10 Movie Scenes That Affected Actors In Profound Ways
3. Tom Hiddleston Adores A Scene So Much, He Memorised It And Has De Niro And Pacino Impressions - Heat
Some scenes have such a deep and monumental impact on an up-and-coming actor that said star of tomorrow simply cannot help but commit that sequence to memory; iconic performances included!
That was most certainly the case when it came to the legendary cup of coffee shared between Al Pacino's Lieutenant Vincent Hanna and Robert De Niro's professional thief Neil McCauley in Michael Mann's 1995 masterpiece Heat, with eventual British acting superstar Tom Hiddleston clearly being quite profoundly affected by their exchange.
In fact, when sat alongside the great De Niro himself on The Graham Norton Show a few years back, Hiddleston couldn't resist showing off his Hanna/McCauley impressions in front of the icon.
After admitting to knowing whole pages of the film, Hiddleston hilariously performed a section of that aforementioned gripping back-and-forth, throwing out a few trademark De Niro facial expressions and Pacino growls during a rather surreal few minutes.
Classing it as "one of the great pieces of screen acting you can hope to watch," you can bet a young Hiddleston never imagined he'd be offering the Raging Bull star his own personal version of one of De Niro's favourite scenes.
But here he was, and he even managed impress the mighty Bob on the night.