15 Most Awkward Moments In Film History

5. The King Of Comedy - House Invasion Scene

Awkward Moments In Film - The King Of Comedy The awkward moment when... That guy you met once breaks into your house and thinks he's your best friend! Again, Robert De Niro makes things awkward in another Scorsese film, The King of Comedy. Rupert Pupkin is desperate to become famous and thinks he's got his big break when he finally manages to talk to his idol Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis). Langford tries to be polite to Pupkin but is also trying to get away from him as soon as possible. After Pupkin tells a few jokes, Langford gives him the number of his office just to shut him up and to get away from him. Delusional Pupkin now believes he and Langford are the best of friends and after weeks of trying to get in touch with him again he decides to just pay him a visit at his holiday home. The awkward scene is when Langford comes back to find Pupkin making himself at home along with his girlfriend (who believed Pupkin when he said he and Langford were good friends). Needless to say, Langford does not welcome them with open arms and Pupkin is genuinely confused as to why he is being thrown out of the house and his girlfriend is so embarrassed. His delusions allow him to believe that this is all a misunderstanding but he eventually gets the picture and that's when Pupkin becomes a little bit more frightening.
 
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