10 Iconic Movie Moments That Were Completely Improvised

7. Harrison Ford's Simple Solution To Dysentry - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

When Indiana Jones first appeared on screen in Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark few were in any doubt that they were witnessing the birth of a true movie icon - several decades later and this has become an irrefutable fact, regardless of the less than satisfactory exploits in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Choosing an Indie moment which encapsulates what it is that makes him cool isn't easy - Harrison Ford's performance throughout the franchise has ensured that the character oozes cool from one moment to the next - but the wonderfully amusing gun versus sword fight scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark is surely a contender. The original script called for a drawn out fight in which Indie took on the sword-wielding Arab henchman with his whip, but since most of the cast and crew were suffering from dysentery at the time a briefer exchange seemed like the better idea. Ford reportedly turned to Spielberg and suggested that Indie should "just shoot the f**ker" - a decision which resulted in one of the most memorable moments of the series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anEuw8F8cpE