10 Movie Mistakes That Made Films Better
4. True Lies - Stumbling Stripper
Over the course of her long career, Jamie Lee Curtis has played a lot of different roles. She has been a prostitute, scream queen, and a mom on more than one occasion. When she played a mom and unwitting wife to a secret agent in the movie True Lies back in 1994, she had a memorable scene few could forget.
While trying to put a little excitement into her life, she gets involved in an espionage mission orchestrated by her husband, though she isn't aware of his involvement. Through the course of the "operation," she finds herself in a hotel room with a dark figure and the instruction that she has to plant a bug, which leads her to strip in front of the sitting gentleman.
As she throws off her clothing in front of the man she isn't aware is her husband, she starts out awkwardly, but slowly finds her rhythm as her dance develops into a sexy show of distraction that culminates in her use of a bedpost as a stripper pole.
Just as things are getting hot, she pulls herself up on the pole and quickly falls right off and hits the floor. It was an accident and Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly stood up to make sure Curtis was OK, but she kept her composure and continued with the scene. Given her awkwardness in the scene, the gaff played perfectly for her character and it remained in the film.