10 Genius Ways Movies Fixed Their Own Mistakes

5. Jim Carrey Forgot His Line, But Was Hidden With Clever Editing - Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Though the Jim Carrey-starring movie adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events has been thoroughly outdone by the Netflix TV series, it's still a solid movie, and one elevated significantly by Carrey's thoroughly game performance as the villainous Count Olaf.

While shooting an early scene where Olaf is introduced to the Baudelaire children, however, Carrey had a mental blip and forgot his next line.

Ever the expert improviser, Carrey refused to break character, instead having Olaf declare that he wants to repeat the exchange, and even asking Liam Aiken, who plays Klaus, to repeat his previous line.

If you look closely during the moment, you can even see Carrey gesturing off-screen, most likely to the script supervisor, but thankfully he manages to maintain his eye-line with Aiken, allowing Brad Silberling to use the take.

With some clever editing, it comes across as a totally organic exchange, aided by both the movie's generally self-aware tone and the fact that Olaf is himself an actor.