| 1 | ->'' "In large part, the reason I got the part [as Ahsoka Tano] is that [[Creator/DaveFiloni Dave]] saw a lot of my own personality in the audition that he wanted me to bring to the character. So in the very beginning, he said more of what got me the part was my talking and action in between takes of my audition versus my actual audition itself, really. And so he said, 'Definitely bring a lot of your own personality to the character,' and he would often ask me [what I thought]."'' |
| 2 | -->-- '''Creator/AshleyEckstein on Ahsoka Tano in''' ''Franchise/StarWars'' |
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| 4 | Some element of a work, be it certain dialogue or the classic clothing of a character, wasn't chosen by the creators or the responsible department of the crew, but by the actor. Maybe they walked into set one day wearing leather pants and the director thought the look "just worked" for their character when the possibility had never been discussed before. Maybe they suggested that adding some lines to the conversation would be beneficial to their CharacterDevelopment. |
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| 6 | Something an actor does with the character which the producer likes either before or after they get the role would also count. These may be examples of CastTheExpert. This excludes [[{{Improv}} improvisations]] that were included in the final cut, as some precognition and crew approval is polite when you're about to overthrow their production. |
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| 8 | This is something from RealLife often portrayed behind the scenes of the ShowWithinAShow InUniverse. |
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| 10 | May overlap with ActorSharedBackground, and sometimes ThrowItIn. Compare TheCastShowOff, when an actor uses some of their RealLife skills in their performance; HarpoDoesSomethingFunny, when the writers understand that this is inevitable; TheDanza, when the actor names their character after themselves. When an animated character's appearance and mannerisms are affected by that of the celebrity voice actor's appearance and actions in the recording studio, that's InkSuitActor. |
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| 12 | When an element of a work is inspired by fans or {{WMG}}, it's AscendedFanon. |
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| 14 | See also: DirectedByCastMember, WrittenByCastMember, InspirationForTheWork, MetaCasting, and ActorInspiredHeroism. |
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| 17 | !!Examples: |
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| 20 | [[folder:Films — Animated]] |
| 21 | * Near the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', when Milo Thatch gets seasick, he wonders why there were carrots, when he didn't even ''eat'' carrots. Creator/MichaelJFox, his voice actor, is allergic to carrots. |
| 22 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'', since the actors were Scottish and the writers were not, the actors were encouraged to rephrase their lines into something they would say, giving every character their actor's speech patterns. This makes every character not only authentically Scottish but authentically from the region of Scotland, their actor is from. In particular, Creator/KevinMcKidd had the idea that Lord [=MacGuffin=]'s son speak entirely in Doric, a Scottish dialect that's virtually unrecognizable as English, rather than the original idea that he simply speak in an indecipherably-thick Scottish accent. As a result, [=McKidd=] plays both [=MacGuffin=] ''and'' his son, as he was the only person available who knew Doric. |
| 23 | * In ''WesternAnimation/Cars2'', Miles Axlerod apparently got his name from a joke his voice actor Creator/SuzyEddieIzzard told involving the wheel and axle. |
| 24 | * In ''{{WesternAnimation/Coco}}'', Miguel was written as an aspiring guitarist, but he was also made a singer after young singer Anthony Gonzalez was cast. |
| 25 | * For ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', Anna's voice actor Creator/KristenBell pushed for Anna to be more goofy, wanting a flawed, realistic heroine. Her catchphrase, "Wait, what?", came from Kristen, who also requested Anna wake up with bedhead and have a tendency to [[OpenMouthInsertFoot "put her foot in her mouth."]] |
| 26 | * [[BigBad Ratigan]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'' was originally designed to be [[LeanAndMean thin and frail]], but the animators were so impressed by Creator/VincentPrice's [[LargeHam hammy performance]], that they changed Ratigan's design to match it. |
| 27 | * In ''Franchise/TheIncredibles'', Helen Parr has a slight lisp due to speaking from the right side of her mouth, which is taken from her actress Creator/HollyHunter. |
| 28 | * In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'', Po was originally meant to be a ParodySue character who wondered why the Furious Five didn't like him, but actor Creator/JackBlack thought the audience would sympathize more with him if he was more aware of his flaws. |
| 29 | * Creator/SachaBaronCohen provided two of the most famous aspects of the ''Franchise/{{Madagascar}}'' films and his character, King Julien: |
| 30 | ** In the original script, Cedric the Entertainer's character, Maurice, was the king of the lemurs and Julien was his advisor. Baron Cohen pointed out that an OnlySaneMan king having a buffoonish advisor didn't make much sense, and that the inverse would work better. This gave the script a much better dynamic while also scoring himself a bigger role than Cedric. |
| 31 | ** The obscure '90s song "I Like To Move It, Move It" was originally used as background music in the lemur party scene. Baron Cohen heard the song and asked if he could record a cover in-character as Julien. The song is now the franchise's theme song and is certainly no longer obscure if inextricably connected to the films. |
| 32 | * ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis'': Lucille has a [[ChildishToothGap slight gap in her front teeth]], just like her voice actress Creator/VanessaParadis. |
| 33 | * The character José Carioca from ''WesternAnimation/SaludosAmigos'' was not only named after his original voice actor, [[TheDanza José Oliveira]], but provided reference for the animators. The character shared his excitable personality and love of music to such an extent that friends of Oliveira's would later remark that he wasn't just ''like'' José Carioca, he ''was'' José Carioca. |
| 34 | * Sherri Stoner served as live-action reference for both Ariel in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' and Belle in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. She has the tendency of getting her hair out of her face which translated into Ariel's bang blowing and in the way Belle always pushes a hair lock away from her eyes. Also, Ariel's lip biting. |
| 35 | * ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': When Woody and Jessie are exiting out of the airplane, originally it was going to be Jessie who slips and Woody saves her. However, Creator/JoanCusack suggested to the director and writers that Jessie should save Woody so that way it would show the courage and strength of her character. John Lasseter and everyone else liked it so much they went with it that way. |
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| 39 | * Creator/DannyTrejo has a standing policy that whenever he plays a bad guy - which is a lot of the time - his character [[ChronicallyKilledActor must die]] to send the message that BeingEvilSucks. |
| 40 | * In ''Film/Halloween1978'', the script originally called for Dr. Loomis to look shocked in the final scene, when [[spoiler:Michael's body disappears from the front lawn]]. Creator/DonaldPleasence suggested that he should instead play it with a grim "I should've guessed this would happen" expression. Creator/JohnCarpenter decided to shoot the scene both ways for comparison; Pleasence's version was the one finally used in the film. |
| 41 | * After getting the role of Mr. Magorium in ''Film/MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium'' Creator/DustinHoffman gave the character a speech impediment, because why not, he's already good-crazy. |
| 42 | * ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'': Jack Sparrow's way of talking and behaving was basically Creator/JohnnyDepp adding to a character that was intended to be more of a generic pirate. |
| 43 | * During the open casting call for ''Film/TheLastAirbender'', creator Creator/MNightShyamalan received a video of Noah Ringer doing performance martial arts. He never originally thought about casting Ringer (saying that he thought "wow, that's cool", but didn't originally intend to have so much of it in, or not [[MundaneMadeAwesome quite so awesome]]), but then called him in for some acting auditions and screen tests to see if he could double anyway, and was apparently so impressed by the boy, who does look a lot like Aang as well, that he was hired. |
| 44 | * In ''Film/BladeRunner'' the 'Tears In The Rain' monologue was written by actor Creator/RutgerHauer when he didn't like the original lines, which was originally a much longer and more formal monologue (Hauer cut more than half of it out and added several of his own lines). Notably, the modifications included the "like tears in the rain" addition at the end. |
| 45 | * There's a scene in ''Film/BrokebackMountain'' where Ennis finds his and Jack's jackets hanging in the latter's childhood closet with Ennis's tucked inside Jack's. When [[spoiler:Ennis brings them home at the end]], the position is reversed. This reversal was Creator/HeathLedger's idea. Annie Proulx approved so much of this detail that she wrote it into the libretto for the opera adaptation of her story. |
| 46 | * The Joker from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' licks his lips while he talks a lot. WordOfGod states that this was a result of Creator/HeathLedger being annoyed by the feeling of the scar prosthetics and unconsciously licking at them because of it. After seeing him do it a few times with the full make-up and finding it seriously creepy, they decided to just make it part of the character. |
| 47 | * Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse: |
| 48 | ** For ''Film/{{Suicide Squad|2016}}'', Creator/MargotRobbie chose her [[Music/BlondieBand Debbie Harry]]-inspired Harley Quinn costume herself. |
| 49 | ** ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'': |
| 50 | *** Even before there was a script, Creator/RayFisher was given the opportunity to write elements of his character, Victor Stone/Cyborg, and his family. |
| 51 | *** To portray ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}, Creator/RayPorter said he drew from his experience with Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays (which, incidentally, also inspired Creator/JackKirby for the ComicBook/NewGods Darkseid is part of). |
| 52 | * ''Film/TheDeparted'': The script called for a scene where all that was written was "Costello executes man kneeling in the marshes". According to Creator/MattDamon, Creator/JackNicholson, Costello's actor, suggested that the man be a woman, added Costello's [[TheDragon right-hand man]] Mr. French into the scene holding an ax to indicate he was going to chop up the corpse, and added several jokes between them (including Costello saying "she fell funny") to make it clear that they've done this song and dance many times before. |
| 53 | * ''Film/ForrestGump'' originally had Creator/TomHanks unsure on how to do Forrest's SimpletonVoice, and then he heard Michael Conner Humphreys, who played the child version of the character, and knew which accent he needed. |
| 54 | * In ''Film/FullMetalJacket'', Creator/RLeeErmey turned Gunnery Sergeant Hartman from a stern but understanding officer (read: unmemorable character) into the trash-talking debasing DrillSergeantNasty that has now become iconic. |
| 55 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': |
| 56 | ** Apparently Creator/RobertDowneyJr kept hiding/eating snacks on the set during certain scenes of ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', so eventually it was incorporated into the film; "Blueberry?" |
| 57 | *** On the flip side an example of an actor inspiring an element being removed, is that much of Tony Stark's infamous alcohol abuse issues were heavily toned down and eventually outright removed (Tony still drinks occasionally, but it's not suggested to be an addiction or problem) because Downey and the staff were afraid going down that mental path might cause him to relapse on his own infamous substance abuse problems he'd worked very hard to kick. |
| 58 | ** In ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'', the scene where the Cloak of Levitation wipes away Strange's tears wasn't in the original script. On the day they were filming the scene, actor Creator/BenedictCumberbatch suggested the idea to the producer, who burst out laughing and liked it so much he directed the special effects crew to make it happen. |
| 59 | ** During production of ''Film/BlackWidow2021'', the stunt crew asked Creator/FlorencePugh about "your pose", noting Creator/ScarlettJohansson had the ThreePointLanding. Pugh proceeded to mock it, and given she then teased Johansson about it while the writer was present, he added a RunningGag regarding Yelena not taking Natasha's "fighting pose" seriously. |
| 60 | ** During the first month of filming ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings'', Xu Xialing had [[NonConformistDyedHair a rebellious red streak in her hair]], but Meng'er Zhang would ask for it to be removed as she felt the "rebellious Asian girl with a hair streak" trope was too cliché and stereotypical. Director Creator/DestinDanielCretton and Marvel agreed, and so not only were future scenes filmed with her normal black hair, the red hair in previously-filmed scenes was edited out using VFX. |
| 61 | ** After the final battle of ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' ends Druig and Makkari share a HeadbuttOfLove [[spoiler:when she learns he's still alive]]. According to Creator/LaurenRidloff, who played Makkari, the gesture was suggested by Creator/BarryKeoghan who played Druig. |
| 62 | ** Creator/HughJackman requested Wolverine's costume to have sleeves in ''Film/DeadpoolAndWolverine'' due to several bouts of skin cancer caused by sun exposure. |
| 63 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 64 | ** Creator/HarrisonFord figured Han Solo not to be a guy who would say "I love you" back to Leia before being frozen in carbonite in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', so after much-heated discussion with Creator/GeorgeLucas, he was allowed to change it to the now-iconic "I know", a line more befitting of the LovableRogue. |
| 65 | ** The famous violet Lightsaber used by Mace Windu in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' was the suggestion of his actor, Creator/SamuelLJackson. Supposedly, he wanted to be able to spot himself easily in large fight scenes (and purple was his favorite color). |
| 66 | ** The reason Jango Fett in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and his son Boba speak with their actors' native New Zealand accents because Lucas heard them and thought they sounded so exotic they had to keep them. |
| 67 | * ''Film/PitchPerfect'': Beca's singing "When I'm Gone" as her audition piece was because Creator/AnnaKendrick already knew that song, having seen it on a viral video and spent an afternoon learning it. |
| 68 | ** It was Ester Dean's idea to have Alexis Knapp join her in a duet of S&M. |
| 69 | * ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'': It was Creator/ChristinaRicci's idea to have Wednesday Addams fold her arms on her chest like a corpse being laid out for a funeral when Wednesday was being tucked into bed. [[CreepyChild Ricci was about 10 at the time]]. |
| 70 | * In ''Film/RocketScience'' Ginny's comment "I upped your game, little man" was inserted into the script by Blitz from a journal which he asked Creator/AnnaKendrick to write in character. |
| 71 | * In the ''Film/HarryPotter'' movies, Lucius Malfoy's snake walking stick ([[SwordCane with his wand in it]]) was a suggestion by Creator/JasonIsaacs. Isaacs also suggested other elements of the character's appearance such as his long hair and elaborate robes, arguing that it was in character of Lucius, an elitist and wizard supremacist, to have a dignified but distinctly un-{{Muggle}} appearance. The original costume concept, by contrast, would have had short-cropped hair and a black pinstriped suit. Isaacs also added in the bit where Lucius kicks Dobby around near the end of the second movie; in fact, when he first did it in a take, the crew had no idea what he was doing (since Dobby was entirely VFX and thus Isaacs was kicking at nothing), and when the director decided he liked it, he had the VFX team edit Dobby around it. |
| 72 | ** In the same series, several of Luna's accessories, most notably her radish earrings, were actually made by her actress Creator/EvannaLynch on her own initiative, and the directors liked them so much they let her include them. |
| 73 | * In ''Film/Carrie1976'' the red baseball cap Norma wears was brought in by Creator/PJSoles. She was initially only cast for two weeks, but Creator/BrianDePalma liked her ThrowItIn of hitting Creator/SissySpacek with the caps during one scene and her role was greatly expanded. |
| 74 | * Creator/GlennClose felt that the script for ''Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996'' softened Cruella far too much, and took several quotes from [[WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the animated version]] to make her a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. |
| 75 | * Music/MandyMoore cut her hair short for the film ''Film/HowToDeal'' because she felt it fit her character. Producers were not happy but they decided on a compromise - Moore would wear hair extensions for the first part of the film and then the character would get an ImportantHaircut. |
| 76 | * Creator/HannahSpearritt found some red hair dye just before she was to go to Barcelona to film the Music/SClub7 movie. She colored the ends of her hair and the director liked it, so he had her keep it in for the film. |
| 77 | * ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': |
| 78 | ** Gene Wilder's costume for Willy Wonka, which he had total creative control over, is considered ''the'' IconicOutfit of the character: purple coat, floral waistcoat, gold bow tie, sandy-yellow trousers, brown shoes and matching top hat. Any parody will base itself on this. |
| 79 | ** The title character's memorable EstablishingCharacterMoment, in which he [[ObfuscatingDisability feigns a limp and leans on a cane before executing a perfect somersault]], was Wilder's idea. |
| 80 | ** When the kids were signing the contract to not give away the Everlasting Gobstoppers, Julie Dawn Cole, who played SpoiledBrat Veruca Salt, decided to do a LyingFingerCross while she signed. The director didn't know what this meant, but after the kids explained it to him he put it in the film. |
| 81 | * Because ''Film/TheFamily'' was written by a Frenchman (Creator/LucBesson) but the dialogue was modern Americans and Italians interacting the main cast (consisting of Creator/RobertDeNiro, Creator/MichellePfeiffer, Creator/DiannaAgron, Creator/TommyLeeJones, and John D'Leo) were asked by Besson to advise him on how the general sentiment would actually be said. D'Leo said somewhat jokingly in an interview that because of it he felt cheated out of a writing credit. |
| 82 | * The character of [[YouAreNumberSix Number Six]] in ''Film/IAmNumberFour'' has a South Australian accent because Creator/TeresaPalmer is from Adelaide and wanted to use her natural dialect. |
| 83 | * When Creator/JohnnyDepp was cast as TheBigBadWolf in ''Film/IntoTheWoods'', he suggested that the character be designed like the wolf in Creator/TexAvery's ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''. |
| 84 | * ''Franchise/StarTrek'': |
| 85 | ** In ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', the final interaction between Kirk and Spock was written, word for word, by Creator/WilliamShatner, even down to the blocking of the scene and having them be physically separated at the moment of Spock's death. |
| 86 | ** In ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', the Klingon General Chang was supposed to have hair, but Creator/ChristopherPlummer felt Chang looked better bald, so he became [[BaldOfEvil bald]], instead. |
| 87 | * Creator/SamuelLJackson accidentally lapsed into his long-lost lisp during a reading of ''Film/KingsmanTheSecretService''. Creator/MatthewVaughn told him to keep it, given the speech impediment fit the [[RedRightHand scars and such]] of ''Film/JamesBond'' villains. |
| 88 | * When she was cast to play Rita in ''Film/GroundhogDay'', Creator/AndieMacDowell asked director Creator/HaroldRamis if she could play the part using her natural South Carolina accent. |
| 89 | * ''Film/{{Divergent}}'': |
| 90 | ** Creator/TheoJames opted not to bulk up too much feeling a slender and athletic build was more suited for Four. |
| 91 | ** In ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' Christina controls her drones with her right hand when everyone else uses their left. This is due to Creator/ZoeKravitz being left-handed. |
| 92 | * While filming the hovercraft chase scene at the beginning of ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', director Creator/JossWhedon told actor Creator/NathanFillion to "say something Mal would say." The result was the perfectly in-character line, "Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!" |
| 93 | * ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints'': |
| 94 | ** In real life, Laurie was white. But when Creator/RosarioDawson expressed interest in playing her, the movie rewrote her to be part Puerto Rican. |
| 95 | ** Likewise the real Mike was Irish. After seeing Martin Compston in another film, the filmmakers changed the character to a Scot to accommodate him. |
| 96 | * ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada'': |
| 97 | ** Creator/MerylStreep changed Miranda's line from "everyone wants to be me" to "everyone wants to be ''us''", feeling the former was too dramatic. |
| 98 | ** Creator/EmilyBlunt had the idea that Emily would frequently be seen running around in the background of certain scenes, giving the impression that she was always on the go. |
| 99 | * Snake Plissken's EyepatchOfPower in ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'' was Creator/KurtRussell's idea. |
| 100 | * [[Film/AceVenturaPetDetective Ace Ventura]]'s voice and speech mannerisms were added by Creator/JimCarrey only after several read-throughs of the script. The voice was something Carrey used in his stand up routine. The "All righty then" was the catchphrase of one of his stand up characters and after the lines from the script weren't feeling right, he added it to the script and read through it again using that voice for all the lines. It was such an improvement that it became the main Ace Ventura personality trait. Carrey came up with "Alrighty then" and other lines specifically because he thought they might catch on. The hand gesture Ventura gave before leaving the police station was also something Carrey intended to become popular. It did not. |
| 101 | * Alex [=DeLarge=]'s Droog costume in ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' is not in the original novel.[[note]]In the novel, the droogs are described as wearing codpieces underneath black tights.[[/note]] Creator/MalcolmMcDowell was an avid cricket fan, and when he came in for a costume fitting with his gear, including protective cup, Creator/StanleyKubrick told him to keep them out and incorporate his white shirt and cup into the costume. When [=McDowell=] started to dress by putting the jockstrap under his pants, Kubrick told him it would look better over his trousers instead, and the look made it into the final movie. |
| 102 | * Creator/ClintEastwood helped create [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man With No Name]]'s costume. He bought the black jeans from a sports shop on Hollywood Boulevard, the hat came from a Santa Monica wardrobe firm and the trademark black cigars came from a Beverly Hills store. Eastwood himself cut the cigars into three pieces to make them shorter. Eastwood himself is a non-smoker. |
| 103 | * Kate in ''Film/AKnightsTale'' was not written to be Scottish, and Laura Fraser auditioned using an English accent. They instead had her use her natural Scottish accent, the first time she had been able to do so in a film. |
| 104 | * A similar element from above was used during production on the 2000 children's film ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad''. Mr. Conductor's childlike and pretty-looking younger cousin, Junior, was originally written to be English, but after Creator/MichaelERodgers told Creator/BrittAllcroft that he was Scottish, she was so impressed that she rewrote Junior's nationality to let Michael use his normal Scottish accent, since, according to Michael himself, she loved Scotland. |
| 105 | * According to Creator/SigourneyWeaver, Lambert in the original script for ''Film/{{Alien}}'' was the DeadpanSnarker of the group and also the OnlySaneMan - who wouldn't crack up until the end. Creator/VeronicaCartwright made her into more of a Woobie, to give the audience someone to sympathize with. |
| 106 | * From ''Film/{{Aliens}}'': |
| 107 | ** Creator/JamesCameron let the actors playing the Marines customize their costumes much like soldiers in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar did to their combat gear. Creator/BillPaxton wrote 'Louise' on his, as a dedication to his wife. Cynthia Dale Scott (Dietrich) wrote "Blue Angel" on the back of her helmet (as a ShoutOut to [[Film/TheBlueAngel a film]] starring Creator/MarleneDietrich). Jenette Goldstein wrote a Spanish phrase onto hers, translating as "the risk always survives", perhaps a loose translation of the SAS's famous motto "Who Dares Wins". The exception was Creator/MichaelBiehn, who was a late addition. He wasn't happy that his gear had a heart on it because he felt it looked too much like a bullseye. |
| 108 | ** Creator/SigourneyWeaver gave Cameron several notes after reading the script - detailing how she thought Ripley would react to certain situations. Cameron was all too happy to listen to her ideas. |
| 109 | ** Subverted in another case. Creator/LanceHenriksen wanted to wear double pupil contact lenses for the scene where Spunkmeyer gets creeped out by Bishop in the med lab. He came to set with the lenses but the director assured him he was creepy enough already. |
| 110 | * Creator/BradleyCooper suggested that Richie in ''Film/AmericanHustle'' should have a perm, and also to have him wearing curlers in the scene at his apartment. |
| 111 | * For ''Film/AngelsWithDirtyFaces'', Creator/JamesCagney drew on his memories of growing up in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity's Yorkville, a tough ethnic neighborhood on the upper east side, just south of Spanish Harlem. His main inspiration was a drug-addicted pimp who stood on a street corner all day hitching his trousers, twitching his neck, and repeating, "Whadda ya hear! Whadda ya say!" Those mannerisms came back to haunt Cagney. He later wrote in his autobiography, "I did those gestures maybe six times in the picture. That was over thirty years ago - and the impressionists have been doing me doing him ever since." |
| 112 | * The suit that Macreedy wears in ''Film/BadDayAtBlackRock'' was bought by Creator/SpencerTracy off the rack, at his insistence. Also, the script called for Macreedy to light matches one-handed. Tracy had difficulty with this and convinced director John Sturges to let him use a Zippo lighter, as every veteran he ever met had one. |
| 113 | * Creator/ChristopherWalken came up with the idea of Max Shreck in ''Film/BatmanReturns'' wearing cuff-links made from human molars, having seen it in ''Film/TheGreatGatsby1974''. |
| 114 | * Creator/MichaelPowell wanted Sister Ruth to act crazier when she enters Mr. Dean's house in ''Film/BlackNarcissus''. Kathleen Byron, however, insisted that she should be happy at finally being in the house of the man she loves. |
| 115 | * Adèle Exarchopoulos' table manners were incorporated into her character in ''Film/BlueIsTheWarmestColor'' and also became a defining trait. |
| 116 | * Creator/CateBlanchett and Creator/SallyHawkins worked together to create a background for the sisters in ''Film/BlueJasmine''. Even though it's vague in the script, whenever the sisters talked about their past, the actresses knew exactly what they were talking about. |
| 117 | * Rather a lot about the characters in ''Film/{{Boyhood}}'' was inspired by their actors' experiences. Mason Sr is a Texan insurance agent that divorced and remarried, like Creator/EthanHawke's father (and Linklater's father too). Olivia resumes her education late in life and becomes a psychotherapist, like Creator/PatriciaArquette's mother. Additionally, Olivia is the name of Arquette's mother in real life. |
| 118 | * Creator/PeterSarsgaard felt the need to make John in ''Film/BoysDontCry'' more charismatic than he was described in the script - to make it believable that everyone would want to hang out with him. |
| 119 | * ''Film/BramStokersDracula'': Dracula was just supposed to appear as himself when he's caught with Mina. Creator/GaryOldman felt that he wouldn't be intimidating enough, and so the bat costume was created. Funnily enough, he still didn't find himself scary in that at first. |
| 120 | * Harry Tuttle's toolbelt and gadgets in ''Film/{{Brazil}}'' were designed by Creator/RobertDeNiro himself. |
| 121 | * In ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'', Mike Hanna's chest-thumping and humming ritual is actually something his actor Creator/MatthewMcConaughey does to psyche himself up between takes. Scorsese incorporated it into his character. |
| 122 | * Creator/CrispinGlover didn't like the dialogue his character, the Thin Man, was given in ''Film/CharliesAngels2000'', so he suggested they throw out all his lines and never have him speak at all - the director agreed to it because it made the character seem more mysterious. Other eccentricities of the Thin Man, such as ripping women's hair out and sniffing it or shrieking during fight scenes, were also suggested by Glover. |
| 123 | * In ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'', Creator/MichelleYeoh was not impressed with the original ring that Eleanor was supposed to wear [[spoiler: (and Nick would use to propose to Rachel)]] due to the restricted budget. So she ended up using a ring from her own jewelry collection. |
| 124 | * In ''Film/BladeRunner2049'', the harsh test K and other replicant Blade Runners have to go through after every mission, consisting of a barrage of often insulting questions during which they must keep their composure at all times and reply only with "Cells" or "Interlinked", was an idea by Creator/RyanGosling, who based it on an acting practice he knew. In fact, he wrote the scene himself, with his original draft being ''eight minutes'' long, which was cut down in the final film. Originally, the test would have been similar to the one in the opening of ''Film/BladeRunner''. |
| 125 | * ''Film/{{Go}}'': Creator/TimothyOlyphant proposed giving his character a neck tattoo to emphasize him being a dirtbag. The director Doug Liman nixed the idea, but Olyphant went ahead and asked the makeup department to give him a temporary tattoo shortly before filming his first scene. When Olyphant presented it to Liman, he had apparently forgotten they'd ever discussed it and let him keep it. |
| 126 | * ''Film/MySummerOfLove'': Creator/NataliePress has a habit of doing a lot of drawing while she's thinking. The director noticed it and made it part of Mona, her character. |
| 127 | * In ''Film/{{Prospect}}'', Ezra's blonde streak came from Creator/PedroPascal deciding to dye part of his hair white, only to [[MyHairCameOutGreen mess it up]], with no time to dye it again. Pascal also decided by himself to give Ezra a Southern accent and a facial scar, while the prop department had to compact Ezra's backpack to reduce the strain on his aching back. |
| 128 | * In ''Film/TheRock'', it was Creator/NicolasCage's idea that his character, Dr. Stanley Goodspeed, [[GoshDangItToHeck would not swear and would use minced oaths instead]], such as "gee whiz", "a-hole", and "Zeus's butthole". |
| 129 | * For the Irish film ''Spears'', the character Ashaki was written to be Middle-Eastern. When someone recommended Kaireht Yovera for the part, Gerard Lough was compelled to rewrite her to be Venezuelan. |
| 130 | * A lot of the clothes worn by Creator/JeffBridges in ''Film/TheBigLebowski'' was stuff he brought from home. One shirt, in particular, has appeared in quite a few of his movies. |
| 131 | * In ''Film/Godzilla2014'', Dr. Serizawa is the first character to refer to the titular monster by name, and when he does so, he pronounces it "Gojira", the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} classic movie monster's]] original Japanese name. This was suggested by his actor, Creator/KenWatanabe, who felt it would only be appropriate given the reveal comes from a Japanese character. Serizawa refers to Godzilla as Gojira exclusively and, by the time of ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', a few non-Japanese characters have gotten into the habit as well. While it's never explained in-universe why most characters call the creature "Godzilla" instead, the implication is that in the 1950s the name "Gojira" was coined and English-speakers localized it as "Godzilla", [[ArtImitatesLife in-universe exactly as it is in reality]]. |
| 132 | ** In ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'', Dr. Serizawa [[spoiler: makes a HeroicSacrifice to save Godzilla, and in his final moments, lays a hand on the {{kaiju}}'s snout and says "Goodbye, old friend."]] Ken Watanabe had the idea that the line would be a lot more powerful if delivered in Japanese. |
| 133 | * ''Film/BulletTrain'': The bucket hat that Ladybug wears was suggested by Creator/BradPitt, since along with it being funny, he figured that Ladybug, a perpetually unlucky assassin, wouldn't have the best sense of fashion. |
| 134 | * In ''Film/TheTerminal'', Creator/TomHanks plays an immigrant from a [[{{Ruritania}} fictional Eastern European country]] who spends most of the film struggling to learn English. In the scenes where his character is speaking in his native language, Hanks is actually speaking Bulgarian; he learned to convincingly speak the language with the help of his half-Bulgarian wife Creator/RitaWilson, who speaks it fluently. |
| 135 | * ''Film/{{Yakuza}}'': The reason why [[Characters/LikeADragonGoroMajima Goro Majima]]'s signature EyepatchOfPower is on his right eye, instead of on his left as in [[VideoGame/LikeADragon the source material]], was due to his actor Goro Kishitani's left-eye dominance. |
| 136 | * According to [[https://youtu.be/FgX84koxTS8?t=377 a Q&A session]] for ''Film/ShredderOrpheus'', Steven Jesse Bernstein, who played Axel, named the Grey Zone, and the character was written for him to take the role. |
| 137 | * Creator/KristenStewart suggested that her character in ''{{Film/Underwater}}'' shave her head, as Norah is supposed to be a mechanical engineer who is working on an oil rig on the bottom of the ocean floor, and thus it would be practical for both the in-universe conditions as well as for filming. Stewart later admitted she always wanted to try shaving her head anyway, and the film happened to provide a perfect excuse for it. |
| 138 | * In ''Film/MissionImpossibleDeadReckoning'', the white makeup and black teardrop design for the henchwoman Paris was an idea of her actress, Creator/PomKlementieff. |
| 139 | * ''Film/ItsAWonderfulKnife2023'': It turns out Winnie and Bernie being more than friends wasn't in the script originally. Their actors Jane Widdop and Creator/JessMcLeod came up with the idea, based on how much they saw the characters' had chemistry together, which the filmmakers ran with. |
| 140 | * The rubber duck gag from Timmy and Mrs. Chalmers' BathtubScene in ''Film/ConfessionsOfADrivingInstructor'' was thought up by Creator/RobinAskwith on set, and Creator/LizFraser was only too happy to go along with it. |
| 141 | * ''Film/CarryOnSeries'': |
| 142 | ** ''Film/CarryOnBehind'': Creator/LarryDann recalls on the DVDCommentary that right before filming the scene where Bob and Clive get frisky with Sylvia and Vera, Creator/LizFraser told him to "grab hold of me tits", much to his amusement as he had never met her before. |
| 143 | ** ''Film/CarryOnEngland'': Creator/PatrickMower came up with the "I know a Fokker when I see one" line. |
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| 147 | * ''Series/TwentyFour'': |
| 148 | ** Sarah Clarke auditioned for and was cast as Nina just one day before filming began and the wardrobe department didn't have time to give her a fitting, so she ended up wearing what she wore to the audition as her costume. Due to the premise of the show occurring over the course of one day in real time, she wore her own outfit for the rest of the season. [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible Differs from]] ThrowItIn in that it was at Clarke's suggestion. |
| 149 | ** Tony Almeida's ever-present UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} [[UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} Cubs]] mug reflects the fact that actor Carlos Bernard is a huge fan. |
| 150 | * ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': |
| 151 | ** Creator/MollieSugden and Creator/JohnInman were forever improvising bits of comedy during rehearsals that often made it into the final episodes. |
| 152 | ** Creator/JamesHayter came up with the "to Bangor" quip from "Shedding the Load" during rehearsals. |
| 153 | * ''Series/AufWiedersehenPet'': Oz's grimy underpants actually belonged to Creator/KevinWhately. He was washing his car with them at the set and producers thought that they would be perfect for Oz. |
| 154 | * ''Series/BarneyMiller'': After writers saw Jack Soo eat take-out Chinese food using a pair of pencils as chopsticks, they had his character, Nick Yemana, do the same thing. The bit where Yemana accidentally ate the eraser off the end of a pencil was the writers' invention. |
| 155 | * In ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'', the reason Samantha wiggled her nose to cast spells is that actress Creator/ElizabethMontgomery had the very rare ability to wiggle her nose. |
| 156 | * ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': Cindy's sausage curl [[GirlishPigtails pigtails]] were 7-year-old Susan Olsen's own idea, because she wanted to look like the character of Buffy in ''Series/FamilyAffair'', who had the same hairstyle. She came to [[CreatorBacklash regret it later]], though, as she wasn't allowed to have any other hairstyle until Season 4. |
| 157 | * Happened quite a few times on ''Series/BreakingBad''. Creator/VinceGilligan always praises the collaborative nature of the series, so there are plenty of times when he took actors' suggestions for characters. |
| 158 | ** Walt's physical appearance -- his hair and mustache and being slightly overweight -- were all Creator/BryanCranston's suggestions. |
| 159 | ** Saul's comb-over was the first thing Creator/BobOdenkirk suggested when he was invited to play the character. |
| 160 | ** Marie's profession (X-ray technician) was suggested by Betsy Brandt because she wanted her to look respectable in a LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine but not actually be a doctor. |
| 161 | ** Jesse shaving his head at the beginning of season 4 was Creator/AaronPaul's idea. |
| 162 | ** Tuco's love of cooking was inspired by the fact that Creator/RaymondCruz is quite the passionate amateur chef. |
| 163 | ** After deciding how Gus would die, Gilligan asked his actor Creator/GiancarloEsposito what he thought Gus would do before he died. Citing the moment in "Salud" where Gus took the time to a towel under his knees before throwing up a lethal poison, Esposito suggested that Gus would straighten his tie before falling over dead. |
| 164 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': |
| 165 | ** Buffy Summers would develop a seething hatred of guns after [[spoiler: Warren killed Tara with one]]. In real life, her [[Creator/SarahMichelleGellar actress]] DoesntLikeGuns because her husband's father, Freddie Prinze Sr., killed himself with one. Her anti-gun stance would eventually be incorporated into most of her later roles. |
| 166 | ** Spike has a cool scar on one eyebrow, and so does actor Creator/JamesMarsters. He assumed makeup artists would want to cover it up, but instead they recognized it suited his badass character and enhanced its appearance. |
| 167 | * A variation in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. In the fifth season, Paige abruptly was seen with a different guy every week. Her actress Creator/RoseMcGowan went to producers and said: "Paige isn't a ho" - resulting in more long term romance plots for her. In a straighter example, Rose contributed to most of Paige's wardrobe in Season 4. |
| 168 | * Don Ramón, from ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', was practically his actor, Ramón Valdez, just without a stable income. Other actors and his relatives stated that Don Ramón's mannerisms and clothing were the same Ramón Valdez used in real life. Chespirito, the director, allegedly only gave Ramón Valdez one instruction on how to be Don Ramón - being himself. |
| 169 | * ''Series/CriminalMinds'': |
| 170 | ** Garcia's quirky glasses and outfits are from Kirsten Vangness's own wardrobe. She actually mentioned on Nerdist that she ended up being promoted to a regular after she requested to get a particular dress of hers back from wardrobe because she needed it for another gig. Fearing they would lose her to another show, the producers added her to the main cast. |
| 171 | ** Matthew Gray Gubler's skill with magic was given to Reid. |
| 172 | * Several ''Series/{{CSI}}'' characters were renamed by the actors. Creator/WilliamPetersen chose Grissom's last name in honor of astronaut UsefulNotes/GusGrissom. Gary Sinise named Mac Taylor, who was to be called Rick Castelluci, after his son, [=McCanna=] "Mac", and his ''Film/ForrestGump'' character, Lt. Dan Taylor. It was also Gary's idea for Mac to have lost his wife on 9/11. |
| 173 | * ''Series/DadsArmy'': |
| 174 | ** The writers cleverly crafted various characters to be like the actors who portrayed them, giving them their own (exaggerated) character traits. Hence Mainwaring had Creator/ArthurLowe's pomposity and Wilson had Creator/JohnLeMesurier's carefree and absent-minded personality. Creator/CliveDunn was known as a waffler, which led to Jones' long-winded and rambling monologues. Frazer received Creator/JohnLaurie's sharp tongue and dour manner: when they were making the first series, he bluntly told Jimmy Perry that the show was "a lot of rubbish" and "doomed". Frazer's rivalry with Godfrey reflected the real-life enmity between Laurie and Creator/ArnoldRidley. Frazer's tendency to change his opinions to fit the prevailing winds was apparently also inspired by Laurie, as several of his colleagues noted that his views on the show's quality tended to change the more successful it became. |
| 175 | ** Creator/IanLavender was invited to choose Pike's scarf from Creator/TheBBC's Costume Department. He chose his beloved Aston Villa's colours. |
| 176 | * ''Series/Daredevil2015'': |
| 177 | ** Creator/DeborahAnnWoll came up with the idea that the necklace Karen wears in all her scenes was [[https://twitter.com/DeborahAnnWoll/status/1053776957979021312 her mother's]]. |
| 178 | ** Deborah Ann Woll also had influence on Karen's backstory episode in season 3, wanting something that acknowledged Karen's time as a drug addict in the "Born Again" story but which gave Karen more agency. |
| 179 | * ''Series/DoctorWho'': |
| 180 | ** Most, if not all, actors taking the lead role have had at least some input into their costume design and [[TheNthDoctor their Doctor's]] idiosyncrasies. |
| 181 | *** The First Doctor's {{Character Tic|s}} of AccidentalMisnaming was inspired by Creator/WilliamHartnell's difficulty remembering the name "Ian Chesterton" in rehearsal. Since it fit the Doctor's detached and absent-minded personality perfectly, and because William Russell (who played Chesterton) was able to make the cast and crew crack up by adlibbing around them, it was agreed it would become one of his most memorable quirks. (Some fans believe that the manglings of "Chesterton" in the series itself are all genuine flubs, but a quick look at the script proves this is not the case.) |
| 182 | *** Creator/PatrickTroughton played the recorder himself, and always carried his recorder with him. This quirk was ported straight into the character of his Doctor. The Second Doctor's [[TheSocialExpert Social Expertise]] also stemmed from Troughton, an intuitive people-watcher who loved reading social dynamics — this impressed Gerry Davis enough that he insisted Troughton play the Doctor like that. |
| 183 | *** Creator/JonPertwee was a gadgets and cars aficionado, and asked if these could be incorporated into his character, along with a moment or two of "charm". Suffice to say his Doctor became the closest to Film/JamesBond. He also came up with his look. The story goes that he didn't have a costume ready for his photocall, so he went to his attic and raided a trunk containing his father's clothes and a cloak that belonged to his grandfather. The dashing Victorian dandy look was just what they production team was looking for. |
| 184 | *** The Fourth Doctor offering Sarah Jane jelly babies was the brainchild of Creator/TomBaker and he ran with it. The fact that Tom Baker's favorite jelly babies were the orange ones was eventually written into the character in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime "The Invasion of Time"]]. Also, the AttentionWhore characteristics written into the character from Season 15 onward were added when the crew realized they weren't able to stop Tom Baker [[LargeHam hamming it up for attention]] anymore. |
| 185 | *** Creator/PeterDavison suggested his cricket outfit, as he was a fan of the sport. Creator/JohnNathanTurner reportedly got the idea to cast Davison after seeing a photo of him at a charity cricket match from the set of ''Series/{{All Creatures Great And Small|1978}}''. |
| 186 | *** It was Creator/ColinBaker's idea for the Sixth Doctor to wear a cat badge. He also suggested that he have an extensive vocabulary as a way of encouraging children to look up new words. |
| 187 | *** The Seventh Doctor's hat actually belonged to Creator/SylvesterMcCoy. Plus, a lot of [=McCoy=]'s performance artist backround bled into the character, such as playing the spoons, physical comedy, etc. |
| 188 | *** Creator/ChristopherEccleston suggested that the Ninth Doctor wear a leather jacket, as he wanted a less showy costume than those of his predecessors. |
| 189 | *** Creator/DavidTennant came up with the Tenth Doctor's trenchcoat, having seen Jamie Oliver wear one on a talk show. The Converse trainers were also his idea. |
| 190 | *** Creator/StevenMoffat conceptualized Creator/MattSmith's Eleventh Doctor with a piratical theme and personality, so when Smith asked to wear a bow tie and to have a dotty and professorial personality, Moffat rejected it out of hand, calling it a "[[ShallowParody cartoon idea]]" of what the Doctor is like. However, Smith eventually persuaded Moffat to give this persona a spin, and Moffat realized it worked perfectly and wrote the scripts to suit.\ |
| 191 | The Drunk Giraffe Dance was entirely Smith, based on a line in the script that just said the Doctor should dance badly. |
| 192 | *** According to a Reddit AMA with the writer of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]", a scene where the Twelfth Doctor offers a cigar case to someone he's interrogating only to reveal it's full of [[InternalHomage jelly babies]] was Creator/PeterCapaldi's [[https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2iyngn/i_wrote_tonights_doctor_who_and_next_weeks_ama/cl6t85f idea]].\ |
| 193 | Capaldi's past as the guitarist of a punk band (with Creator/CraigFerguson!) was also added to the series, with the Doctor playing guitar in many Series 9 episodes.\ |
| 194 | He also helped design his costume so that it would be easier for cosplayers to replicate. |
| 195 | *** Creator/JodieWhittaker collaborated with costume designer Ray Holman on designing her costume; during their first meeting about it, Whittaker got completely distracted by the colour of the wallpaper behind them, told Holman she absolutely loved that color, and it ended up becoming the colour of the Thirteenth Doctor's trousers.\ |
| 196 | She suggested Thirteen's first words of "Oh, brilliant!", as it really is something she says a lot herself. She also started prior to her first full series that she'd try to fit in another expression she often uses, "Ace!"[[note]]Funnily enough, this was already something of a catchphrase for the companion ''named'' Ace, much to the confusion of anyone unfamiliar with the saying.[[/note]]\ |
| 197 | The biscuit (cookie) dispenser in the Thirteenth Doctor's TARDIS dispenses custard creams, which are Whittaker's favorite. The set designers put it in as a surprise for her. |
| 198 | ** This has also happened regarding a couple incarnations of the Doctor's {{archenemy}}, {{the Master}}: |
| 199 | *** When his incarnation of the Master returned in Series 10, Creator/JohnSimm grew a BeardOfEvil before the rehearsals, and Moffat went along with it. (Simm was originally cast as intentionally ''not'' looking like the original series Masters, but as the {{foil}} to Missy's attempted HeelFaceTurn, playing up his Classic Master aspects made sense.) |
| 200 | *** When [[spoiler:Creator/SachaDhawan]] was asked if he had any ideas for what he wanted his Master's wardrobe to look like, he sent in a bunch of pictures of Music/ArcticMonkeys frontman Alex Turner. |
| 201 | ** According to the creative team at the time, Jo Grant's CuteClumsyGirl persona was very much inspired by Katy Manning arriving at the audition without her glasses on. |
| 202 | * Branson of ''Series/DowntonAbbey'' was going to be from Yorkshire but actor Allen Leech tried in both that and his native Irish accent. Lord Fellowes decided he liked this and it became the character's entire identity, the change in nationality basically writing its own subplots for the last four series. |
| 203 | * On ''Series/{{Friends}}'', Joey Tribbiani was not originally written as a dim-witted character. Creator/MattLeBlanc suggested it. |
| 204 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 205 | ** Creator/JulianGlover is remarkably spry for his age. This lead to the producers amending the role of Pycelle to make it clear that he is not as weak and feeble as he appears. |
| 206 | ** The Northerners having actual OopNorth accents came from Creator/SeanBean. When rehearsing for the pilot, creators suggested he keep his natural accent and then told the rest of the actors playing the Starks to match him. This pretty much influenced many casting decisions in the future. Creator/RoseLeslie was in fact cast as Ygritte because the show runners had heard her do a northern accent on ''Series/DowntonAbbey''. |
| 207 | ** The small unheard prayer that Ned mutters upon his death was an actual prayer of Bean's choice. |
| 208 | ** When Creator/PedroPascal auditioned for the role of Oberyn Martell, he emphasized the Dornish prince's cultural and behavioral differences with the people of King's Landing by speaking in an accent reminiscent of his Chilean father, which carried over into the final show. |
| 209 | * ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': |
| 210 | ** The subplot in one episode in which Giardello believes that a potential girlfriend rejected him for colorist reasons was inspired by Creator/YaphetKotto's own experiences, and desire to bring the social problem to public attention. |
| 211 | ** Frank Pembleton's stroke happened because Creator/AndreBraugher threatened to leave the show, saying that Frank had become too invincible a character and boring to perform. |
| 212 | ** The revelation that Tim Bayliss was sexually abused as a child was suggested by Creator/KyleSecor, who felt that it would explain a number of aspects of his personality. |
| 213 | * ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'': Creator/PaddyConsidine's very ''Theatre/KingLear''-[=esque=] take on King Viserys was mostly his own, and Creator/GeorgeRRMartin was fully onboard with it. |
| 214 | * On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', after Creator/CoryMonteith died the producers asked Creator/LeaMichele -- star and Cory's girlfriend -- what she would like to happen with his character, Finn. She opted for TheCharacterDiedWithHim, and a few seasons got rewritten. |
| 215 | * In the final episode of ''Series/TheGnomesOfDulwich'', Creator/FrankWilliams played a society photographer. As only his legs were to be seen on screen, he decided he could choose how he wanted to play the character and so based his role on Lord Snowdon. |
| 216 | * The ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' Fan Built Episode was originally conceived when Creator/MasiOka suggested that they should do an episode with multiple endings; having fans vote on the various elements leading up to the end was just a step away. |
| 217 | * Hiro's time-stopping powers on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' are extremely special-effects intensive. Luckily, actor Creator/MasiOka worked at Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic before breaking into acting, and so he knew a thing or two about how special effects crews worked and would often suggest that shots be filmed a certain way to ease the burden on the VFX team. |
| 218 | ** The "Ninety Angry Ronin" Hiro makes Kensei fight were originally known as the "Ninety ''Hungry'' Ronin" (supplementary material had revealed they were [[IAmAHumanitarian cannibals]]) but this was changed due to Masi Oka not being able to clearly pronounce the word "hungry". |
| 219 | * ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' does this ''a lot''. Notably, Creator/NeilPatrickHarris' skill with magic tricks was transferred to Barney, while Marshall has Creator/JasonSegel's penchant for writing songs about mundane things. |
| 220 | * ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8r865m?start=302 According]] to Creator/JacobAnderson, he was the one who came with the idea that vampires make a cat-like hissing sound whenever they expose their fangs (originally, this was meant to be a silent action). |
| 221 | * ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'': |
| 222 | ** Sergeant Major Williams' iconic CharacterCatchphrase of "lovely boys" was thought by Creator/WindsorDavies during his audition. |
| 223 | ** Creator/MelvynHayes came up with a gag about Gloria falling into a river during location filming of one episode, but regretted this when the scene was filmed at six in the morning on a freezing cold day when he was unable to wear a wetsuit like everybody else. Hayes also tried to emulate his Aunt Elsie when applying his make-up on-screen. |
| 224 | * ''Series/JonathanCreek'''s duffle coat is (or at least was originally) the duffle coat Alan Davies wore to the audition. |
| 225 | * Onslow from ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' wears a hat with the initials "FH" - which stands for a New Zealand asphalt and road-building company called Fulton Hogan Ltd. His actor Creator/GeoffreyHughes had been in New Zealand promoting a show, and one of the company's drivers gave him the hat. |
| 226 | * ''Series/TheLWord'': The exploration of Bette's mixed race ancestry was suggested by Jennifer Beals, whose own heritage is really important to her. |
| 227 | * During rehearsals for one episode of ''Series/TheLastOfTheBaskets'', Creator/ArthurLowe came up with a bit of comedy on the spot before saying they don't need writers, much to the chagrin of series writer/creator John Stevenson. |
| 228 | * ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' : Creator/CharlieVickers declared he took a [[Series/TheBoys2019 Homelander]] approach to play Sauron. |
| 229 | * ''Series/TheMandalorian'': |
| 230 | ** Creator/JonFavreau has [[https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/pedro-pascal-the-mandalorian-star-wars-wonder-woman-1984-1234803468/ vaguely stated]] that Creator/PedroPascal's "insight" into Mando's relationship with the Child prompts the writers to "rethink moments over the course of the show." Pascal [[https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2022/05/pedro-pascal-reflects-on-his-wild-ride-as-the-mandalorian-with-vanity-fair.html elaborated]] that he pitched an intimate moment of Mando removing his CoolHelmet to reveal his human face to the Child. Favreau wouldn't tell him whether or not the show's plan already included such a scene, but it ended up occurring in the Season 2 finale. |
| 231 | ** Pedro Pascal has also claimed credit for delaying when exactly "The Believer" would show his face. Concept art showed Mando revealing himself to Mayfeld early into the mission, but Pascal suggested that Mando instead hide himself until "the stakes feel the highest." In the completed episode, Mando keeps his face covered until he must have it scanned. |
| 232 | ** Creator/MingNaWen helped design Fennec Shand's braid, suggesting that it resemble triangular fox ears forming a ponytail as long as a fox's tail. While filming her debut episode, she also suggested that Mando and Toro handcuff Fennec, so she could prove herself as a cunning threat by talking Toro into removing the cuffs. |
| 233 | ** Boba Fett's fighting style in "The Tragedy" and SpinOff ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' was modeled after the haka ([[UsefulNotes/NewZealand Māori]] ritual dance) at Creator/TemueraMorrison's own request. Boba's gaffi stick was made longer than those used in ''Film/ANewHope'' to accomodate his movements and make it closer to a traditional Māori weapon used for such dances, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiaha taiaha]]. |
| 234 | ** Creator/AmySedaris came up with Peli losing a tooth in the ''Book of Boba Fett'' finale, which remains missing in ''The Mandalorian'' Season 3. |
| 235 | * Gary Burghoff on ''Series/{{MASH}}'' was given a chance to tamper with his character, Radar, a bit, who in the beginning, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness could be a bit sneaky and underhanded at times]]. As a result, Radar became more childlike and innocent, and also inherited Burghoff's love for animals. He was also the one who gave Radar his first name, Walter. |
| 236 | * Interviews with Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos after ''Series/MiamiVice'' ended had him explained that he added several aspects of his character: |
| 237 | ** His introductory scene in "One Eyed Jack", where he attends a crime scene and orders Tubbs to "not come up to my face like this again, Detective", was ad-libbed and caught Phillip Michael Thomas so off-guard that he reacted in a threatening manner, forcing Creator/DonJohnson to pull him away. Notably, [[ThrowItIn this was the take used in the final cut]]. |
| 238 | ** Olmos said his choice to ignore Johnson's gaze was deliberate, in order to create a "distance" between the two characters and make Castillo more mysterious. This action caused resentment between the two actors, which can be seen throughout the series in their behavior towards one another. |
| 239 | ** He also said that Castillo's desk should always be free of paper work, and that the cops knock on the door before entering the office. He also requested that he wear a plain black suit and tie, in sheer contrast to the other characters' colorful designer suits. In later episodes, Castillo would be shown sleeping at his desk whenever the Vice team was engaged in a major/multi-day case. |
| 240 | * In ''Series/{{Narcos}}'', Javier Peña wears '70s-inspired outfits, even in episodes set in either the '80s or the '90s, because his actor, Creator/PedroPascal, [[https://youtu.be/EUTGtoIzkdk?t=432 decided that the '80s-inspired outfits originally provided for him didn't look flattering on himself]]. |
| 241 | -->"I looked like I was playing dress-up, like a kid, I looked like a child, like I just got lost. And, um... I looked like a dork. And so I came up with this idea, I was like, y'know, let's just say Javier Peña is like [[Series/MadMen Don Draper]]. In that, like, the seventies is his- like, that was where he really found himself. And so he can't really- and so he's stuck there. He's not throwing those pants out, he's not changing his hair, he's not changing his shoes; it's his time, and he's gonna look like that until the day he dies." |
| 242 | * Nikita in ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' is a vegetarian, which is a nod to her actress Maggie Q being famously a vegan. Additionally, the three main characters, Nikita, Alex and Michael, sport tattoos which are actually their actors' (although Alex also sports one that isn't). |
| 243 | * The TV version of ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'' featured a greatly increased focus on Oscar's gambling, especially at the track, and Felix's love of opera because those were particular interests of their actors (Jack Klugman and Tony Randall, respectively). Also, Oscar's wardrobe on the show was, in many cases, Klugman's own. |
| 244 | * ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': |
| 245 | ** Much of Michael Scott's arc was conceived by Creator/SteveCarell, including Michael getting into a relationship with Jan Levinson, and his finally completing and screening ''Threat Level Midnight''. |
| 246 | ** Creator/EllieKemper said she auditioned with a sarcastic straight woman line with [[WorldOfSnark the rest of the cast]], yet once she passed the writers reworked Erin to be a perky and optimistic girl who Kemper recognized as an exaggerated version of herself. |
| 247 | * In the intro spot for the London 2012 Olympics featuring UsefulNotes/ElizabethII and Creator/DanielCraig's Film/JamesBond, the Queen was originally going to be acted by an impersonator -- when Creator/DannyBoyle contacted the Palace for approval, she said that she wanted to do it herself. And then, when they were filming, she didn't have any lines but suggested to the creators that she should say something when Bond walks in. With the go-ahead, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth [=II=] had got into the show and invented her own lines. |
| 248 | * ''Series/OnTheBuses'': The CharacterCatchphrase of "I 'ate you, Butler!" wasn't in any scripts at first, but was invented by Creator/StephenLewis. |
| 249 | * Nowhere in the script for ''Series/OpenAllHours'' did it say anything about Arkwright having a stutter. That was entirely Creator/RonnieBarker's idea. |
| 250 | * According to the script book for ''Series/RedDwarf VIII'', Doug Naylor consulted Creator/CraigCharles (who had been arrested a few years earlier, although the charges were dropped) about aspects of prison. It was Charles who said Lister probably wouldn't be allowed his guitar in case he used the strings in a suicide attempt, which became a subplot of "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIIIKrytieTV Krytie TV]]". |
| 251 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'': |
| 252 | ** Creator/CatherineOHara suggested Moira's style be inspired by eccentric socialite Daphne Guinness, and she suggested that Moira wear wigs to fit her mood, which has led to Moira's famous wig wall. O'Hara is said to choose the wigs for Moira's scenes herself. O'Hara also suggested Moira's bizarre accent. |
| 253 | ** Patrick's famous SerenadeYourLover moment came about because actor Creator/NoahReid, who arranged the Tina Turner cover himself after Daniel Levy wrote it into the script, is a musician himself. |
| 254 | ** Annie Murphy developed Alexis's distinct vocal fry and hand gestures after watching youtube clips of the Kardashians and other such celebrities for hours. |
| 255 | ** Creator/DanLevy wrote his own love of Music/MariahCarey into his character, who spends an evening of karaoke performing her catalog. Carey herself has tweeted about the show, in particular, the romantic line said to David: |
| 256 | --->'''Patrick:''' You're my Mariah Carey. |
| 257 | * The ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' Season 1 DVDCommentary mentions that Creator/ZachBraff (JD's actor) was the one who suggested the theme tune be [[RealSongThemeTune "Superman" by Lazlo Bane]]. |
| 258 | ** Also JD's lack of knowledge about sports was added in due to Braff himself not knowing much about them in real life. |
| 259 | ** The Janitor as any character at all, much less the character he became, was inspired by Creator/NeilFlynn going OffTheRails. |
| 260 | ** A few elements of Dr. Cox were inspired by Creator/JohnCMcGinley, such as the Detroit Red Wings jersey he occasionally wears (John is a Red Wings fan, and the particular jersey he wears on the show is that of Chris Chelios, who is a friend of John). |
| 261 | * The nature of ''Franchise/StarTrek'' meant the actors had the opportunity to make lots of things up as they went along. They had fairly clear mental images of their own characters. They would speak up when something was out of character and propose changes. |
| 262 | ** ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': |
| 263 | *** Creator/LeonardNimoy came up with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch,[[note]]With Creator/WilliamShatner contributing, being the first on-screen victim of it.[[/note]] the Vulcan salute, and the "Live long and Prosper" and "Peace and long life" salutations. |
| 264 | *** "[[{{Recap/StarTrekS1E4TheNakedTime}} The Naked Time]]" had Sulu go a little crazy, and the original script called for him to grab a katana. Creator/GeorgeTakei, who had grown up watching Creator/ErrolFlynn's movies, suggested instead that, to emphasize the future melting-pot setting, Sulu instead take up a rapier. He also told the producers that he was trained as a fencer -- and then once they bought the concept, started taking lessons, and is an avid fencer even today. |
| 265 | *** In "[[Recap/StarTrekS1E26ErrandOfMercy Errand Of Mercy]]", John Colicos was the person who gave [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy the Klingons]] their dark-skinned, mustached look. He said he was going for the "UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan" look. (The script describes the Klingons only as "Oriental, hard-faced".) Makeup artist Fred Phillips agreed on it, and conceived the Klingons in this fashion. And in spite of the considerable evolution of Klingon makeup, Colicos retained some essential features of his original appearance when he portrayed Kor on ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. |
| 266 | *** Pavel Chekov's Russian accent was inspired by Creator/WalterKoenig's father, who was a Lithuanian immigrant that also mixed up his V's and W's (e.g. "[[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome nuclear wessels]]"). |
| 267 | ** Riker's beard, which became the {{Trope Namer|s}} for GrowingTheBeard in season two of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', came about when Creator/JonathanFrakes stopped shaving while the series was briefly on hiatus due to a writers' strike. Creator/GeneRoddenberry decided that Riker should keep the beard, telling Frakes, "It's ''nautical''!" |
| 268 | ** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': |
| 269 | *** Ben Sisko originally had a full head of hair to distinguish him from Creator/AveryBrooks' previous role, Hawk from ''Series/SpenserForHire''. However, when Spenser returned in the form of made-for-TV movies, Brooks had to keep the shaved head again, and it was decided that Sisko had already established himself enough as a character in his own right that it's okay if he starts to look more like Hawk. |
| 270 | *** A big part of Gul Dukat's success as a recurring villain was actor Marc Alaimo's [[WagTheDirector Wagging the Director]] on how to play him: rather than portray a stereotypical mustache-twirler, he was remarked to speak every one of his lines as if ''he'' was the protagonist of the series rather than Sisko. This led to him becoming one of the most complex antagonists in ''Star Trek'' history. |
| 271 | *** The original script for the series finale had Sisko leaving to be with the Prophets permanently. Avery Brooks objected to the stereotypical portrayal of a black man abandoning his wife and child, and the scene was changed to establish that Sisko promised to return. |
| 272 | * In ''Series/TrueBlood'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQn1oh7u7-I Anna Camp came up with the idea]] of [[MakesSenseInContext kissing]] [[AlasPoorYorick the severed head]] during rehearsals, which the directors liked and added. |
| 273 | * Series/{{VIP}}: In a bit of cross-promotional genius, it was star Creator/PamelaAnderson's idea to have the episode [[Recap/VIP2x16HardValsNight Hard Val's Night]] end with the world premiere of SpecialGuest stars' [[Music/{{Lit}} Lit's]] music video for Music/{{Miserable}}, with the in-universe explanation being that the band asked Val to star in it. The character Pam plays in the video even has the same name as her V.I.P. character, Vallery Irons. |
| 274 | * Anne Robinson claimed that as the host of ''Series/TheWeakestLink'', she was originally supposed to be sympathetic to the contestants being eliminated. However, after seeing how nasty the contestants could be to each other, she created the Uber Bitch persona fans are more familiar with. |
| 275 | * ''Series/WhatWeDoInTheShadows2019'': The character that became [[TheRenfield Guillermo]] was initially pictured as a few decades older, but Harvey Guillén's acting was seen as a natural fit and so the character was rewritten to accommodate for the casting. |
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| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Music Videos]] |
| 279 | * In Music/BritneySpears' debut video "Baby One More Time," her love interest is a high school basketball player and the climactic dance scene takes place on the school's basketball court, intercut with shots of the big game. According to Britney's memoir, the high school setting was actually her idea, and the basketball focus was because she herself played basketball in high school before her music career took off. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 283 | * ''Series/TheNoddyShop'': [[https://brioux.tv/blog/2019/06/19/sean-mccann-1935-2019/ According to an interview]], the boat in the backyard of the shop is inspired by a boat Sean [=McCann=], who played Noah Tomten, used to play on as a kid that his brother had made for him. |
| 284 | * Big Bird from ''Series/SesameStreet'' was initially played as more of a dimwitted country hick during his first few seasons. Then his puppeteer, Carroll Spinney, got the idea of portraying the character as a six-year-old kid, making him more inexperienced, curious, and naïve rather than just dumb. The producers let him go with it, leaving many to feel that this was when the character really took off. |
| 285 | [[/folder]] |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 288 | * ''Radio/JourneyIntoSpace'': In ''Journey to the Moon'' / ''Operation Luna'', Jet's great-uncle Hector, who tutored him about UsefulNotes/TheMoon as a child, was based on Andrew Faulds' adopted uncle Hector [=MacPherson=], who wrote a book entitled ''Practical Astronomy''. |
| 289 | [[/folder]] |
| 290 | |
| 291 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 292 | * ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'': |
| 293 | ** A few elements of UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson's portrayal were inspired by his original Broadway cast performer, Daveed Diggs. Firstly, Jefferson was originally going to be put in a pretty plain suit like the sort his RealLife counterpart tended to wear, but according to the costume designer Daveed was just too vibrant and with such a rock star air to him that they went as all-out with the costuming as he did with the performance and had him wearing a Music/{{Prince}}-inspired bright purple suit. (Which does make some of his comments about UsefulNotes/AlexanderHamilton dressing like 'fake royalty' more than a little [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]], but that's not out of character either...) Secondly, Diggs apparently had problems with some of the original choreography so he was told to improvise and come up with some of his own, which the choreographer then 'made good' in his words, giving Jefferson his pretty distinctive bounciness and jazzy shuffling. |
| 294 | ** In another example, the costume designer really wanted to reflect the AnachronismStew of the musical through having the actors wear period clothing from the neck down, but look modern from the neck up. For most of the actors, this simply meant not doing the wigs or powdered hair mandatory in men's fashion at the time. However, there was a particular instance where Hercules Mulligan's actor, Okieriete Onaodowan, came to a rehearsal wearing a skull cap and the designer really liked the way it looked, so he was asked to keep it on. After that, it became a regular part of the character's costume. |
| 295 | * Mary Martin coming fresh out of the shower helped inspire [[Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein Richard Rodgers]] to write "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair" for ''Theatre/SouthPacific''. In her own words: |
| 296 | -->It all started with a crazy idea of mine. It came to me in my shower one day. Richard was working at his desk and I came tearing out of the shower, dripping wet, without a stitch on, to say, "Richard, always in movies and the theater people say, 'I've just washed my hair and I can't do a thing with it.' But they looked utterly perfect. Now, wouldn't it be great if sometime I washed my hair, right on stage, maybe even singing a song, and then came out all dripping? Wouldn't that be a great scene?"\ |
| 297 | Richard looked a little bit patient and more than a little bit worried.\ |
| 298 | "Don't you dare tell that to anyone," he said. "Not a soul. If you do, they'll go for it, and then you'll have to do it onstage eight times a week." |
| 299 | * ''Theatre/{{Hadestown}}'' had several actor-inspired elements as it went along. |
| 300 | ** Chris Sullivan, the off-Broadway Hermes, was the one behind the "that ain't easy walking, jack" line in the "Wait For Me" intro. He texted the idea to Anais Mitchell and she wasn't convinced until he sent her audio of him saying the line, and when he left the role of Hermes he gave her permission to keep it. |
| 301 | ** On Broadway, Eva Noblezada had input on Eurydice's costume jewelry and picked out her rings herself, including a snake ring (a reference to Eurydice's death by snakebite in the original myth), a mood ring, a ring made of chain links that match Hadestown's "brick wall" motif, and a ring with a feather design to match Eurydice's "songbird" symbolism and Orpheus' line in "Wedding Song" about lying on a bed of feathers. |
| 302 | ** According to [[https://www.playbill.com/article/how-michael-krass-used-fashion-to-make-hadestowns-players-into-singular-characters costume designer]] Michael Krass, Patrick Page came up with the idea of Hades having snake arm garters and the brick wall tattoo, while Reeve Carney came up with Orpheus's suspenders and vintage pants. |
| 303 | ** Patrick Page is also responsible for Hades's shades and white hair, being the first ideas he had for the role Off-Broadway. The sunglasses were instantly approved, but the white hair wasn't until later on. By that point, Page's own hair had gone white, but he used a wig anyway. |
| 304 | ** A [[https://broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/the-ensemblist/167-way-down-hadestown-feat-ahmad-simmons/ podcast interview]] with Ahmad Simmons, who originated the role of Worker #4, mentions that Ahmad successfully pushed for the Workers to have a larger presence in Act 2 after realizing that they could observe the action and react to events even when not singing or dancing. Director Rachel Chavkin agreed, and in the finalized version the Workers are onstage for almost the entire runtime of the second act. |
| 305 | * ''Theatre/BlitheSpirit'': Madame Arcati was created especially for actress Creator/MargaretRutherford, a real Modern Spiritualist. Initially Creator/NoelCoward wrote Arcati was a fake who'd almost accidentally contacted dead people, but Rutherford would have none of it and based her performance on real mediums. Arcati's healthy practices reflect recommendations for mediums in those days. Even her hesitance to eat meat right before a session is TruthInTelevision in this regard. |
| 306 | [[/folder]] |
| 307 | |
| 308 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 309 | * Eddie Riggs in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' was at first designed as a general roadie with a hint of DeadpanSnarker, and he even took after [[Music/{{Motorhead}} Lemmy]] for a while. As the character was developed, Lemmy himself was given a voice-role, and the designers didn't want to tie him so close to such an iconic figure. Eventually, elements of Creator/JackBlack were considered, but the designers couldn't have guessed that Jack Black himself would approach them to work on the project (he was a fan of Creator/DoubleFine's previous work, ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}})''. Eventually, Eddie ''[[InkSuitActor became]]'' Jack. |
| 310 | * ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'': |
| 311 | ** Majima Goro was initially meant to speak with a regular Kansai accent, but his voice actor Creator/HidenariUgaki could not pull it off for the life of him because he was born and raised in Tokyo. So Majima's character was changed to fake the accent on purpose, since the writing team figured that having him fake his accent would fit his character. This gets referenced a few times in ''VideoGame/Yakuza4'' when a few people call out Majima on his accent (mostly in flashbacks). In the same vein, since Ugaki doesn't really like singing, he makes absolutely no effort to sound any good; the bad and occasionally manic singing was also kept in as part of Majima's character. |
| 312 | ** Creator/YuuichiNakamura also doesn't like singing, so his character in ''VideoGame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' and ''VideoGame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' admits he doesn't like singing. This reflects in the gameplay too: he doesn't sing or participate in any of the karaoke songs, and it's also incredibly difficult to get him in the Musician Job. |
| 313 | * Solid Snake's physical mannerisms from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty'' onward were modeled on those of his Japanese voice actor, Akio Ohtsuka (a strange example as Ohtsuka did not do any of the MotionCapture for the character). |
| 314 | * Adrienne's jeans in ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}'' were not originally part of her costume. The actress wore them in on the first day of filming and the producer decided they were perfect. The actress states that, being already somewhat worn, they were held together by duct tape by the end of shooting. |
| 315 | * In a CanonImmigrant way, Kano was originally Japanese in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat1992''. After being played by an English actor who often claimed to be Australian and portrayed Kano as such in [[Film/MortalKombatTheMovie the movie]], [[Franchise/MortalKombat further installments]] had him come from the LandDownUnder. |
| 316 | * At the end of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' after [[spoiler: Vergil finds out Nero is his son, Vergil was supposed to tell Dante something along the lines of "You aren't the only one that had fun" regarding Nero's mother. However, Creator/DanSouthworth felt that the line was too flippant and believed the only reason Vergil would have gotten involved with a woman and even sire Nero in the first place ([[OneNightStandPregnancy intentionally or otherwise]]) was if his mother was "significant" to him emotionally, and changed the line to to the much more solem and whistful "Well, well. ''That'' was a long time ago."]] |
| 317 | [[/folder]] |
| 318 | |
| 319 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 320 | * After seeing Creator/BradJones do frequent Creator/HarrisonFord impressions during a WebVideo/NostalgiaCritic[=/=]WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob crossover, Creator/DougWalker had Snob dressing up as Franchise/IndianaJones in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights''. ([[TheDanza The shared surname]] is a plus.) |
| 321 | [[/folder]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 324 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'', Yakko Warner's VerbalTic -- a long, croaky "uhhhhhhhh..." he makes before a joke or when he's trying to think of a witty remark -- was improvised by Creator/RobPaulsen during auditions. |
| 325 | * Sokka in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' was originally going to be more of a straight-man sidekick (notice [[CharacterizationMarchesOn his slightly out-of-character]] {{Jerkass}} tendencies towards Aang in the opening episodes) but the creators liked Jack [=DeSena=]'s comic delivery and occasional ad-libs so much that he was quickly re-tooled into a PluckyComicRelief DeadpanSnarker. |
| 326 | * Creator/KeithDavid used to shout out "Jalapeña" as a replacement for "Hallelujah," a {{Character Tic|s}} he picked from blues singer Bernadine Mitchell. Come ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', this would become a mild catchphrase among the main characters, particularly Goliath (whom David voiced). Voice director Jamie Thomason bet that series creator Creator/GregWeisman wouldn't be able to put it into the show -- obviously, Weisman won. |
| 327 | * Creator/SethGreen was the only one of the auditionees for Chris Griffin in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' who didn't use a "SurferDude voice", and Creator/SethMacFarlane thought it was perfect. |
| 328 | * In ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou'', Velma Dinkley's quirk of losing her glasses was inspired by an incident involving her voice actress, Nicole Jaffe, misplacing her own glasses during the first table read, and exclaiming "My glasses! [[BlindWithoutEm I can't see without them!]]" Velma's bob haircut and wide mouth also appeared inspired by Jaffe's appearance at the time. Fred and Daphne also bore physical similarities to their original voice actors (Creator/FrankWelker and Stefanianna Christopherson). |
| 329 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 330 | ** In "Simpson and Delilah", Creator/MattGroening had originally intended to design Karl to look like Creator/HarveyFierstein, who objected to the idea because he felt he did not "look like gay people, how they're supposed to look." Fierstein suggested that the character be made "blond, and tall, and gorgeous, and skinny, and [given] a beautiful place to live." |
| 331 | ** In "Stark Raving Dad", Music/MichaelJackson pitched several story ideas for the episode, such as Bart telling everyone in town that Michael Jackson was coming to his house. He also requested that there be a scene in which he and Bart wrote a song together and asked that a joke about Music/{{Prince}} be changed to one about Music/ElvisPresley. |
| 332 | ** According to the DVDCommentary for "Burns, Baby Burns", Creator/RodneyDangerfield rewrote most of his dialogue as Larry Burns to better suit his comic sensibilities. |
| 333 | * Squidward Tentacles of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is occasionally seen riding a recumbent bicycle, first seen in TheMovie. This was inspired by his voice actor, Creator/RodgerBumpass, who owns one himself. |
| 334 | * In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', Ahsoka Tano was originally going to have an Icelandic accent. During Creator/{{Ashley Eckstein}}'s audition however, it was decided to have Ahsoka's personality and voice based on Ashley after Creator/DaveFiloni saw her own personality mid-audition takes. |
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