Stand out instances of this include Matthew McConaughey’s completely improvised tribal chest beat from “The Wolf of Wall Street,” or the line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” from “Jaws.” Even Thor’s beard compliment to Cap in “Avengers: Infinity War” came from Chris Hemsworth himself.
One movie that happens to host just such a raw, improvised gem is Daniel Craig’s third appearance as James Bond in “Skyfall.” The most successful 007 adventure ever is crammed with incredible set pieces, a despicable villain in Javier Bardem’s Silva, as well as a star-studded cast taking the iconic roles of M, Q, and Moneypenny.
In the first few minutes of the film, before the iconic opening credits roll, Bond is chasing down a target that has jumped aboard a train, leaving the agent to continue in hot pursuit by way of a JCB construction vehicle.
It’s a moment so perfectly Bond that you can practically smell the Martini seeping through the screen.
Speaking to GQ in 2020, Daniel Craig revealed that the suit sorting has more to do with the real man Bond is, rather than the cool, suave hero we all perceive him to be.
Craig noted in the interview that the moment was not in the script, but the actor improvised it during shooting and it made it into the final cut of “Skyfall.” “I realised why that came in, why he did it: because he’s scared.
It’s moments like this that led Craig to give us a very different Bond to all those that came before him.