10 Mistakes That Actually Improved The Final Films
10. Farts And Laughter Changed The Tone Of This Scene
Bryan Singer's The Usual Suspects is arguably his greatest work. With just a $6 million budget, the film went on to make over $34 million at the box office and earn actor Kevin Spacey and screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie Academy Awards.
One of the film's most iconic scenes is the lineup, memorable for the moment when the unintelligible Fenster, played brilliantly by Benicio Del Toro, steps forward and delivers his line, much to the amusement of his colleagues.
Singer originally wanted this to be a serious scene, but the story goes that Del Toro had a bad case of gas on the day of filming, with Kevin Pollak recounting how "Del Toro farted like 12 takes in a row". The actors kept giggling and putting each other off their lines, and Singer got mad after an entire morning was wasted trying to film the scene.
Even after the cast got yelled at by the director, they still couldn't keep it together and Singer decided to just keep the laughter in the final cut, using it as a way to develop the characters and establish the beginnings of a bond between them.