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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. Number 10, an overdressing scene makes
00:28Kerry Condon want to be the person who evokes feelings, dogfight. The brilliant Kerry Condon
00:33knew at an early age precisely what sort of actor she wanted to be, and it all started back when she
00:40took in 1991's Dogfight. For those unaware, the film centres around a party known as the Dogfight,
00:46with various lads about to be sent off to Vietnam all competing to see which cruel soldier can bring
00:52the ugliest date to the gathering. Lovely. This is our River Phoenix's Eddie Birdlace and Lily
00:57Taylor's Rose Fenny meet, with the latter eventually being so nervous about the idea of going out on
01:03the town with the former, that she rather hilariously overdresses in one scene. Seeing Taylor fully
01:08commit to believing she looked anything but ridiculous when she wandered down the stairs
01:13to meet Birdlace was a key moment in young Condon's life. It was here when the eventual Oscar nominee
01:18realised how many more interesting characters were available to play once you put aside your own
01:24vanity. And Taylor was so moving as Rose in this moment, that it made Condon want to be the sort of
01:29person who evokes feelings, rather than just trying to be attractive. As that way it would resonate with
01:35lots of women, as she put it. Job done then!
01:38Number 9. Bambi's Mother Dying Profoundly Moved Brendan Gleeson in His Early Years
01:43Bambi. Even 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. The fact the death of Bambi's mother and the film as a whole prepares
02:14you for life in an odd way with just drawn characters, is something the star of Imbrugge
02:19and Calvary still finds pretty amazing when looking back. And he's most definitely not the
02:24only person who found themselves being massively affected by the realisation of Bambi's mother
02:28not quite getting away from a human hunter. Which animated feature had the biggest impact
02:33on you as a kid? Let me know in the comments section down below my friends!
02:37Number 8. The Chocolate Room Makes Salma Hayek Believe There's a Place Where Everything's
02:41Possible Willy Wonka. The scene which introduces the chocolate room in Willy Wonka's chocolate
02:46factory is up there as one of the most wondrous of all time. And one youngster was so profoundly
02:51inspired by this exciting scene that she eventually decided to pursue a career that would involve her
02:56stepping onto this sort of mind-blowing set. While not specifically realising she wanted to become
03:01an actor there and then, the brilliant Salma Hayek knew after witnessing the film's chocolate river
03:06scene, and things like burping your way back down to earth after floating into the sky,
03:11that she had to be part of this industry in some way. This all made something click in her brain as
03:16the star put it, and Hayek went about finding a way to step into this place where everything was
03:21possible in the years that would follow. So if it hadn't been for the likes of Augustus Gloop going
03:26for a dip in a chocolate river, then fans may have never been treated to the gift of Hayek in
03:30everything from Frida to Eternals. Number 7. The opening shot took Eddie Redmayne to a place he'd never been
03:36and soon became a dream of his. Cabaret. Eddie Redmayne once sat down to watch a little film
03:42by the name of Cabaret, and things were never really the same. Specifically, the opening scene
03:48involving Joel Grey's Master of Ceremonies performing the welcome-in number was an image
03:52that was etched onto his retina, as he put it. The overall mood the corruption felt throughout,
03:58and the highly specific choreography early on, all gripped Redmayne from a young age,
04:02and the movie in general had such an impact on the eventual star, that he even claims it's the
04:07flick that catalyzed him into being an actor. And in a rather insane turn of events, Redmayne would
04:13actually fulfil something he classed as one of his only life dreams later down the road,
04:17playing the Master of Ceremonies in a London stage revival of the musical. If that wasn't awesome
04:22enough, the long-time cabaret lover even ended up being sent a card on opening night from the person
04:28partly responsible for making him want to be an actor during that exceptional opening number.
04:33Joel Grey himself. What a life, eh?
04:366. Johnny Depp Wanted a Tornado to Sweep Him Away As a Child
04:40The Wizard of Oz
04:41As a young lad, Johnny Depp didn't have all that many pals. That's according to the Pirates of
04:46the Caribbean 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
04:56Oz left him dreaming of a solution to his loneliness. Depp longed to be swept away by a
05:00tornado, just like how Dorothy was early on in the flick. If it meant that he'd be free of the life
05:05he was living at the time as a teenager, befriending a scarecrow or a tin man would have possibly helped
05:11him feel less alone too. Johnny likely wasn't the only kid who spent many a day dreaming about
05:15wandering 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
05:29he'd fly 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
05:37True Romance
05:38In 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 to. 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 the
06:10film's stars, Brad Pitt, True Romance was definitely her undisputed favourite movie of all time.
06:15So the film's music playing on her wedding day was a no-brainer in the end.
06:19Clearly, Robbie was hooked by the track as it accompanied the pair of lovebirds during the
06:23moment they swiftly tied the knot in the flick itself. Though the Wolf of Wall Street star
06:28ended up going for an Australian Gold Coast 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 of
07:09his 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
08:12masterpiece Heat, with eventual British acting superstar Tom Hiddleston clearly being quite
08:17profoundly affected by their exchange. In fact, when sat alongside the great De Niro himself on
08:23The Graham Norton Show a few years back, Hiddleston couldn't resist showing off his Hanna-Macaulay
08:27impressions in front of the icon. After admitting to knowing whole pages of the film, Hiddleston
08:33hilariously performed a section of that aforementioned gripping back and forth, throwing
08:37out a few trademark De Niro facial expressions and Pacino growls during a rather surreal few minutes.
08:44Classing it as one of the great pieces of screen acting you can hope to watch, you can bet a young
08:48Hiddleston never imagined he'd be offering the Raging Bull star his own personal version of one of
08:53De Niro's favourite scenes. But here he was, and he even managed to impress the mighty Bob on the night.
08:592. The chatty Cathy scene inspired Emma Stone to become an actor. Planes, trains and automobiles
09:04It's no secret that planes, trains and automobiles had a hell of an impact on Emma Stone's choice of
09:10career. On top of being able to recite the entire F-word monologue delivered by Steve Martin in the 1987
09:16John Hughes comedy classic, the Academy Award winner has also admitted there's one particular scene in the
09:21film that pushed her onto the road to becoming an actor herself. Recalling the chatty Cathy moment
09:26in the picture that sees Martin's brassed-off Neil Page compare John Candy's Del Griffiths to an
09:31irritating chatty Cathy doll, Stone would note to Entertainment Weekly that going from giggling at
09:36the former to your heart breaking for the latter made her realise that you could actually do both.
09:41In the years that would follow, Stone would brilliantly do exactly that of course.
09:45In the likes of Easy A, La La Land and many more, the diverse star has consistently shown an ability
09:50to produce compelling performances that are as side-splitting as they are moving.
09:55And it all started after watching Martin unleashing hilarious slash heartbreaking hell on candy all
10:00those years ago. Number 1, Rick Dalton forgetting his lines led to Michael J. Fox's retirement,
10:06Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Fresh off of frustratingly not being able to remember his lines
10:11whilst on the set of Lancer, Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton well and truly freaks out inside of his
10:16trailer during Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. And it was this particularly explosive display of
10:21exasperation and disappointment that ultimately resonated with none other than Michael J. Fox a
10:26few years ago. As the Back to the Future star who suffers from Parkinson's disease would eventually
10:31reveal to Empire Magazine, DiCaprio's Dalton screaming at himself for not being able to remember
10:36his words felt similar to a moment he'd had in real life, when he found himself looking in the mirror
10:42and thinking, I cannot remember it anymore. But instead of going on the warpath like Dalton though,
10:47Fox found peace in that particular realisation, telling himself, well let's move on, when he
10:52began struggling to remember his lines on the set of The Good Fight. Said meltdown, one that was
10:56improvised by DiCaprio, will forever go down as one of the most iconic freakouts in movie history.
11:02However, it also helped inadvertently influence a peaceful end to the career of one of the most
11:07beloved figures in Hollywood history too. And that's our list, know of any other movie scenes
11:11that affected actors in profound ways? Well let us know all about them in the comment section right
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11:19there. Also if you like this sort of stuff then please head on over to whatculture.com and find
11:23some more fantastic articles just like the one this video you're watching right now is based on.
11:28I have been Gareth from whatculture.com, cheers for stopping on by today. Go and check out some more
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