25 Famous Scenes That Were Actually Improvised

3. The Shining (1980)
This image of Jack Nicholson sticking his maniacal face through the splintered opening of a door and uttering the line “Heeeere’s Johnny!” has become instantly associated with this horror classic. The line was improvised by Nicholson and inspired by Johnny Carson’s popular catchphrase. The director, Stanley Kubrick, almost didn’t include the line because he wasn’t familiar with Carson’s show.

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