delivering one such imperfect line informing Padme of Anakin's descent into darkness I have seen a security hologram of him killing younglings McGregor takes a moment to finish the awkward melodramatic line and covers his mouth as if to keep from smiling hey whatever gets us to the next fight scene he he was deceived by alive we all were number two Ross plays the bagpipes friends David Schwimmer is known for some hilarious antics as Ross Geller on the sitcom friends why is your family Scottish your family lost in this classic bit he whips out his bagpipe and plays his best rendition of celebration remember I'm still learning Schwimmer's and novice playing is supposed to make his friends uncomfortable but as Lisa Kudrow joins him with what she believes are the lyrics Jennifer Aniston gives up and hides her amusement behind her heads as shown by the outtakes it was a miracle to get any of the friends to keep a straight face in the scene before we unveil our top pick here are a few honorable mentions these two legs and shove them right up your ass all the way to the knee Dwight Dwight relax number one line up the usual suspects coming in at the top spot are five criminals having a blast in police custody Amy the cage you in [ __ ] in this classic crime mystery the usual suspects are lined up and asked to read a line then crack up at Stephen Baldwin and Benicio Del Toro's mocking interpretations and especially Del Toro's uncontrollable bout of flatulence scripted as a serious scene director Bryan Singer spent a whole day filming the line up becoming frustrated when the actors continually lost self control you don't put guys like that into a room together who knows what can happen eventually he scrapped his original plan and used the funniest takes instead and we couldn't be happier that he did do you agree with our list what's your favorite scene where an actor couldn't keep a straight face for more entertaining top 10s published every day be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com bugger

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Keywords: movies, films, tv, tv shows, television, acting, funny, hilarious, bloopers, american pie, dr. strangelove, transylvania 6-5000, men in black, friends, the usual suspects, the 40-year-old virgin, good will hunting, anchorman 2, top 10, Actor (Profession), Blooper (TV Genre), Film (Media Genre), Hollywood

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Length: 12min 11sec (731 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 28 2015

Reddit Comments

[u/Cavebuilder]

It's completely true too!

[u/imverykind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjm4a1-ratc

[u/[deleted]]

Who would have thought that a trained improvisational performer would be able to improvise so well....

It really boggles the mind, these things.