10 Times Actors Broke Character In Movies

It won't surprise anyone to learn that Eddie Murphy's funnyman hijinks caused a ton of flubbed takes for his co-stars and wasted a whole ton of film during the production of Beverly Hills Cop.

And one near-miss actually made it into the final film. When Axel Foley (Murphy) is spinning his memorable "super cops" story to Lieutenant Bogomil (Ronny Cox), check out Sergeant Taggart (John Ashton) rubbing his temples and pinching the bridge of his nose in a desperate attempt not to laugh and ruin the take.

The beauty of this quick thinking by Ashton is that it still sort of makes sense for the character, that the gruff Taggart is basically pinching his nose in exasperation at the absurdity of Foley's story and how unlikely Bogomil is to buy it.

Apparently Murphy and Ashton's scene partner, Judge Reinhold, meanwhile opted to tightly pinch his thigh to prevent himself from laughing. Whatever works.