10 TV Scenes Shot For Real

2. Walt's Pizza Throw - Breaking Bad

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One of the most hilarious and unforgettable moments in all of Breaking Bad occurred in season three's "Caballo sin Nombre," when Walter White (Bryan Cranston) angrily hurls a pizza on top of his roof after being rejected by his wife Skyler (Anna Gunn).

Considering how challenging it would be to throw an extra large pizza onto the roof from Walt's vantage point, most fans assumed it was either a mistake which was kept in the episode, or more likely, a visual effects element added in post-production.

But incredibly, Bryan Cranston did it himself on the very first take, as he explained on a Reddit AMA:

"Well, I would have patted myself on the back but I was holding a pizza. Yeah, I did it in one try. It was a real pizza (a super xtra large) and very heavy. I just got lucky and it landed in the right place on the very first try so we let it be that way."

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