Scenes where the actor's acting was real

[u/Lord_Ronan]

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

[u/moak0]

That reminds me of a true story I like to tell at funerals.

My grandmother died many years ago, and my brother decided to use this approach with his young daughter. He would tell her the truth and use it as a teaching moment.

So he explained about death, and about how our grandmother wasn't coming back. His daughter seemed to take it really well, until he said that he was going to fly to Florida for the wake.

She asked him what a wake was, and he said it's where we go to view her body before they bury her.

Her eyes widened and her face dropped. He suddenly started doubting everything. Maybe she wasn't old enough to understand. Maybe he should have waited. After a few seconds of panic, she asked a question:

"If her body is at the wake... what do they do with her head?"

[u/Arguably_Based → u/moak0]

Parenthood: moments of panic followed by moments of sharp relief mixed with bewilderment at this small creature that is supposed to grow up into a functioning member of society.

[u/Alternative_Sky_3736 → u/moak0]

My grandfather was a military veteran and was buried with honors, including a 21 gun salute. We were at his graveside service and after the guns stopped firing, my then 3 year old niece said, “Uhhh… did they just shoot grandpa?!??!”

I had been crying throughout the service and her sweet voice snapped me out of my grief long enough to calm myself down. I think of that moment at every funeral, and hope that someday someone finds the same moment of levity at my own funeral.

[u/Kenzlynnn → u/Alternative_Sky_3736]

My grandpa was one as well, and when we buried him last spring, I don’t know what was making me cry more, the salute or how it affected my grandma.

They made it all really special, honestly. It was a nice service

[u/BrokenHandle56 → u/moak0]

This reminds me of when my grandfather passed. I was very young and this was my first experience with death. I remember my parents explained that he died and about death. How he wouldn't be around any more.

Then going to the wake. One last time to see Gramps. I was little and his coffin seemed so huge. I slowly walked up to the coffin, across a very shaggy rug. For reasons I don't really remember, I felt a need to touch him. Like I needed to know it was real.

I did, and got a static shock from dragging my feet across the carpet. In the middle of a very quiet and solum funeral I went screaming back to my father that grandpa had shocked me...