26 Iconic Movie Moments That Were Actually Just Thrown in Last-Minute

Last little dashes of greatness
26 Iconic Movie Moments That Were Actually Just Thrown in Last-Minute
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If we compare movies to a lovely meal at a restaurant, these movie-making ingredients would be the salt-and-pepper shakers on the table. They probably would’ve been just as great without such seasoning, but the movie chef knew we’d like a little extra spice.

Here are some last-minute sprinkles of greatness that helped make our favorite movies what they are…

The Little Mermaid

Ariel from The Little Mermaid (1989) CRACKED.COM was supposed to be blonde. ANNIVERSARY 20th EDITION TOM HANKS DARYL HANNAH EUGENE LEVY JOHN CANDY BRAN GRAZEN Splach DVD After huge arguments, she got red hair because the mermaid in Disney's rom-com Splash (1984) was blonde.

Guardians of the Galaxy

In Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Quill was supposed to believe Ego right away, while Gamora distrusted him. But the story started making sense to James Gunn only when he swapped their reactions around. CRACKED.COM

Total Recall

They made up Benny's death scene in Total Recall on the spot. That part of the script was being rewritten when they were supposed to shoot the scene, but they had props and makeup ready, so Mel Johnson Jr. (Benny) suggested they just wing it. CRACKED.COM

RoboCop

The shooting location inspired Paul Verhoeven to make RoboCop walk on water. The day before filming, Verhoeven saw the big walls that reminded him of the walls of Jerusalem, so he had Robo walk on water (alluding to Jesus) even though it wasn't in the RoboCop script. CRACKED.COM

Bird Box

The Bird Box monsters were never shown because the design they had planned looked ridiculous. There was an actual scene shot that revealed the monster, but its design made the whole crew burst out laughing. According to Bullock it looked like a green man with a horrific baby face. CRACKED.COM

Eraser

The name ofthe villain company in Eraser was changed from Cyrex to Cyrez at the request of a chip manufacturer named Cyrix® FasMath™ CX-83D87-40-GP 1980 Cyrix USA AMEXICO CRACKED.COM The CGI and dubbing for this last-minute change took an extra week of editing.

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26 Iconic Movie Moments That Were Actually Just Thrown in Last-Minute

Return of the Jedi

CRACKED.COM In Return of the Jedi, Luke has a blue light- saber in the posters, but a green one in the movie, because it had to be visible against Tatooine's blue sky. STARWARS RETURN OF JEDI - MARK HAMLE MARRISON FORD CARRE FISHER BLU DEL WILLIAMS -ANTHONY DANELS... - - - - DON'T ....ROHARD MARQUAND CHOWARD KAZANJAN SEOKO LUCAS -LAWRENCE KASDAN... GEORGE LUCAS GEORGE LECAS ...ON WILLIAMS - - H I I I i - -

The Jungle Book

The vultures from The Jungle Book are a barbershop quartet instead of a rock group because Walt Disney wasn't a fan of The Beatles. Originally, We're Your Friends was supposed to be have a Beatles sound to it, but Disney thought that they were a fad, and decided to go with something timeless. CRACKED.COM

Titanic

IF YOU THINK OF TITANIC, YOU THINK OF THE I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD! SCENE. EXCEPT... THAT WASN'T IN THE SCRIPT. Jack didn't even have dialogue in that scene. The line, which made the movie 100% more memorable than it'd be otherwise, was thrown in by Leonardo DiCaprio. GRACKED.COM

Pulp Fiction

YOU REMEMBER MARVIN GETTING SHOT IN THE FACE IN PULP FICTION, RIGHT? ORIGINALLY... IT WAS A SHOT TO THE THROAT. According to Phil LaMarr, who played Marvin, his death was a mercy kill after being accidentally shot. It was changed to make Jules and Vincent look less unsympathetic. CRACKED.COM

Star Wars

CRACKED COM OBI-WAN HIDES LUKE'S PARENTAGE FOR NO APPARENT REASON OTHER THAN PURE SEMANTICS. ORIGINALLY, НЕ HAD A BETTER MOTIVE. YODA MADE HIM DO IT. In a clip deleted from Return of the Jedi, Yoda fesses up that he forbade Obi-Wan from spilling the beans.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

THE FINAL BATTLE IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING COULD HAVE BEEN EVEN MORE ONE-SIDED. ORIGINALLY... SAURON WAS GOING TO FIGHT. A duel between Sauron and Aragorn was filmed, but not used, as that would have distracted from Frodo and Sam's quest to destroy the One Ring. CRACKED.COM

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

FERRIS BUELLER IS AN ADORABLE, FREEWHEELING TRUANT. PERHAPS YOU DIDN'T KNOW... НЕ WAS ALMOST A THIEF AS WELL. In an early draft of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ferris steals his dad's saving bonds to fund his day off. GRACKED COM

Jurassic Park

CRACKED.COM THE RULED THE T. REX TOTALLY RULES THE ENDING OF JURASSIC PARK. HOWEVER... THAT WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. The scripted ending had Grant and Hammond killing the raptors themselves. Then Spielberg realized that the Rex just had to come back.

Natural Born Killers

REMEMBER THIS GUY? НЕ APPEARS A COUPLE OF TIMES IN NATURAL BORN KILLERS. ORIGINALLY... НЕ WAS GOING TO KILL THE KILLERS. Instead of getting their happy ending, Mickey and Mallory were going to be shot by this dude, victims of their own brand of senseless violence. CRACKED.COM

Scream 2

IN SCREAM 2, THE KILLER BEHIND GHOSTFACE'S MASK IS MICKEY ALTIERI. THAT WASN'T THE PLAN. НЕ REPLACED DEREK AND HALLIE. The identity of the killers was changed after the script was leaked on the internet. CRACKED.COM

Rocky

CRACKED.COM ROCKY IS A STORY ABOUT PERSEVERANCE. ROCKY BALBOA NEVER QUITS, NO MATTER WHAT. THAT'S JUST THE FINISHED MOVIE, THOUGH. ORIGINALLY, НЕ DID QUIT. The first script had Rocky throw the fight after realizing he didn't actually want to be a boxer.

The Lion King

SCAR IS DEVOURED BY HIS HYENAS, WHICH IS PRETTY HORRIFIC FOR DISNEY. BUT... ORIGINALLY, IT WAS EVEN WORSE. In an alternate ending to The Lion King, which was storyboarded but never animated, Scar believes that he's won and is engulfed by flames as he celebrates. CRACKED.COM

Emperor Palpatine

YOU KNOW SHEEV PALPATINE, EMPEROR OF THE GALAXY IN STAR WARS. BUT ORIGINALLY... HIS NAME WAS COS DASHIT. It's too bad he was renamed after the first draft. His original name was truly da shit, man. CRACKED.COM

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Instead of spending money on music for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the director made it himself. THE IMPROVISATION: With a sound recordist, he did things like screaming into a cardboard tube, torturing an upright bass, and playing broken instruments. THE RESULT: One of the scariest movie soundtracks of all time. It's the equivalent of pouring terror straight into your ears. CRACKED.COM

Rocky and Adrian

Rocky and Adrian's lovely first date owes its magic to the movie running out of money. RE VISITOR THE IMPROVISATION: Rocky's ice rink date scene was supposed to have 300 extras. But the movie burned through cash too fast, so Rocky and Adrian had to be in an empty ice rink. THE RESULT: A surprisingly intimate atmosphere that made for one of the best ever movie first dates. CRACKED.COM

Back to the Future

To get home in Back to the Future, Marty was supposed to drive into a nuclear explosion. PAINTS THE IMPROVISATION: The original plan of sending Marty into a Nevada test nuke blast would be incredibly expensive in 1985, so the writers came up with a cheaper scene at the clock tower. THE RESULT: Probably one of the most famous climaxes in film history. CRACKED.COM

Clueless

The plan for dressing the main cast of Clueless was to have them all in designer couture. THE IMPROVISATION: The budget for that didn't pan out, so the costume designer just bought a bunch of clothes at the mall. THE RESULT: The movie helped bury grunge fashion and made preppy style look cool. CRACKED.COM

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane had to depict obscene wealth, but it had a shoestring budget. THE IMPROVISATION: Orson Welles got super creative, coming up with tricks like filming rooms from the floor to make them look big and using props to strategically hide areas. THE RESULT: Other directors picked up all those tricks later on, and they're used so much that we don't even notice them today. CRACKED.COM

Godzilla

The monster of Gojira, the granddaddy of Godzilla films, was supposed to be a giant octopus. THE IMPROVISATION: The movie's special effects wizard really wanted to make a giant stop-motion octopus, but there was no time or money. So, he just put a guy in a rubber lizard suit. THE RESULT: Godzilla, who became the definition of city-crushing monster. CRACKED.COM

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