A Series of Unfortunate Events
Sorry Neil Patrick-Harris, but Jim Carrey is still Count Olaf in our hearts. This is partly because of how the latter was able to completely emulate the character in the movie adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events. Several of his lines were actually made off the cuff. This one was particularly memorable: “Wait! Let me do that one more time! Give me the line again. Quickly, while it’s fresh in my mind!”
Inglorious Basterds
Christoph Waltz might have gone on to win an Oscar for his performance in Inglourious Basterds, but there was one scene that his character was played by someone else. During the choking scene, it was actually Quentin Tarantino’s hands we were seeing! The director was apparently unsatisfied by strangulation scenes in other movies and decided he wanted the real thing. With Diane Krueger’s consent, he actually began to strangle her — that’s why the fear in her eyes seemed so real.