Movie Lines That Were Never Meant For The Final Cut

Published on August 16, 2020
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The Third Man

Of course, Orson Welles has earned himself quite the reputation. Did you know this film legend would improvise wordplay off the cuff? During his film The Third Man, he came up with this one on the spot, “In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed. They produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace. And what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.”

The Third Man

The Third Man

The Devil Wears Prada

Ah, Miranda Priestly, the strict, curt but brilliant fashion editor! Arguably, one of Meryl Streep’s best roles! Unsurprisingly, such an enormous talent like Meryl Streep is able to get into character and improvise some pretty incredible lines. Streep came up with the line, “Everybody wants to be us.” Iconic.

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The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada