10 Actors That Totally Underprepared For A Movie Role

10. Sabrina Carpenter - Quinn Ackerman (Work It)

During the events of Netflix's dance comedy flick Work It, Sabrina Carpenter's Quinn Ackerman ultimately goes from awkward mover to dance machine. But in order to convincingly portray the fact that her character wasn't initially quite at the same level of those busting a move around her, the star who isn't exactly known for being a bad dancer in real-life had a clever idea.

As Carpenter would explain in a BuzzFeed interview with some of cast mates, the actor specifically opted to not fully learn the routines she was asked to perform in certain scenes. In particular, the moment that saw Ackerman auditioning for a place on the Thunderbirds team actually boasted a Carpenter who had no idea what was going on.

In fact, Carpenter was actually taking her lead from the two girls in front of her, meaning that she intentionally was always an awkward count behind as she brilliantly flailed around on stage.

When it comes to excuses behind why you didn't stay up all night learning your on-set choreography homework, confessing that it was actually all a part of your master plan to look authentically terrible isn't the worst one in the world, I guess.