11 Awesome Movie Scenes That Almost Didn't Happen

5. Indy Can't Be Bothered - Raiders Of The Lost Ark

As has been pretty infamously discussed over the years, one of the most enjoyable moments in the entire Indiana Jones franchise was an improvised necessity borne out of Harrison Ford having a bad stomach.

In Raiders, when Indy is faced with an ostentatious sword-wielding baddy in the marketplace, he brilliantly reacts to his apparent menace by simply drawing his gun and shooting him dead. It's one of those little moments that cements Jones' reputation as a slightly different breed of action hero - owing a little more to the cynicism of John McClane than the swash-buckling heroism of the Golden Age of the genre.

The scene wouldn't have gone that way, though, if Ford had been able to follow the script. There was supposed to be an elaborate sword fight between the two, but Ford was so ill that day that he demanded a shorter scene. The duel was cut, the gunshot was added and Ford was allowed to return to the safety of his toilet quicker.