10 Film Directors Who Totally Tricked The Studio

10. Ridley Scott & Harrison Ford Deliberately Ruined The Studio-Mandated Narration (Probably) - Blade Runner

The infamously maligned theatrical cut of Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic Blade Runner was widely pilloried for Harrison Ford's hilariously flat voice-over narration, as was only included in the film at the studio's insistence after test audiences found the original cut "confusing."

Poor Ford was dragged into a recording booth in post-production and, if legend is to be believed, he conspired with Scott to deliberately give an affect-free, hilariously dull performance in the hope that Warner Bros. wouldn't use it.

But of course, they initially used it anyway, even despite one of the film's producers calling Ford's voiceover "terrible" following a test screening.

And while their apparent scheme may have backfired at the time of Blade Runner's original release, Scott and Ford managed to have the last laugh a decade later, when the 1992 Director's Cut deleted the voiceover entirely, and the film went on to enjoy a major critical re-evaluation.

In fairness, Ford has denied claims he intentionally tanked the narration, yet this is a piece of apocryphal movie history so pervasive - while the narration is so awful - that it's practically impossible not to believe.