10 More Movie Scenes Shot For Real
10. Kingpin - Three Strikes In A Row
There's no escaping the fact that some shots are always going to be more difficult than others to capture in one go. For example, a scene depicting an actor picking up an apple, in theory, will be far easier to nail in one than, say, bowling three strikes in a row.
Yet, when it came time to shoot that exact sort of sequence in Peter and Bobby Farrelly's sports comedy flick Kingpin , the directors weren't counting on their leading man smashing it out of the park on the first try. But seeing as though said star went by the name of Bill Murray, something special was always on the cards, right?
Despite the brothers both admitting that the shot, which involved Murray's Ernie "Big Ern" McCracken pulling off the trifecta of strikes in a row, would likely take a while to get, masterful Murray had other ideas. In quite literally the first three shots he threw in front of the camera, the comedy legend hit a legit 'Turkey'.
Needless to say, those extras in attendance didn't do much acting by the time the third ball hit the pins.