10 Movies That Accidentally Filmed Things You Weren't Supposed To See
9. A Stray Cat Interrupts Ryan Gosling In The Middle Of A Scene (Half Nelson)
Movie scenes that involve animals usually need to be planned out more than most, often with the help of a professional animal trainer - but not in this case.
The 2006 drama Half Nelson stars Ryan Gosling as Dan Dunne, a history teacher struggling with a drug addiction. Dan also owns a cat called Dave, and because this is one of the only meaningful connections in his life, it's absolutely heartbreaking when Dave passes away midway through the movie.
A short while later, Dan is talking with a local drug dealer, Frank (played by a baby-faced Anthony Mackie), when he spots a stray cat on the ground and decides to pick it up. At first, this might just seem like a clever bit of writing - after all, Dan has just lost his own feline friend, so it makes sense that he'd feel sympathetic towards a homeless one - but in reality, this was never supposed to happen.
The cat wasn't just a stray in the movie - it was also a stray in real life. But rather than shooing it away when it wandered into the scene, Gosling decided to pick it up instead, creating a rather profound moment for his character in the process.