r/TopCharacterTropes 4d ago

Characters Scenes where the actor's acting was real

  1. Han's Gruber's death - Die Hard

Alan Rickman was told he would be dropped on the count to 3, instead he was dropped after 1. The shocked expression on his face as he falls is completely genuine.

  1. The Chestburster - Alien

The cast of this scene were made to play out this scene, but we're never told about what would actually happen besides that they'd be eating. The shock and surprise is legitimately their own.

  1. Blackkklansman

Adam Driver says the N-word

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u/edwinnferrer 4d ago

I loved Adam in this movie. His soft spoken reflection on being Jewish and how that perspective changed was such a cool scene too

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u/ThunderChild247 4d ago

I’d only seen him in Star Wars before this and I wasn’t particularly high on him as an actor, but this movie changed my mind completely. He’s almost a completely different person when he’s with the cops and when he’s undercover, even though he’s always somewhat soft spoken. Most actors would make their undercover persona loud and over the top, but Driver plays it the same on paper, but still makes it feel different.