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00:00From joining the millions who were deeply moved by one of the most shocking animated deaths of
00:05all time, to opening shots that soon created a dream that would ultimately be fulfilled,
00:11it's time to take a closer look at those movie moments that affected some of the industry's
00:16finest in truly profound ways. Gareth here from WhatCulture.com and here are 10 movie scenes
00:22that affected actors in profound ways. 10. An overdressing scene makes Kerry Condon want to
00:29be the person who evokes feelings, dogfight. The brilliant Kerry Condon knew at an early age
00:35precisely what sort of actor she wanted to be, and it all started back when she took in 1991's
00:41Dogfight. For those unaware, the film centres around a party known as the Dogfight, with various lads
00:47about to be sent off to Vietnam all competing to see which cruel soldier can bring the ugliest date
00:53to the gathering. Lovely. This is how River Phoenix's Eddie Birdlace and Lily Taylor's Rose Fennie meet.
00:59With the latter eventually being so nervous about the idea of going out on the town with the former,
01:04that she rather hilariously overdresses in one scene. Seeing Taylor fully commit to believing she
01:10looked anything but ridiculous when she wandered down the stairs to meet Birdlace, was a key moment
01:15in young Condon's life. It was here when the eventual Oscar nominee realised how many more interesting
01:20characters were available to play once you put aside your own vanity. And Taylor was so moving as Rose in
01:26this moment that it made Condon want to be the sort of person who evokes feelings, rather than just
01:31trying to be attractive. As that way it would resonate with lots of women, as she put it.
01:37Job done then!
01:389. Bambi's Mother Dying Profoundly Moved Brendan Gleeson in His Early Years
01:43Bambi
01:44Even over 80 years later, it's pretty tough to sit through the moments Bambi's mother is gunned down
01:49during the Disney animated classic without shedding a tear. Trust me, I know, I still try.
01:54And seeing that moment play out at a young age forces children to think about something as
01:58difficult and complex as grief rather early on in life. That's a big reason why Brendan Gleeson
02:04classes Bambi as one of the three movies that profoundly moved him in his earlier years,
02:09according to Entertainment.ie.
02:11The fact the death of Bambi's mother and the film as a whole prepares you for life in an odd way with
02:16just drawn characters is something the star of Imbrugge and Calvary still finds pretty amazing when
02:21looking back. And he's most definitely not the only person who found themselves being massively
02:26affected by the realisation of Bambi's mother not quite getting away from a human hunter.
02:31Which animated feature had the biggest impact on you as a kid? Let me know in the comments
02:35section down below my friends!
02:378. The Chocolate Room Makes Salma Hayek Believe There's A Place Where Everything's Possible
02:41Willy Wonka
02:42The scene which introduces the chocolate room in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory is up there as one of the
02:47most wondrous of all time. And one youngster was so profoundly inspired by this exciting scene that
02:53she eventually decided to pursue a career that would involve her stepping onto this sort of
02:58mind-blowing set. While not specifically realising she wanted to become an actor there and then,
03:03the brilliant Salma Hayek knew after witnessing the film's chocolate river scene, and things like
03:07burping your way back down to earth after floating into the sky, that she had to be part of this
03:12industry in some way. This all made something click in her brain as the star put it, and
03:18Hayek went about finding a way to step into this place where everything was possible in the years
03:22that would follow. So if it hadn't been for the likes of Augustus Gloop going for a dip in a
03:26chocolate river, then fans may have never been treated to the gift of Hayek in everything from
03:31Frida to Eternals.
03:337. The Opening Shot Took Eddie Redmayne To A Place He'd Never Been And Soon Became A Dream Of His
03:39Cabaret Yeah! Eddie Redmayne once sat down to watch a little film by the name of Cabaret Yeah,
03:44and things were never really the same. Specifically, the opening scene involving Joel Grey's Master of
03:49Ceremonies performing the welcome-in number was an image that was etched onto his retina,
03:54as he put it. The overall mood the corruption felt throughout, and the highly specific choreography
03:59early on, all gripped Redmayne from a young age, and the movie in general had such an impact on the
04:05eventual star, that he even claims it's the flick that catalyzed him into being an actor. And in a
04:10rather insane turn of events, Redmayne would actually fulfill something he classed as one of his only
04:15life dreams later down the road, playing the Master of Ceremonies in a London stage revival of the
04:21musical. If that wasn't awesome enough, the long-time Cabaret lover even ended up being sent a card on
04:26opening night from the person partly responsible for making him want to be an actor during that
04:31exceptional opening number, Joel Grey himself. What a life, eh?
04:36Number 6, Johnny Depp wanted a tornado to sweep him away as a child, The Wizard of Oz.
04:41As a young lad, Johnny Depp didn't have all that many pals. That's according to the Pirates of the
04:46Caribbean star himself, with the bloke fond of playing some of the strangest beings ever thrown
04:51onto the big screen, revealing in Cindy Pillman's book You Gotta Watch This, that The Wizard of Oz left
04:56him dreaming of a solution to his loneliness. Depp longed to be swept away by a tornado,
05:01just like how Dorothy was early on in the flick. If it meant that he'd be free of the life he was
05:06living at the time as a teenager, befriending a scarecrow or a tin man would have possibly
05:10helped him feel less alone too. Johnny likely wasn't the only kid who spent many a day dreaming
05:15about wandering down the yellow brick road, or taking a trip to Munchkin Land after watching this
05:19groundbreaking Oz adventure. But it's clear that Dorothy being swept away via whirlwind had a more
05:24profound effect on a little depth than most, and the scene seemingly gave him hope that one day he'd
05:30fly away from what sounds like a rather depressing childhood.
05:335. Margot Robbie adored the wedding so much she used the music at her own, True Romance.
05:39In case you weren't aware, Margot Robbie is a massive True Romance fan. How massive?
05:44Well, when it came time to officially tie the knot with her hubby, the Australian sensation knew there
05:49was only one piece of music she could walk down the aisle too. As heard throughout the film's opening
05:54title sequence, and at numerous other points in the crime romance tale, Hans Zimmer's Your So Cool
05:59track synonymous with the 1993 classic evidently had quite the profound effect on a young Robbie.
06:05And as she'd reveal in a conversation with MTV News a few years back, when sat next to one of
06:10the film's stars, Brad Pitt, True Romance was definitely her undisputed favourite movie of all
06:15time. So the film's music playing on her wedding day was a no-brainer in the end. Clearly, Robbie was
06:20hooked by the track as it accompanied the pair of lovebirds during the moment they swiftly tied the
06:25knot in the flick itself. Though the Wolf of Wall Street star ended up going for an Australian Gold
06:30Coast setting for her big day, rather than City Hall.
06:334. A bedside scene helped make Austin Butler the actor he is today, Magnolia.
06:38It's safe to say Austin Butler currently sits as one of the finest thespians of his generation.
06:43But in terms of the performances that helped shape him into the mesmerising performer he is today,
06:48perhaps the most impactful comes in the form of Tom Cruise's work as Frank T.J. Mackey
06:53in Paul Thomas Anderson's Magnolia. When going into detail about which five movies made him the
06:58actor he is, Butler confessed that he absolutely adores Anderson's films. But Magnolia was the first
07:04he truly fell in love with. And along with noting how Cruise's performance in the film ranks as one
07:09of his very best in Butler's mind, the star would also highlight the hugely emotional bedside scene
07:14involving Frank visiting his dying father Earl, as one of the most heartbreaking he'd ever witnessed.
07:19Butler heard that Cruise rewrote his dialogue for the moment Frank initially refuses to cry for his
07:24dying papa, before eventually breaking down, and would also recall being told that Philip Seymour
07:29Hoffman genuinely started shedding tears during the scene after being so moved by his co-star's work
07:35on the day. Fast forward a few decades and it's now Butler leaving audiences with no choice but to
07:40blubber into a tissue, thanks to his entirely moving turn as the iconic hip shaker Elvis.
07:45Number three, Tom Hiddleston adores a scene so much he memorised it and has De Niro and Pacino
07:51impressions. Heat. Some scenes have such a deep and monumental impact on an up-and-coming actor,
07:57that said Star of Tomorrow simply cannot help but commit that sequence to memory. That was most
08:02certainly the case when it came to the legendary cup of coffee shared between Al Pacino's Lieutenant
08:06Vincent Hanna and Robert De Niro's professional thief Neil Macaulay in Michael Mann's 1995 masterpiece
08:13Heat, with eventual British acting superstar Tom Hiddleston clearly being quite profoundly affected
08:18by their exchange. In fact, when sat alongside the great De Niro himself on the Graham Norton show a
08:24few years back, Hiddleston couldn't resist showing off his Hanna-Macaulay impressions in front of the
08:29icon. After admitting to knowing whole pages of the film, Hiddleston hilariously performed a section of
08:35the aforementioned gripping back and forth, throwing out a few trademark De Niro facial expressions and
08:40Pacino growls during a rather surreal few minutes. Classing it as one of the great pieces of screen
08:46acting you can hope to watch, you can bet a young Hiddleston never imagined he'd be offering the
08:51Raging Bull star his own personal version of one of De Niro's favourite scenes. But here he was and he
08:56even managed to impress the mighty Bob on the night. Number two, the chatty Cathy scene inspired Emma Stone
09:02to become an actor. Planes, trains and automobiles. It's no secret that planes, trains and automobiles
09:07had a hell of an impact on Emma Stone's choice of career. On top of being able to recite the entire
09:12F-word monologue delivered by Steve Martin in the 1987 John Hughes comedy classic, the Academy Award
09:18winner has also admitted there's one particular scene in the film that pushed her onto the road to
09:23becoming an actor herself. Recalling the chatty Cathy moment in the picture that sees Martin's
09:28brassed-off Neil Page compare John Candy's Del Griffiths to an irritating chatty Cathy doll,
09:33Stone would note to Entertainment Weekly that going from giggling at the former to your heart
09:37breaking for the latter made her realise that you could actually do both. In the years that would
09:42follow, Stone would brilliantly do exactly that of course. In the likes of Easy A, La La Land and
09:47many more, the diverse star has consistently shown an ability to produce compelling performances that
09:53are as side-splitting as they are moving. And it all started after watching Martin unleashing
09:57hilarious slash heartbreaking hell on Candy all those years ago. Number 1, Rick Dalton forgetting
10:03his lines led to Michael J. Fox's retirement, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Fresh off of frustratingly
10:09not being able to remember his lines whilst on the set of Lancer, Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton
10:14well and truly freaks out inside of his trailer during Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. And it was this
10:19particularly explosive display of exasperation and disappointment that ultimately resonated with
10:24none other than Michael J. Fox a few years ago. As the Back to the Future star who suffers from
10:30Parkinson's disease would eventually reveal to Empire Magazine, DiCaprio's Dalton screaming at
10:35himself for not being able to remember his words felt similar to a moment he'd had in real life,
10:40when he found himself looking in the mirror and thinking, I cannot remember it anymore. But instead
10:44of going on the warpath like Dalton though, Fox found peace in that particular realisation.
10:49Telling himself, well let's move on, when he began struggling to remember his lines on the set of
10:54The Good Fight. Said Meltdown, one that was improvised by DiCaprio, will forever go down as one of the
10:59most iconic freakouts in movie history. However it also helped inadvertently influence a peaceful
11:05end to the career of one of the most beloved figures in Hollywood history too. And that's our list,
11:10know of any other movie scenes that affected actors in profound ways? Well let us know all about
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