Famous Movie Lines That Were Actually Improvised

The Dark Knight

Everyone knows by now that Heath Ledger was really in the zone during the filming of The Dark Knight, in which he gives a terrifying new take on the classic Batman villain The Joker.

Well, in at least one scene, he gave a memorable reaction that, while it didn’t involve a spoken line, also wasn’t in the script.

The Dark Knight

When he’s in jail and hears that Commissioner Gordon has been promoted, Ledger’s Joker decided to clap slowly and sarcastically.