Actors Improvised These Famous Moments In Cinema

Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kubrick was known to be one of the most meticulous directors, often demanding hundreds of takes per scene. That’s why it’s so interesting that most of R. Lee Ermey’s scenes were improvised in Full Metal Jacket.

According to Ermey, his drill sergeant character wasn’t even in the original script at all! It was only when Kubrick saw a video of the actor that he put him into the movie. It is estimated that around half of all his lines were improvised.