10 Actors Who Hated Their Own Movie Death Scenes

Talia al Ghul's (Marion Cotillard) death at the end of The Dark Knight Rises is undeniably one of the most widely-reviled death scenes of the last decade.

Though Talia's death is supposed to be extremely dramatic, many fans felt that Cotillard's performance in the scene - hyperventilating and shaking her head like she's in a pantomime - rendered the scene unintentionally hilarious.

The death was ridiculed so much online that word eventually got back to Cotillard herself, who a few years ago mentioned that she wasn't too happy with how it turned out either:

"We're all in the same boat, and if sometimes it gets out of control, then everyone is involved... Sometimes there are failures, and when you see this on screen, you're thinking: 'Why? Why did they keep that take?' But either you blame everyone or nobody. But I thought people overreacted, because it was tough to be identified just with this scene. When I'm doing the best I can to find the authenticity in every character that I'm playing, it's tough to be known just for this scene.

Yes, it's important to know how to laugh about this, and also, there are worse things in life... Even if there are things that can hurt you. But I wasn't really affected by this. I just though the reaction was disproportionate, and it helps to laugh about it."

At least Cotillard has the good sense to see the light side of it, no matter how much it might frustrate her that director Christopher Nolan didn't pick a better take.