Line #9 Corpsing/Film


1	* ''Film/BeingThere'': The outtakes include several attempts to film the X-ray scene with Creator/PeterSellers unable to speak his lines without bursting out laughing, made worse by the fact that the absurd questions had to be given with a deadpan, flat delivery by the character.
2	* In ''Film/GrampsIsInTheResistance'', Creator/ChristianClavier visibly struggled against laughter when his character shouts in the TV debate at the end.
3	* ''Film/VictorVictoria'': Robert Preston deliberately didn't rehearse Toddy's rendition of "Shady Dame" more than once [[EnforcedMethodActing so it could be as much of a trainwreck as possible]], and as such, there are a few moments where he starts giggling.
4	* In the ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' extras, Creator/ChevyChase tells a story about Creator/RodneyDangerfield getting increasingly distraught on set. When Chase talked to him between takes, Dangerfield said he was afraid he was ruining the film because he couldn't make anyone laugh and crew were walking away during his scenes. Chase had to explain that the ''whole damn crew'' was doing their best to ''not'' laugh and ruin every single take Dangerfield did.
5	* ''Film/CitizenKane''. Creator/JosephCotten stayed up 24 hours so that he could be believably drunk in one scene. When he says "film crimiticism", Creator/OrsonWelles can't help but grin at the unplanned if realistic flub of the line.
6	* ''Film/{{Cloverfield}}''. Just after the subway scene, when the camera is smudged, Hud is clearly grinning while he's cleaning it.
7	* A famous example occurs in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''. When Bert Lahr (the Cowardly Lion) makes his first appearance, Creator/JudyGarland (Dorothy) hides behind Toto. This looks like it's because she's frightened, but in actuality, she was just trying to cover up the fact that she was laughing at Lahr.
8	* The reason why Wanda isn't onscreen much in the sex scene between her and Otto in ''Film/AFishCalledWanda'' is because Jamie Lee Curtis just couldn't stop corpsing, and eventually they just gave up and decided to only shoot [[LargeHam Kevin Kline's face]].
9	* During the "baseball glove" scene in ''Film/GoodWillHunting'', Creator/MattDamon was supposed to act stoic and introspective, but Creator/CaseyAffleck's banter with Creator/BenAffleck was so funny, they kept it. And the scene when Creator/RobinWilliams is talking about his wife waking herself up farting has both actors breaking up laughing. If you watch closely during that scene, you'll notice a bit of shaky cam going on -- the cameraman was laughing so hard that he couldn't hold the camera steady.
10	* ''Film/DrStrangelove'':
11	** Peter Bull, playing the sombre Russian ambassador, is shaking with suppressed laughter at watching Creator/PeterSellers's ad-libbed antics as he fights his EvilHand. He was somewhat in the background, in the shadows, and regained his composure quickly after two or three seconds, so the scene could still be used.
12	** One scene showing Bull ends just seconds from the actor corpsing as seen when his stoic façade cracks.
13	** Another scene was not so lucky -- originally the movie was to end with a pie fight. Seriously. Unfortunately, the characters had to be totally earnest about it to fit with the BlackComedy tone of the movie. That was a bridge too far; the entire cast corpsed within the first few pastry volleys, and the set (not to mention wardrobe) was too trashed for a second take.
14	** Director Creator/StanleyKubrick had so much trouble containing his own laughter on set that he would direct scenes by simply setting up cameras from every angle he could, then sitting against a wall on the far side of the set where his laughter wouldn't be heard in the film before calling action.
15	* In filming the climax of ''Film/{{The Fly\|1958}}'' (the original version, [[Film/TheFly1986 not this one]]), Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall had to do around 20 takes of their characters reacting to the André-headed fly screaming, "Help me!" due to them constantly laughing at the fly's high-pitched voice. Price can still be seen smirking in the finished film.
16	* Another Kubrick example is in ''Film/FullMetalJacket''. At the beginning when Gunnery Sergeant Hartman is berating the men, Pyle begins to crack up. This was unintentional on Creator/VincentDOnofrio's part, but they kept going. This reaction is TruthInTelevision, as seen in the RealLife section below.
17	* ''Franchise/MenInBlack'':
18	** In ''Film/MenInBlack'', the scene where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRcUcxtaX-Q K is shaking Frank the pug.]] You can obviously see Creator/TommyLeeJones struggling to keep from laughing on camera. He's only partially successful. (Quick smile at about 44 seconds in.)
19	** ''Film/MenInBlackII'':
20	*** When Creator/DavidCross's character offers J and K some mini-pizzas only for them to respond with unamused deadpan stares, Jones's mouth can be seen twitching as he struggles not to laugh.
21	*** In the HilariousOuttakes, while shooting the car chase, director Creator/BarrySonnenfeld kept referring to the automatic pilot actor as "Derek", which wasn't his name, leading Creator/WillSmith to say "Who the fuck is Derek?!", with Tommy Lee Jones and Creator/RosarioDawson also corpsing with him.
22	* In the dinner scene towards the end of ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'', Creator/RobinWilliams is trying his very hardest to make Creator/PierceBrosnan laugh- and you see at one point that Brosnan is at the breaking point.
23	* In ''Film/AustinPowers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'', Dr. Evil calls Number Two out for his interrupting him during his evil plan explanation, asking him if he wants to run things and "wear the daddy pants". He then bounces a giant rubber ball representing Earth at his head repeatedly, taunting him the whole time. Despite the fact that Dr. Evil is making fun of him for crying, Creator/RobLowe is laughing throughout the entire scene.
24	* The Creator/MarxBrothers: Groucho Marx was such a hilarious actor that Margaret Dumont could hardly ever keep a straight face when she was on screen with him. Groucho has this effect with other actors, some trying more valiantly than others not to laugh.
25	* Creator/MontyPython:
26	** In ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', watch Creator/EricIdle as a peasant during the "burn the witch" scene. As Cleese stretches an awkward silence out further and further, Idle has to bite down on his scythe at one point to keep from laughing.
27	** In ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'', during the "Biggus Dickus" scene, the extras playing the guards were told that the scene would be serious and that they [[EnforcedMethodActing had to keep straight faces or they would be sacked]]. Creator/MichaelPalin turned his performance up to eleven to get them to corpse (and even he can barely keep it together in some of the close-ups), and it ended up as one of the funniest scenes in the entire film. The characteristically deadpan Creator/JohnCleese gets one scripted laugh in this scene, but exits before Palin really gets the guards rolling, leaving it undetermined whether he may have broken as well.[[note]]The story actually varies depending on who you ask, with some accounts varying from saying that the guards were actually aware of what was supposed to happen and were simply told not to laugh or smile until a certain cue, to the aforementioned threats of being sacked on the spot if they so much as smirked during the take. Regardless of which story, however, the reactions of the guards as they tried not to laugh as Palin did his damnedest to make them do so was genuine.[[/note]]
28	** In ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife'', the oodles of kids from the "Every Sperm Is Sacred" sequence get an unrehearsed laugh from Palin by shouting "You could get them cut off in an accident!"
29	** According to Cleese, Palin was "very naughty" on stage in his attempts to get the other Pythons to do this during live performances.
30	** Cleese also had this happen to him no less than twice during the farewell show, ''Film/MontyPythonMostlyLiveOneDownFiveToGo''.
31	** At one point during the live tour, Terry Jones and Graham Chapman decided to try and make each other corpse when walking on to do a sketch about pepperpots; since they did their makeup separately and came in from opposite sides of the stage, there was a ready-made battlefield. They gradually got more and more absurd with their makeup, climaxing when Jones (sporting a beard made entirely from lipstick) cracked up at the sight of Chapman with a circle of lipstick drawn around his face.
32	** In ''And Now for Something Completely Different'', Idle (as Arthur Wilson) is holding back a laugh when Sir George Head, O.B.E. (Cleese) takes out a dictionary to look up the word "mountaineer" in the Climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro sketch.
33	* During the (not kidding) ''twenty straight minutes of rock climbing'' in BMovie ''Film/LostContinent'', as Creator/CesarRomero is pulled up a cliff, [[WardrobeMalfunction his trousers begin to slide down]] and the actors hoisting him grab him by the back of his belt to prevent it. Behind them, Hugh Beaumont is visibly snickering at this and making a half-hearted attempt to hide it.
34	* A bit of corpsing gets through in ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'', but only slightly. When the Radar Officer tells Dark Helmet, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcArnepkhv0 "I'm having trouble with the radar, sir,"]] there's a bit of a chuckle at the end. It should be noted that the officer was played by Creator/MichaelWinslow, the man of ten thousand sound effects. Almost a dozen ''Film/PoliceAcademy'' movies and ''this'' was the point where he almost loses his composure? Hilarious. (You can also see him covering his mouth as Helmet proclaims the jam to be "Raspberry!")
35	* A more obvious bit of corpsing happens in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'' when the Waco Kid (Creator/GeneWilder) gives his "common clay of the new West" speech, then Wilder ad-libs, "You know...morons." Cleavon Little (Sheriff Bart) bursts out laughing at that point, but they decided to [[LeftItIn leave it in]].
36	* Dee Wallace (Elliott's mother) in ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' has to stifle an out-of-character laugh as she begins to scold him for calling his brother "penis breath" at dinner, suggesting the insult was ad-libbed.
37	* ''Film/HarryPotter'':
38	** Creator/RikMayall claims some of the child actors tried to do this to him during his (cut from the final film, sadly) scenes as Peeves in ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''. Luckily for Mayall, he had [[Series/{{Bottom}} experience]] with that sort of thing.
39	** According to Creator/ChrisColumbus, the first ''Potter'' film is filled with rapid cuts to compensate for how often the child actors would smile or laugh in the middle of takes. Creator/RupertGrint was known for being especially bad for corpsing and apparently, he didn't get much better when he grew up.
40	** During ''The Order of the Phoenix'', an instance of corpsing became a ThrowItIn (when the Trio all laughs after Harry talks about his kiss with Cho). Daniel and Rupert chuckled at Emma's line "just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon", and Emma soon followed suit.
41	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLOmgegxDZw Emma Watson herself revealed that her scenes in movie seven with Rhys Ifans]], who plays Xenophilius Lovegood, were especially prone to this. According to her, fans nicknamed her "Giggles" since she, in her own words, was "so bad" at keeping a straight face. It was also the first and only time in the entire series that Emma received a "red card", meaning that as in [[SeparatedByACommonLanguage football/soccer]], she had to be sent off-set to calm down.
42	* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|1984}}'', when the gang goes to the Sedgewick Hotel and speaks to the man by the elevator ("What're you supposed to be, some kinda cosmonaut?"), you can see Creator/DanAykroyd (Ray Stantz) turn his head and look down at Creator/BillMurray's (Peter Venkman) comments about roaches. ("Must be a big cockroach." "Bite your head off, man.") Justifiably understandable, because the "Bite your head off" line was improvised right there and then, so nobody saw it coming at all.
43	* Happens to Creator/KevinSmith in ''Film/JayAndSilentBobStrikeBack'' when Jay is trying to pretend he's Creator/JamesVanDerBeek to the security guards.
44	* Creator/LindsayLohan and Creator/RachelMcAdams have both said publicly that the filming of ''Film/MeanGirls'' was often prolonged by fits of giggles induced whenever Tim Meadows was on set. It apparently became his mission for the duration of his work on that film to make Lindsay laugh on-camera as often as possible.
45	* ''Film/MeetTheParents'': Ben Stiller's "kung fu grip" remark on the airplane causes an extra to laugh and duck out of sight so as to not ruin the take. He's seated near the back in case you're looking.
46	* ''Film/AceVentura'':
47	** Creator/CourteneyCox tries and ''almost'' succeeds in looking solemn when "Larry" (Creator/JimCarrey) acts out "a button-hook pattern in super slo-mo". She nearly cracks when he does an "instant replay" and "bounces" off the doctor's shoulder. Additionally during those scenes, when Ace slams his head into a chair after drinking from a fountain, if you look closely, [[ThrowItIn the doctor with Courteney can be seen chuckling]].
48	** You can also see Tone Loc trying not to crack up during the ass-talking scene.
49	** In the sequel, Ian [=McNiece=] is just barely holding it together during Ace's shadow puppets routine.
50	* ''Film/YoungFrankenstein'':
51	** Watch and count the number of scenes where Creator/GeneWilder is inches away from completely losing it. Igor's "take the bags" scene had to be filmed multiple times -- not because the cast corpsed, but because the ''crew'' was laughing so hard that it was messing up the takes.
52	** The scene with Creator/GeneHackman was supposed to be a one-day shoot; between the cast and crew, the scene took nearly a week to film due to corpsing.
53	* A chronic problem on the set of ''Film/AbbottAndCostelloMeetFrankenstein,'' and indeed, Lou was infamous for going out of his way to crack up his costars, both with his performance and with unexpected pranks. The scene where Lou sits on Glenn Strange's (the Frankenstein monster) lap had to be reshot so many times that even Lou lost his patience. Strange replied: "I can't help it. Somehow I can tell just from the back of your head what you're doing up there." Even in the finished scene, you can observe the corners of Strange's lips twitching.
54	* PlayedForHorror in ''Film/Batman1989''. One news reporter looks like she is corpsing InUniverse, and then [[DieLaughing becomes a corpse]] soon after due to Joker's toxin.
55	* A whole series of corpsing outtakes play during the CreativeClosingCredits of ''Film/TheCannonballRun''.
56	* In ''Film/StarTrek2009'', Creator/SimonPegg (Scotty) ad-libbed the line "can I get a towel" during his character's first meeting with Spock. Although they [[ThrowItIn decided to keep the line]], they had to re-shoot the take because both Creator/ZacharyQuinto (Spock) and Creator/ChrisPine (Kirk) started laughing, and they couldn't save the take (the original can be seen in the blooper reel). Even in the final take, if you look carefully, it's clear that Quinto is having to work at not cracking up again.
57	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
58	** In ''Film/StarWarsANewHope'', you can see Creator/HarrisonFord grin and look away from the camera to hide his amusement when he says "We're all fine here now. How are you?" over the radio in the detention center. You also briefly hear his voice crack from trying to hold back laughter when he quips "large leak, very dangerous!" Notably this was because he had actually forgotten his lines and was just improvising -- he was laughing (and somewhat embarrassed) because he was ''certain'' they were going to cut when instead they [[ThrowItIn kept going]].
59	** In ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', after Lando flirts shamelessly with Leia and an annoyed Han says "All right you old smoothie" you can see Creator/CarrieFisher break character and grin. According to Fisher herself in an audio commentary, this was aggravated by the previous night, when Eric Idle (at that point filming ''Film/MontyPythonsLifeOfBrian'') had held a party, with a drink he called "Tunisian Tabletop Cleaner". The resulting buzz apparently lasted well into the following day's filming, giving everyone on set a tendency to sport a big grin.
60	** In ''Film/RogueOne'', Creator/AlanTudyk improvised K2-SO slapping Cassian in the face - and as a result, while Cassian appears to be in pain, the FacePalm is Creator/DiegoLuna hiding his laughter. (director Creator/GarethEdwards also said Tudyk making him laugh was not easy for him, as he had to bite his lip hard to prevent the handheld camera from shaking).
61	* In ''Film/SisterAct'', when Mother Superior is raging at Deloris for turning the choir into a sideshow, the priest knocks on the door. Creator/MaggieSmith literally squeaks a loud "Come in!" that is so out of character (both for Mother Superior and for Maggie Smith) that you can clearly see Creator/WhoopiGoldberg immediately cover her mouth as she starts corpsing.
62	* Creator/BryanSinger:
63	** While shooting the line-up scene in ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', everyone started laughing, so Singer [[ThrowItIn kept part of it the film]] (right before Creator/BenicioDelToro says his lines).
64	** The Blu-ray release of ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' includes a deleted scene along with a few takes that went wrong because while filming it, Singer had injured his vocal cords and "sounded like Mickey Mouse", so everyone (especially Creator/JenniferLawrence) couldn't stop laughing at him. It didn't help that Lawrence's line was "You're living a fantasy world!"
65	* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
66	** ''Film/IronMan2'': Creator/RobertDowneyJr cracks up when asking the DJ for "A phat beat to beat my buddy's ass to." Since Tony is supposed to be drunk, [[ThrowItIn they go with it]].
67	** Watch Creator/MarkRuffalo in the infamous [[spoiler:shawarma scene]] of ''Film/{{The Avengers\|2012}}'''s [[TheStinger second Stinger]]; Creator/ChrisHemsworth can be seen briefly smiling when he sees Ruffalo holding back laughter. Also, in the bloopers, this happens to Creator/TomHiddleston/Loki while he's trying to film his pained reaction to being [[spoiler:beaten up by the Hulk]].
68	** In ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy\|2014}}'', the Broker tries to explain to Yondu why he can't help him find the Orb, only for Yondu to belittle him by interrupting him with gibberish and babbling. Kraglin could be seen behind him, trying (and failing) to contain his laughter.
69	** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'', has an in-universe example. The team was just attacked by {{Killer Robot}}s and is demanding an explanation from Tony... who breaks into a nervous giggle fit. He takes a minute to compose himself, even as Bruce gives him a DudeNotFunny warning glare.
70	* The "wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world" scene from ''Film/DumbAndDumber'' was not in the script; it was ad-libbed by Creator/JimCarrey. In the final product, you can see actor Mike Starr (who plays the hitman Mental) visibly trying not to laugh. Jeff Daniels starts corpsing too, briefly before the camera cuts to a close-up of Starr.
71	* ''Film/LostInTranslation'' features a scene with Creator/BillMurray "talking" to an elderly Japanese woman in a hospital waiting room. Nearby are two extras who are nearly bursting from trying not to laugh. Murray appears to notice them and goes even further trying to provoke a reaction from them.
72	* ''Film/SoIMarriedAnAxeMurderer'' has a scene where Creator/MikeMyers (as the father of his other character in the movie) tries to teach Anthony [=LaPaglia's=] character about a secret society known as "The Pentaverate", but quickly goes off topic and starts ranting about Colonel Sanders. [=LaPaglia=] manages to hold it together for his one line, but that's about it. There's also a scene where the same character is making fun of the large head of a kid, and [=LaPaglia=] tells him to be nice, while visibly laughing. Clearly, the director decided to ThrowItIn.
73	* Creator/EddieMurphy:
74	** Murphy was apparently the cause for plenty of this in ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop'', especially because [[ThrowItIn most dialogue was improvised]]. A good example is the "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGXMBt64MVM#t=50s Super Cops]]" scene: John Ashton is doing sort of a FacePalm to hide his laughter. (Judge Reinhold, in turn, was pinching his thighs through his pants pockets.)
75	** In ''Film/TheGoldenChild'', when Kee Nang drags off Chandler Jarell in the airport scene, Charlotte Lewis is very visibly on the edge of bursting into laughter.
76	* The scene in ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'' where Mia slips and falls off the bleachers was not scripted and was a complete accident but the director kept it in anyway. Creator/HeatherMatarazzo breaks character briefly but Creator/AnneHathaway is too busy laughing her head off (which is in character) to affect the scene.
77	* Creator/RichardEGrant broke into laughter delivering his line about putting a jukebox in the Penrith tea rooms in ''Film/WithnailAndI'' but since he and Creator/PaulMcGann's character were supposed to be drunks it was kept in.
78	* Creator/RobertDowneyJr had a quick moment in ''Film/TropicThunder'' where he breaks into a grin after his "Book-script" line before snapping back into a stare.
79	* In ''Film/MyCousinVinny'', during the public defender's opening statement, which is when he reveals his terrible stutter, Mitchell Whitfield, Creator/RalphMacchio, and Creator/JoePesci can be seen in the out of focus background practically howling with laughter.
80	* Creator/TomHanks was asked to do this with one of the child actors in ''Film/{{Apollo 13}}'' because they were getting a bit bored. Mary Kate Schellhardt (Barbara Lovell) was previously in ''[[Film/FreeWilly Free Willy 2]]'', and Hanks used this to his advantage. He, as Lovell, started talking about the astronauts' freeze-dried food and then suddenly switched to "No, it isn't...that's...that's whale! It's a 'Free Willy' sandwich!"
81	* ''Film/MidnightInParis'' when Creator/FScottFitzgerald introduces his new friend to Creator/ErnestHemingway.
82	* A common hazard in most of Creator/ChristopherGuest's films; due to the [[{{Improv}} almost entirely unscripted nature of the films]], combined with the cast being some of the most talented comic actors in the business. In ''Film/AMightyWind'', the cutaway immediately after Michael Hitchcock {{Dope Slap}}s an increasingly annoying Bob Balaban was necessitated by the entire cast and crew exploding into laughter.
83	* In ''Film/{{Hitch}}'', watch Creator/WillSmith's expression during the "dance lesson" scene. He covers his mouth through the entire sequence, and when you see Creator/KevinJames's (incredibly nerdy but excellent) dancing, it's easy to guess why. One of the DVD outtakes shows Smith erupting with laughter the instant "Cut!" is called.
84	* Watch Christine [=McIntyre=] during Shemp's "death" scene during ''Film/TheThreeStooges'' short ''Who Done It''. She's obviously struggling to keep her composure during Shemp's seizures.
85	* In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZExUhHvzjFY this scene]] from ''Film/BackToSchool'', the script called for Jason to sit quietly and look disgusted at his dad's secretary taking notes in class, but actor Keith Gordon simply could not stop cracking up on-camera at actress Edie [=McClurg=]. They decided to ThrowItIn since it works just as well that Jason is laughing in frustrated disbelief instead.
86	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeL-U7cbpE The scene with]] Creator/SamKinison going on a tirade also sees the students in the background losing it, then when he rips a seat out from a desk, Creator/RodneyDangerfield can be seen cracking up from behind.
87	* In ''Film/{{UHF}}'', when Billy spits in Uncle Nutsy's face, you can see the child actor start to crack up as his loogie hangs perfectly from [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic Weird Al]]'s nose.
88	* The Belching Contest scene in ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerds'', keep an eye on John Goodman as the coach. He keeps studying his shoes while simultaneously making sure his hat doesn't come off, all to keep from laughing out loud on camera from the antics of actors Donald Gibb and Curtis Armstrong.
89	* ''Film/{{Birdemic}}''. Poor Whitney Moore, who played Nathalie, knowing she was in an awful movie, said almost ''every'' line with a giggle.
90	* Creator/MatthewBroderick did a heroic job keeping a straight face around Creator/JimCarrey in ''Film/TheCableGuy'', but simply couldn't do it during the chicken skin scene at Medieval Times.
91	* At one point early in ''Film/WhiteChristmas'', Creator/BingCrosby and Creator/DannyKaye dress in drag and perform an act lip-syncing to a record of the female leads singing. While Danny keeps a straight face all the way through, Bing repeatedly flubs his lip-sync and almost cracks up, especially when Danny hits him in the face with a feathered fan. It works in context since the characters were ''supposed'' to be improvising an act to keep the police distracted while the singers escape out the back, and apparently it was filmed all in one take with only minimal rehearsal so it wouldn't look too polished.
92	* ''Film/AChristmasStory'':
93	** During the soap poisoning scene, every time the Old Man and Ralphie's mom duck their heads into their hands or bury their faces into Ralphie's chest/shoulder, it's to hide their uncontrollable laughing, when they were supposed to be sobbing uncontrollably.
94	** Happens again when the father is trying (and failing) to repair the leg lamp. In the background the mother covers her mouth to hide the big smile and how she's on the verge of cracking up.
95	** Melinda Dillon can't stop laughing through the entirety of the Chinese restaurant scene, as they hid a lot from her what they were planning to do. She's visibly breaking when the waiters try their hand at singing "Jingle Bells" and howls in laughter and can't stop when they bring out the duck and where the gag goes from there.
96	* In ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', towards the end of the [[OverlyLongGag extended]] masturbation argument between Creator/JamesFranco and Creator/DannyMcBride, Creator/SethRogen has to turn the side and is visibly seen chuckling as their banter gets more ridiculous.
97	* In ''Film/WaynesWorld'', a famously [[ThrowItIn ad-libbed]] scene between Wayne and Garth takes place as the two of them rest on Wayne's car, watching airplanes take off. Creator/DanaCarvey (Garth) can briefly be seen snickering to himself as he suddenly thinks up the line, "Did you ever think it was attractive when Bugs Bunny dressed up as a lady bunny?". Creator/MikeMyers (Wayne) manages to stammer out "No...!" while desperately trying to hold a straight face, before completely losing it and cackling madly. The reaction was so funny, the creators decided to leave it in the final cut.
98	* ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'': According to both Creator/SethMacFarlane and Creator/CharlizeTheron, about three-quarters of the time when Annie laughs on screen, it's actually Theron actually reacting to [=MacFarlane's=] improvised dialog.
99	* In the 1997 informative video ''Film/TheKidsGuideToTheInternet'', it's really hard to tell if Peter is trying not to laugh or acting too hard.
100	* ''Film/TheWildWorldOfBatwoman'': Katherine Victor is barely holding it together during the ChingChong seance.
101	* ''Film/FatSlags'': Creator/DolphLundgren is obviously trying not to laugh when the slags give him mouth-to-mouth.
102	* ''Film/CountYorga'': In the scene where a newly vamped Erica and fellow vampire bride running into Yorga's throne room to attack Micheal. You can see Erica's actress, Judy Lang, laughing a bit. Helps with the scene though to show her newfound bloodlust. Ironic too since Erica's now a vampire, she's a literal walking corpse.
103	* In ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', during the scene where Harker and Helsing stake Lucy. Creator/StevenWeber, who played Harker, was told that he was going to be [[BloodyHilarious sprayed with fake blood]], but ''not'' [[HighPressureBlood how much]]. So when he starts driving the stake in and is hit with it, he's clearly struggling not to laugh when Helsing tells him to hit her one more time to be sure only to refute "She's dead enough!".
104	* When filming ''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'', Creator/JulieAndrews couldn't resist giggling during the "Something Good" number, as the arc lights made noises that sounded like someone BlowingARaspberry. Director Creator/RobertWise decided to film Andrews and Creator/ChristopherPlummer in silhouette to hide her laughter. Some of her chuckling can still be heard in the final film, though it at least occurs at times that make sense for the context.
105	* In ''Film/Plan9FromOuterSpace'', when Eros' actor delivers the infamous "Your stupid minds! Stupid! STUPID!" line, you can notice Tanna's actress barely managing to hold back her laughter. Earlier in the film, when zombie Tor Johnson attacks Eros, Tor can be seen straining to maintain his stone-faced expression as Dudley Manlove furiously overacts.
106	* In ''Film/TheFifthElement'', during the scene in which Korben outwits the drug-starved mugger at his apartment, Bruce Willis suffers a clear moment of genuine amusement at the mugger's hilarious acting and ridiculous hat, his serious face cracking into a wide smile as he barely keeps himself from laughing out loud before regaining his composure enough to say, "That's...a very nice hat." (Given that he's dealing with an inept burglar...) Later in the movie, when Chris Tucker starts singing "All Night Long," you can see Willis visibly struggling to keep a straight face in the background.
107	* Creator/BillyCrystal was incorrigible during his filming of ''Film/ThePrincessBride'', as most of his dialogue as Miracle Max was improvised, meaning that Creator/MandyPatinkin[[note]]who actually bruised a rib by trying to hold in his laughter[[/note]] and ''especially'' Creator/CaryElwes (seeing as he was supposed to be mostly dead) had to work hard to keep from corpsing. Director Creator/RobReiner couldn't even be on set during the Miracle Max scene because his laughter was ruining takes and had to watch from a monitor in a separate room.
108	* In ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'', when Ellen's mother tells her that she has haemorrhoids Beverly D'Angelo can briefly be seen struggling to keep a straight face.
109	* During [[Creator/DenisLeary Edgar Friendly]]'s expletive-ridden MotiveRant in ''Film/DemolitionMan'', his lackeys flanking him can be seen cracking up. [[JustifiedTrope A more forgivable example than most as they're probably just as into it all as he is]].
110	* In ''Film/Deadpool2016'', Creator/GinaCarano can be seen struggling to keep a straight face when Negasonic Teenage Warhead is completing a tweet before the final battle.
111	** By the same token, Negasonic's own laughter earlier on when Deadpool tries (and fails, miserably) to beat up Colossus is probably very genuine.
112	* In ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', as Donnie has to deliver a briefcase to Brad (and the latter is arrested), Creator/JonahHill is clearly pushing Creator/JonBernthal to the extreme, and Bernthal can't hold his laughter as he hears "Oh my God, the emperor of Fucksville came down from Fucksville to give me a pass!"
113	* In ''Film/DungeonsAndDragons2000'', when Creator/JeremyIrons as Profion goes, in typical LargeHam fashion, "My destiny!", you can see Bruce Payne (Damodar) desperately try to contain his laughter. It's priceless. Minutes later when Irons says "Let their blood rain from the sky!", he clearly is laughing while he says it.
114	** Payne is also clearly struggling to keep a straight face during the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuTUgkhfXmU "do not let them escape"]] scene. At least ''somebody'' had a good time with this movie.
115	* An InUniverse example occurs in ''Film/RevengeOfThePinkPanther''. Dreyfus is giving his eulogy at what appears to be Inspector Clouseau's grave. He [[CryLaughing cries]] to cover up his Corpsing, and is only barely successful.
116	* In ''Film/{{Speed}}'', during in the infamous cradle scene, you can hear Creator/KeanuReeves trying hard to contain his laughter in his voice as Creator/SandraBullock panics at the thought of hitting a baby and having to reassure her it was just cans.
117	* In ''Film/TheNakedGun 2½'', after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG5LBAdHGz0#t=64s "Barbara Bush" hits her head on the table]], Richard Griffiths first covers his mouth, then turns his face to hide his laughter.
118	* {{Averted\|Trope}} by editing for ''Film/AlienResurrection''. The blind, one-handed, over-the-shoulder basketball shot that Ripley makes wasn't clever editing or special effects; it took six takes, but Creator/SigourneyWeaver made that basket entirely on her own. However, Creator/RonPerlman was so astonished that she actually did it that he instantly, visibly and loudly reacted without thinking, nearly ruining a perfect take. In the finished film, the scene switches to a different camera angle a split second after Ripley makes the basket, just barely managing to cut out Perlman's reaction.
119	* InUniverse, in the film ''Film/FlorenceFosterJenkins'', Jenkins' accompanist Cosme [=McMoon=] is caught off guard when he first hears Florence's GiftedlyBad singing and tries desperately to hold himself together and not laugh. He succeeds but just barely, finally bursting into hysterical giggles when he makes his escape into the elevator. Agnes Stark is less successful at Florence's debut concert, falling over laughing and feebly trying to pass it off as a "coughing fit."
120	* InUniverse in ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', as Aquaman starts doing some BrutalHonesty confessions and the others struggle not to laugh... [[spoiler:until they decide to point out he's accidentally wrapped in the Lasso of Truth.]]
121	* InUniverse in the first ''Film/PoliceAcademy''. After the [[AssShove horse incident]] with Harris what Mahoney witnessed, he asks Mahoney in the next scene if he had mentioned it to anyone. Mahoney denies it, but everyone else starts snickering as soon as Harris walks past them.
122	* In ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', when Pedro's cousins scare off the bullies who were trying to take another kid's bike, said kid is very clearly cracking up at the end of the scene.
123	* In ''Film/KickAss''. When Creator/MarkStrong, as mob boss Frank D'Amico, is talking to the driver in the car, in one of the early scenes. He's describing the specifics of the slushie he wants, and you can clearly see Christopher Mintz-Plasse (sitting next to him) is about to crack up as Mark Strong plays it totally deadpan.
124	* In ''Film/GetOut2017'', after Rod [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes arrives to save Chris]] from [[HoneyTrap Rose's]] scheme to [[GrandTheftMe sell his body to be used]] by [[{{Irony}} a blind art gallery owner]]]], he goes on a major IToldYouSo tirade. As he does, and it's more apparent in the alternate versions, Creator/DanielKaluuya, who plays Chris, is seen trying really hard not to start laughing.
125	* The early Creator/CharlieChaplin installments show some cases of this, as Silent Comedies of the 1910s had a tendency to throw things in as they came along. In the 1915 Movie ''A Woman'', Chaplin shows up in drag, and when Edna Purviance first sees him like this, she cracks up so hard she has to sit down on the floor. The take was kept in the final edit of the movie.
126	* ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife:'' When a crew-member dropped some props during filming, resulting in a clattering crash, Creator/ThomasMitchell ad-libbed the line "I'm alright! I'm allllrright!" from offstage, causing Creator/JimmyStewart to crack up. Since it was an appropriate reaction for his character, it was included in the film.
127	* Towards the end of ''Film/GoodBurger'', the two have become FireForgedFriends and Dexter decides to rip up the contract he tricked Ed into signing that is effectively scamming him out of money, only for Ed to ask if the reason the partnership is ending is [[ComicallyMissingThePoint because he's Black]]. As anyone who's ever seen ''Series/AllThat'' could tell you, Dexter's very genuine laugh and stammered reply is clearly Creator/KenanThompson cracking up at Creator/KelMitchell's response.
128	* ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'': In the ending credits, we get to see just how much improv humor all the actors have, and the outtakes are at least as good as the rest of the movie. While both John C. Reilly and Will Ferrell make mock commercials that are brilliantly hilarious and wind up corpsing themselves -- especially when talking about packs of wild dogs -- they also show outtakes from the hospital scene where Will Ferrell is lying in bed. Michael Clarke Duncan gets in a brilliant attempt to corpse Ferrell by talking about dressing up like Donna Summers... and then begins singing Last Chance. It succeeds flawlessly.
129	* Creator/LouisDeFunes:
130	** Considering how much this French actor considered humour SeriousBusiness, it was extremely rare for De Funès to crack up at his own jokes. However, there's an infamous instance during the filming of ''Film/TheSucker'': the Citroën 2CV driven by Creator/{{Bourvil}}'s character is hit by Mr. Saroyan's Rolls Royce, which causes it to fall into pieces à la Blues Brothers. Both drivers then proceed to have an argument over the wreckage, during which Bourvil [[ThrowItIn threw the ad-libbed line]] "''Maintenant, elle va marcher beaucoup moins bien, forcément!''" ("Now, it will run a lot less well, naturally!"). De Funès had to lower his head to hide his snicker at the unexpected reply in order to not ruin the shot. (Which they couldn't afford, as they had only one self-destructing car available...)
131	** His co-stars, now on the other hand... they found it very hard to resist cracking up to his frequent grimaces (sorry, ''expressions''). Especially since he loved having an audience, a habit he got from theater.
132	* When filming the 1974 version of ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'', Creator/OliviaHussey and Creator/DavidNiven found they couldn't get through their scenes together without bursting out laughing. They had to work out an eyeline so they wouldn't look each other in the eye when they had to say lines to each other - looking at the forehead for example.
133	* In ''Film/FastAndFurious6'', when Hobbs arrives at the barbecue, Roman remarks in a sing-song tone that Mia "better hide the baby oil", to which Hobbs instantly replies in the same tone with "you better hide that big ass forehead", followed by Tej immediately spitting out his beer. That SpitTake by Music/{{Ludacris}} was genuine, as was Creator/TyreseGibson being at a loss for words, because Hobb's line was improvised by Creator/DwayneJohnson.
134	* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', you can see Agent Stone struggling not to laugh the entire time Dr. Robotnik is brow-beating Major Bennington while the major just tries to get a word in. It's hidden quite well by some cuts, but you still see Lee Majdoub shifting on his feet, the occasional smirk, and finally ducking out of frame to hide the grin he can't hold back anymore at the "nobody cares" rant. [[https://youtu.be/RclPMuBC7GE?t=157 You can see the whole thing here]].
135	* ''Film/ZombielandDoubleTap'' has the scene with [[https://youtu.be/5X2O6l_vi5M?t=47 Madison and the binoculars]], where Creator/EmmaStone and Creator/JesseEisenberg are clearly wanting to laugh, but somehow valiantly remain in-character in their reactions.
136	* On the [=DVD=] extras for ''Film/TheAppleDumplingGang'', Creator/TimConway and Creator/DonKnotts tell the story of having been given three days off to work out the choreography of the scene where their characters steal the ladder from the firetruck inside the firehouse. They used the time to play golf instead, didn't discuss the scene at all and made it up as it was being filmed. Apparently they were so good the director had no idea they hadn't practiced. The only other actors in the scene are a sleeping fireman and a dog, who watches them with interest. The actor playing the fireman kept peeking and finally cracked up (off camera, but the audio picked him up) - if he hadn't lost it, they've have been able to film the whole scene in one take. As it was, they did it in two.
137	* ''Film/TheBirdcage'': During the scene where Armand, Agador and Val argue in the kitchen about Agador not preparing an entree there's a moment where Armand stumbles and nearly falls over. This was a mistake by Creator/RobinWilliams, who managed to stay on his feet but is clearly struggling not to laugh for the rest of the scene.
138	* Helge Schneider often doesn't even try to keep himself from corpsing in some of his films. A notable example is the boot-crapping instruction scene in ''Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem'' in which he suddenly starts laughing, as does the actor he is talking to. It doesn't really help that the dialogs are more ad-libbed than scripted.
139	* ''Film/TheInLaws'': Creator/AlanArkin admitted during the scenes with Sheldon, Vince, and General Garcia, you can see him come very close to doing this, and he had to put his hand over his mouth to avoid laughing on camera.
140	* ''Film/TheDevilsRejects'' features a scene where Captain Spaulding -- as his MonsterClown persona -- punches out a mother [[HarmfulToMinors right in front of her son]], before verbally threatening the poor kid to leave as he steals their car. The kid is ''supposed'' to be [[TearsOfFear crying in fear]], but his actor is very visibly trying (and failing) to not smile and burst out laughing. It's weirdly appropriate given how Spaulding is LaughablyEvil incarnate and [[BlackComedy his threatening spiel is played for pitch-black ridiculousness]].
141	* Creator/JoanSims is visibly trying not to smile during the blanket bath scene in ''Film/DoctorInClover''.
142	* Creator/KateWilliams is visibly trying not to laugh when Blakey rages at her after catching her with another man in ''Film/HolidayOnTheBuses''.
143	* ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber'':
144	** Creator/JulianHolloway's laughter in response to Creator/JoanSims' ad-libbed "plastered" line was genuine.
145	** There are no close-up shots of Princess Jelhi during the dinner party scene because Creator/AngelaDouglas couldn't stop laughing. She recalled in 2005:
146	--->There isn't one shot of me in close-up because I couldn't stop laughing. There were tears of laughter running down my face.

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