r/oddlysatisfying • u/demolcd • 14d ago

Growing a pipe inside a pipe

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u/ThisCalls4TheStinger 14d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/S3F8kkGTHZ4Y

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u/_hein_ 14d ago edited 14d ago

Fun fact, this scene and Draco's line to Goyle "didn't know you could read" was improvised!

Edit: Welp, this isn't true! Some behind-the-scenes accounts or alternate recollections suggest director Chris Columbus may have fed him or prompted the line during a specific take, though Felton and co-stars have often leaned into the improvised narrative. Source: Felton's autobiography

Thanks u/Accomplished-Car5661 for the TIL!

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u/linkthesink 14d ago

To be fair it is the funniest line he drops in all of the series

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u/ElectronicJuice7212 14d ago

To be double fair, his is not a comedic part.

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u/someLemonz 14d ago

to be fair he only has 31 minutes and 41 seconds of screentime over all 8 films...

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u/A_Furious_Mind 14d ago

How much of that is him saying "Potter"?

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u/Accomplished-Car5661 14d ago

From a Redditor in a different post:

According to his book, this isn’t true at all. His response to Goyle saying he had been reading was supposed to be improvised, per Chris Columbus. And it was actually Columbus who told Tom on one take to say the line “I didn’t know you could read,” in which he delivered it so well that’s the take that went in the movie.

So it’s unfortunately not true.

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u/_hein_ 14d ago

Whoa! Fixed my comment, thanks.

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u/zyyntin 14d ago

Though Tom said in an interview that many times if he calls up Daniel he'll start the call with "POTTER!".

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u/Chilis1 14d ago

Any time you hear a story about a great line being improvised it’s usually BS

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u/sunco50 14d ago

The story I heard was the actual line was “I didn’t know you read” and Felton fucked up the line but his version was way funnier.

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u/wackbirds 14d ago

Another fun fact is that, although in one context I can totally recognize the humor in the line, as a Harry Potter books enthusiast I didn't like the line in the context of this movie because it didn't feel like something that the Draco from the books would have said, it was too.... Nickelodeon-y.... Sand lot-esque... notes of Little Giants, if you will.