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Actors who suggested a change to their character’s design, personality, or lore because they thought the original script/concept was too lame
Lucius Malfoy (Harry Potter) - Jason Isaacs
The studio originally wanted him in a modern Muggle pinstripe suit with short hair. Isaacs thought that looked like a boring businessman rather than a powerful wizard. He demanded the long platinum wig, wizard robes, and personally added the snake-headed walking cane that conceals his wand.
The Thin Man (Charlie's Angels 2000) - Crispin Glover
In the original script, he was just a generic, chatty action movie villain. Glover thought his lines were incredibly cliché and boring, so he suggested cutting all of his dialogue. He turned the character into a completely silent, hair-sniffing creep, making him the most memorable part of the movie.
Count Dooku (Star Wars) - Christopher Lee: In Episode II, George Lucas originally scripted/choreographed Dooku to use a standard, straight lightsaber. As a real-world world-class fencer, Lee found the standard hilt design clumsy and "lame" for a master duelist. He convinced the team to give Dooku the curved hilt, completely changing the character's fighting style and lore to fit elegant, fencing-based Makashi forms.
Superman (Superman 2025) - David Corenswet Following Henry Cavill's trunkless suit, director James Gunn and DC Studios initially leaned toward a "no trunks" design for the reboot, fearing that the classic red briefs looked too outdated, silly, or hard to make look "cool." However, David Corenswet passionately advocated for the trunks. He argued that Superman shouldn't care about looking cool. Instead, the trunks are intentionally a little silly and theatrical — like a professional wrestler—making an immensely powerful alien look approachable and safe, ensuring that everyday citizens and kids wouldn't be afraid of him.
Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch because he thought Spock should have a more elegant way of incapacitating foes than just punching them.
It is, yes. Nimoy remembered it from his childhood and used it instead of the scripted embrace since he said an emotionless people like Vulcans would have a more emotionally detached greeting.
It was also from a part of a Jewish ceremony that he was supposed to have his eyes shut for, but looked anyway. So this secret hand symbol is probably the best known Jewish hand symbol on the planet.
In his 1975 autobiography I Am Not Spock, Nimoy wrote that he based it on the Jewish "Birkat kohanim", a priestly blessing performed by a Kohen with both hands, thumb to thumb in this same position, representing the Hebrew letter shin (ש), which has three upward strokes similar to the position of the thumb and fingers in the gesture. The letter Shin here stands for El Shaddai, meaning "Almighty (God)" and Shalom.
The letter Shin also represents Shekhinah, the feminine aspect of the Divine Presence. According to Jewish tradition, during the Priestly Blessing, the Shekhinah would shine through the windows formed by the priests' fingers. This is why it was traditionally forbidden for the congregation to look at the priests' hands during the ceremony; it was believed that seeing the Divine Presence directly could lead to blindness or spiritual overwhelm. Nimoy famously mentioned in interviews that as a child his grandfather took him to an Orthodox synagogue, where he peeked and saw the blessing performed and was impressed by it
I used to know a pretty nerdy, unassuming looking guy (although he was pure muscle under his scruffy, baggy clothes) who had trained to be a second dan black belt in martial arts (in my mind it was karate, but a quick google suggests taekwondo is more likely) while living in Japan for years.
We were in the bar one night after work and I made some cheeky remark in his direction, so he casually reached over and pinched the top of my trapezius muscle like this and squeezed.
He didn’t look like he was putting any effort in whatsoever but the pain was absolutely overpowering and I just sank to my knees, literally begging him to stop and please, please let go, while he just smirked at me, holding his pint in his other hand.
For a few seconds of this I was terrified that he’d maybe had too many pints to realise he was going too far or long before he completely fucked me up, but mercifully he released the ‘hold’ when he’d made his point.
The young me, who thought he was in pretty good shape and naturally fairly strong, learned a very important lesson about how very, very little that means against a guy with training, who knows what he’s doing.
The wrestler Steve Blackman has a black belt in Taekwondo. He never made it big in the ring but he was somebody known to be a legit bad ass. The WWE did a weird take on UFC in the 90s called the Brawl for All which was a real fight not a shoot like normal wrestling. Blackman asked if kicks would be allowed. He explained his plan was to kick everyone in the knees until they couldn't stand up. The rest of the people involved said they wouldn't take part of it if kicks were allowed
What is that Classic Mike Tyson quote "Everyone has a Plan until they get punched in the mouth". Sure you think you are in pretty good shape but do you think you can dodge a punch from someone that trains every day?
In 'Mrs. Doubtfire', Pierce Brosnan's character was written as a typical evil step parent trope. Brosnan having a wonderful stepfather and being one himself didn't want to feed into the stereotype so he insisted the character be changed to the caring and attentive character we see on screen.
It's ironic that the plot of the film is essentially triggered by a studio refusing to change based on what an actor wanted but the movie was made much better because the studio acquiesced to what the actors wanted.
As a general rule, the creatives involved have much better instincts for what makes a good movie. Studios are largely run by morons. This is not always the case; there are plenty of times when eccentrics that are actors/writers/directors need a little reigning in, but by and large, it's the execs that shit things up.
Ren and Stimpy always comes to mind. John K is a brilliant animator, but compare the original Nickelodeon series with Adult Party Cartoon and witness what happens when Nickelodeon execs weren't trying to put a leash on John K.
IIRC both of them were going through a divorce themselves/had been through a recent divorce at the time and didn't want to give their kids false hope that they might get back together with their parents
I also would think that most superheros (especially ones who use their hands as much as Spidey) would take off their wedding ring before getting into costume. Both to have one less thing to lose/identify them by, but also because wearing a ring during vigorous activity can cause gnarly injuries
Not saying that for sure he and MJ are married because, as you say, making it work could mean many things
I wouldn't call myself squeamish, but just the thought of degloving injuries make me shudder.
EDIT: I love how I said "I hate the very idea of these injuries" and y'all are coming in here with stories. Like, what did I do to deserve this torture? I'm physically cringing inside out in sympathetic pain right now. Please stop
I also think it would be important not to reveal to supervillains that you're married. It's like a giant beacon on your finger going "look! I have a loved one you can kidnap and torment for maximum superhero psychological trauma!"
I mean, 'making it work' can also mean 'married but not wearing a ring because of the suit' or 'decided as a couple that marriage isn't a necessity and are still together'. Spiderman gets fucked over in every universe, Tobey deserves to have a happy life
I believe he and Andrew requested that to not upstage Tom but I kinda wished they implied the gists of the planned SM4 and TASM3 happened. Like, Tobey could quickly mention he had his own versions Vulture and Lizard, and Andrew could say his Osborn ended up as a head in a jar.
While he is still a womanizer within the show proper, the original concept had him be a lot edgier and sleazier, which he pointed out made the fact that Phoebe, Rachel and Monica all willingly hang around him seem unrealistic. Joey's character was instead changed to be a lot nicer, emphasising that for all his sleeping around he's an extremely loyal friend
And I think we've seen a few times where things blow up and his Friends do let him take the heat for it to learn from his mistakes. It's actually probably pretty accurate for a lot of friendships lol.
A similarish thing happened with the writers originally planning on having Chandler cheat on Monica, but Matthew Perry refused to do it as he didn't want to become hated.
Genuinely mad that they were going to do that. Even with Ross, he had the wiggle room of them 'being on a break' and him thinking they were broken up - so you could argue that it was hurtful, but not *actually* cheating, so it gave him leniency. Having one of them straight-up cheat is nuts.
Very glad he did, Ross and Rachel's "we were on a break" thing is still discussed to this day, if Chandler cheated on Monica it would have been character assassination
That legitimately would have ruined the series for me. But on the flip side it would have retroactively made Dwight morally correct in every single interaction he had with Jim, because fuck (this alternate version of) Jim.
I doubt he considered this. But purple is actually a very interesting color in terms of the lightwave / light sabre. It's often not one wave length, like most other colors. Red, blue, green are all very specific ranges of wave lengths.
Purple is a combination of the shortest and longest wavelengths we can see with our eyes (short = violet going into ultraviolet. Long = red going into infrared). So you don't actually know how fast the lightwaves oscillate from looking at it. Which does make a difference in how precise the laser cuts. ...by like a few nanometers. In practice it wouldn't matter to the story.
Though I do like thinking of Windu / Jackson as having chosen this color specifically because it makes him less predictable. Which... I guess is true not just on a scientific level. "But I want purple" is not the most predictable thing to ask^^
Amusingly, EU works such as games, comics, and even merch had already shown Mace Windu with a blue lightsaber. So they came up with the retcon of the Jedi having a tradition called "Concordance of Fealty" to explain that he had exchanged lightsabers with someone else for a bit.
This is the most Star Wars thing possible. “No no no, the toys aren’t wrong!! There’s a lore reason, ok! Here, see, a clunky scene that explains this thing 3 people care about!! It’s totally buttoned up!”
Some random alien guy in the bar in Tattooine, literally made of garbage and crap they had lying around because they needed to fill an empty space in the camera blocking.
No lines...
3 seconds on screen...
Several thousand word essay on his history and life, couple of books, kenner toy, some kids favourite character.
Most actors who play the Doctor on Doctor Who have input on their wardrobe. For example, the Eleventh Doctor's bowtie was Matt Smith's idea, originally showrunner Steven Moffat wanted him to look like a pirate.
I remember hearing that he came up with the sonic sunglasses because he thought it would be nice if kids could more easily dress up and play as the Doctor without having to buy an expensive toy screwdriver, and if that's true I love that.
Iirc, he hated the dialogue so much he invited a bunch of actor/writer friends to a diner and they spent a few hours just rewriting his entire dialogue because it was genuinely so shit that it physically pissed him off.
So he played a comically evil SoB with some banging lines. Which worked. It added entertainment to the movie, with him being the most quoted character. Maybe even the solely quoted character of the movie.
In the original script for Devil May Cry 5, Vergil's reaction to learning that Nero is his son was going to be something along the lines of "you're not the only one that had fun" to Dante, implying he slept around and it wasn't too unexpected.
Dan Southworth however disagreed with this idea, as he believed that Vergil is the sort of person that would only get "entangled" with someone if he felt a strong connection with them. So Dan changed the line to the much more wistful "Well, well... That was a long time ago" which changes Vergil's response so he's now reminiscing about Nero's mum, making it seem like he had genuine feelings for her, and also implies he only ever got down with a single person.
That's definitely something a fan would do. Vergil's character has always been a no nonsense one. It doesn't make sense for him to have 'fun' when he's so fixated on power, unintentionally falling in love tho that does seem possible and funnily resembles sparda.
Ugh, why dont we have another dmc game coming. One of my all time favorite series of games. Each one being wacky, balls to the wall crazy yet somehow bring it home with some surprisingly heartwarming and dramatic moments. You never expect a game that has a girl flying through the air with a rocket launcher bigger than her or a guy killing people with motorcycle boxing gloves to have a good story, but they always do.
(I pretend the second one doesnt exist if you cant tell lol)
The reason we don't have a new game is simple, Itsuno and his team were working on Dragons Dogma 2 for years after DMC5 and after finishing it Itsuno didn't want to spend the rest of his career doing sequels so he left Capcom.
Right now it's clear that Capcom wants more DMC, hell DMC5 is their best selling game that isn't Resident Evil or Monster Hunter, but logistically they don't have the people in place to make it. Right now they need to build up a suitable team that can take up the series and keep up the quality of the past games, and that takes time. Considering that DMC5 started production in 2015 and took four years to release, and Itsuno left Capcom just two years ago, I'd say we're still at least 3 years from the next game. Even then it's hard to say if it'll be a new game, a remake, a spinoff, or whatever.
Also somewhat related: when he voiced King Haggard in The Last Unicorn, he brought his own annotated copy of the book. He wanted to be absolutely certain none of the parts he felt were important were cut.
Then, when he heard they were casting for the German dub, he started translating his lines on the spot, because of course he spoke German. Got the role too, because of course he did.
I once heard an amazing story from a man who grew up near Highgate Cemetery in London. As a young teen, he would sneak over the cemetery wall to smoke where his mother couldn’t catch him. One evening, as he’s smoking, a figure steps out of the mist and says, “what are you doing here, child?” He ran off scared. And only realized years later that it was Christopher Lee in costume as Dracula, on break from filming.
The Dark Knight- it’s a tiny detail but it illustrates how much thought he put into the role, Heath Ledger said that the Joker should have some grease paint on his fingers because he would be painting his own face
Blade- the line “Some motherfuckers always tryin’ to ice skate up hill” was something Wesley Snipes actually said on set that the director decided was such a good line that he had it put into the script, and it’s possibly the best line in the Best Blade movie
Y'all must be young because Heath Ledger's Joker was in the public's consciousness for years and everyone talked about how much creative effort went into that character. Nolan gave Ledger full creative control and he made this iconic character from scratch. All the ideas, mannerisms, and most of the dialogue came from Ledger.
So it's not just one "tiny detail," it was everything and it was a huge deal at the time.
Jean Reno took one look at Luc Besson's blatantly pedophilic original vision for Leon and Mathilda's relationship, saw that Natalie Portman's parents signed off on it and decided he had to advocate for Natalie. He recharacterized Leon as slow, detached and incapable of pursuing romantic relationships. Reno basically inched the filmmaker's vision away the original plan slowly and doing so without Besson getting frustrated and simply firing Reno and finding someone who won't complain about the original plans. The director's cut is rough, but it could have been so much worse if Reno hadn't stepped up.
It is important to note that Reno and Besson have been long time colleagues and Reno starred in multiple Besson projects in the 80s before he got casted as Leon, and as such, Reno had enough creative control over his role, and like you said, he glacially steered his character into the Leon we know today because Besson was making his own semi-autobiographical pedo fantasy and Natalie's parents had 0 issues with it - so he was genuindly trying to protect Natalie as much as he could during filming.
That being said, while there was never a public report of Besson and Reno having a falling out nor is it known if that ever occured, and it could be argued that Reno simply sought other projects after getting international recognition from the role, two things should be mentioned; One, Jean Reno never worked with Besson again, even when Reno was also filming French domestic movies, and Two, he and Natalie are still friends to this day - not close friends, but Natalie even introduced her own children to Reno on a vacation to Jean's home - maybe this is reading between the lines, but I like to believe that Reno was so disgusted with Besson that he tactifully ended their professional relationship on purpose.
Holy hell, I have genuinely never realized Natalie's parent's role in all this madness. Amazing how even one adult can change a kid's fate when they advocate for them
That would be Jean Reno and Gary Oldman who between the two of them determined that Besson shouldn't be left alone with Natalie Portman, so one of them was always near by.
Vin Diesel came up with this scene in Pitch Black and in the Butcher Bay video game, he requested Riddick to have less lines and it turned out great. Vin Diesel genuinely gives a shit about the character Riddick so much that he used his Fast and Furious money to buy the rights to Riddick and is currently filming the fourth film.
he used his Fast and Furious money to buy the rights to Riddick and is currently filming the fourth film.
Best news I've heard in a while, such a great character. I hope he ditches the "chosen one" shit Twohy added and goes back to the "conan in space" angle they were originally going for.
I love how much Vin clearly loves Riddick. I know it was said before but it has the energy of Riddick being Vin Diesel's edgy D&D character that he always keeps trying to make new stuff with.
Another one for the legend Alan Rickman. Apparently he was the one that suggested that it didn’t make sense for his Die Hard character (Hans Gruber) to be wearing tactical gear because he had others around to do the dirty work. He suggested that Hans be wearing an expensive suit and that they write in an encounter where Bruce Willis’ character mistakes Hans for a hostage. Can’t imagine it having been any other way.
Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner allegedly shortened his "Tears in rain" speech, and made it have less sci fi jargon. Made it much more emotionally affecting.
I think he might have even added the "tears in rain" part, but I'm not sure
After reading the first draft of the script, irl Jessica Biel demanded that the writers go harsher on her, consequently making her ruder and bringing up her B-list celebrity status more frequently
That one is so funny. I remember hearing Seth Rogan talk about it on a podcast. When they gave him the script, they were worried he was going to have issues with it.
Instead, his only feedback was that he had a jacket that would be essential for this portrayal of him.
He came into the recording studio for "The Last Unicorn" with pages marked that he told the production MUST be included for him to say as King Haggard.
In Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, Justice Smith invented unique hand movements for every individual spell, as he thought just pointing and doing magic was boring.
the reaction is funny, but I think the visual effects artists were actually happy they had something to work with instead of the actor just pointing and "magic comes out"
Chadwick Boseman as Black Panther: the original direction was for T’Challa to have a posh British accent to reflect his wealthy & educated upbringing. Boseman instead fought for African accented English, as Wakanda would never have been colonized. It became an iconic part of his characterization and now even on the toddler-level Spider-Man show my kid watches T’Challa has his African accent. (Makes me really happy every time I hear it on the cartoon; I love that it’s part of his legacy with the character.)
That's such a weird directing choice... I have not read a lot of comics, so I'm not sure if the British accent has any sort of precedence there. However, aside from the films, the other main piece of Marvel media that I have seen T'Challa in was the animated show, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. That show predated the films by years and T'Challa certainly had a (non-specific) African accent in it. I think the same is true for the sequel show Avengers Assemble.
Marvel having an established sound for him and then initially trying to backtrack it is odd. I also think the apparent underlying thought process of "refined, intelligent, wealthy = British" is... not great. Especially for a character like T'Challa and what he is intended to represent. I'm glad Chadwick pushed back.
Unfortunately, as a white person who grew up in the Bay area (and specifically Oakland, Vallejo), there is a VERY real bias among some (often white but not always) people that an accent that sounds "ethnic" always sounds less intelligent than proper English, and that "British English accent" is the take it to 11 version of this.
I can assure you that some of the smartest people I have spoken with have some VERY different accents and dialects to mine - and I loved the choice they made in Black Panther to keep Wakanda sounding African, but also distinguished and educated at the same time.
I think the real root problem - is that doing this was work. Whereas using a stupid fake posh English accent to underline "these people are smart" is lazy - which is why the lazy version often gets done instead. I will take new and interesting over lazy stereotyped easy path every time.
A British accent might make sense if T’Challa had been sent to a British boarding school, which is common for wealthy scions all over the world. But afaik, T’Challa didn’t go to England until enrolling at Oxford, so his accent would already have been set.
Harrison Ford as Han Solo (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back): The script originally had Han Solo respond to Princess Leia’s "I love you" with a standard, scripted line: "I love you, too." Ford felt the line was far too sappy, generic, and completely out of character for a cynical, smooth-talking space smuggler. He convinced director Irvin Kershner to change it on the day of filming, delivering the iconic, ruggedly confident response: "I know."
He alledgedly inadvertently made the lineup scene better too. The script called for it to be completely played straight. However, per Kevin Pollak, Del Toro had some rancid gas that contributed to everyone cracking up. Ultimately, Singer just embraced the chaos and used the outtakes in the final film, which made the scene work better overall by showing the suspects as largely uncovered by the cops and giving them a stronger chemistry.
I saw interview where they said the idea for the Toby's Spiderman needing his back cracked came from Tom Holland. He had be realizing how much harder it was to do the movies since it been nearly decade since his first ans thought having Toby's Spiderman do that would be very on brand as a hero who also just a regular guy.
I always thought it was a reference to when Toby tried web swinging for the first time, messed up, and falls off a roof onto a car. Then he gets up and starts groaning “my back! my back!!” which became a meme
FYI that entire scene in SM2 was put in because Tobey actually did hurt his back filming Seabiscuit. There was actually a moment they were worried he wouldn't be able to do SM2 at all because of the injury.
Piccolo actor in Dragon Ball: Evolution fought to make the character look like the alien in the manga and anime, apparently he wasn’t even gonna be green
Edit: I have been told his name is James Marsters and to respect it, will do
James Marsters wanted the antenna in particular and even though they’re flush to the character’s head, it’s still the most distinctively “Piccolo” thing about the design.
Superman is the beacon of and for humanity. He is completely aware of how everyone looks to him, and how in their moments of despair he is the hope they cling to. He doesn't become "sadboy" snd shrug his shoulders at people.
Clark Kent is a normal dude and that's when we can see him being emotional and unsure. But Superman is near always on point. That is the burden Clark puts on himself.
Another great actor inspired element was the dumb looking bowl cut hair that Guy had. Nathan Fillion fought for that, arguing that it was more accurate AND Guy would never think it makes him look stupid.
He was originally supposed to wear a black metal head/biker (maybe a bit Hellraiser-y) inspired outfit but Stormare successfully fought to have him wear this white suit and black tar dripping from his feet. This worked SO much better and fits Lucifer’s charisma and his original function as an archangel. His performance is many people favorite depiction of the Devil in modern cinema. Dude straight up stole the movie in the best way.
He definitely gave off a vibe that this wasn't his true form, and that this was as "clean" as he could make himself look. Of course, he is a fallen angel so maybe that really was his true form.
But on that topic, I loved Tilda's outfit at the end too. She wore multiple hospital ID wristbands and what looked like the pants from a straightjacket. It was a fitting mockery of where they were, thus emphasizing her character's madness. I guess it's possible the wristbands were trophies, who knows.
The black tar dripping from his feet is a direct lift from “Dangerous Habits”, the arc of Hellblazer that served as source material for the cancer plotline in Constantine.
Not an actor thing at all, but this reminds of the Marvel character Death's Head.
He was originally just going to be a generic, bland bounty hunter who would show up for like 2 issues of the UK version of Marvel's Transformers comic, but the artist came in with a design so good the writer went back and rewrote the issue to give him a personality people would want to see more of just to get an excuse to use the design more.
I'm pretty sure Ella Purnell also suggested that Rhiannon started off with "timid" bangs in Sweetpea, with her haircut becoming more chic once Rhiannon goes from a shy nonentity to a confident serial killer.
I believe she is an executive producer on Sweetpea, so there are almost certainly more examples of her influencing the character
The original script for Jurassic Park 3 had Alan Grant living on Isla Sorna to study the raptors that live there, but Joe Johnston changed it because he didn’t think Alan would want to be anywhere near dinosaurs after what happened on Nublar
Excellent choice by Crispin Glover. Charlie's Angels was in constant rotation in my house growing up, and to this day The Thin Man creeps me tf out. He does a good job of somehow cutting through the camp while also contributing to it.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned it yet (or someone has and I just haven't seen it) but Guy Gardner's bowl cut! Same reason as the red trunks, Gunn and DC Studios thought it'd be too silly or outdated. However, Nathan Fillion really pushed for the bowl cut, famously saying to the production team that if they didn't do a bowl cut, they'll be hearing about it.
Kinda crazy that James Gun of all people tried dialing back these characters iconic silliness. I know these aren't comedy films, but I would have definitely attributed their commitment to him.
According to her voice actress Grace in Resident Evil Requiem was supposed to be a female Leon in the making cracking one liners like an traditional action hero but her voice actress instead suggested that Grace continue to be meek and nervous since Grace, not being a field agent, realistically doesn't have the training and experiences to get over long standing emotional issues and nervous traits just because she killed a zombie. She recommended that for these moments Grace instead starts talking to herself to reassure herself like a real person under this amount of stress would do
It was honestly a really good decision as Grace is arguably one of the most realistic Resident Evil characters ever made and her growth is more believable than other characters who after a run in with a couple zombies suddenly became confident enough to try be action movie heroes
I'm going to have to rewatch that film, because it seems to have got a bit of a cult following. I liked the first two but wasn't so keen on the last one.
Nick Gillard adapting his choreography of the fights to the actors all while staying in his idea of distinct combat forms was an awesome demonstration of creativity.
The whole lightsaber forms stuff got expanded after and had philosophies added to them but the original idea was to have each character move in a personal way.
Jason Isaac's suggestions for Malfoy go beyond the originally intended characterization being "boring", he really hit the nail in the head regarding what the character really is. He's wealthy due to being an aristocrat, not a businessman. A business suit wouldn't accurately communicate his social standing.
Wilson Bethel as Benjamin Poindexter / Bullseye (Daredevil): In early script stages, Bullseye risked becoming a generic, cartoonish psychopath with an immediate villain suit. Bethel didn't like Bullseye being a standard one-dimensional villain, and pushed heavily to anchor the character in a tragic, deeply psychological backstory. He focused intensely on Dex having fractured mental health, his desperate need for structure, and emphasized turning the potentially one-dimensional comic book antagonist into a deeply sympathetic, complex figure before his eventual descent into villainy so that the character would be more "interesting" to viewers.
Essentially Caleb was just a saddistic killer for the game but Stephan Weyte gave him a lot more character with references to songs and classical plays in his voicelines
If I’m remembering correctly, when Matt Smith became The Doctor, he wasn’t a fan of the clothes they wanted him to wear. He felt like they were the kind of thing someone else would want the Doctor to wear, not himself. So he changed it up and I’ll be honest in that I liked how he seemed into clothing as the Doctor in a more than casual way. Maybe he felt clothes themselves were similar in concept to a Gallifreyan’s regenerations, in that you could alter you appearance but it doesn’t take dying to do it.
Hugh Grant and Colin Firth in Bridget Jones's Diary fight scene is not some big action show down because as both of them agree that’s just unrealistic
Hugh say: “I just thought, ‘yeah, in action films, cowboy films, whatever, that’s great, but these are two middle-class Englishmen, and they don’t fight like that’. I’ve seen them fight, and it’s shit.”
Colin say:
"They always tell you that you can't do that — [fights] have to be choreographed. But we just thought, 'We're playing a couple of cowardly, angry and frightened yuppies: how the hell would we know how to set a punch?'"
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u/4thofeleven 16d ago
Leonard Nimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch because he thought Spock should have a more elegant way of incapacitating foes than just punching them.