EastEnders to Star Wars: 20 outrageous TV and movie mistakes

From clumsy extras to serious editing fails (we’re looking at you, The X Factor), these television and movie mistakes are unbelievably bad. And, you know, unbelievably funny, too!

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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1) Star Wars: A New Hope - The clumsy Stormtrooper

His poor little head.

Bless him.

  1. Titanic - Rose’s bloody mistake

Yup, Rose only went and put her axe right through poor Jack’s arm!

With murderous behaviour like that, it’s no wonder she decided to go back on her ‘I’ll never let go’ promise, is it?

  1. EastEnders - How’s Adam?

This will NEVER stop being funny. Not ever.

  1. Braveheart - Ye olde white van

An amazing period drama - albeit an amazing period drama with a white van driving along through the middle of it. Awkward.

  1. North By Northwest - The psychic child

Single-handedly spoiling a hugely important scene in a classic Hitchcock movie, this little kid - clearly gifted with the sixth sense - sticks his fingers in his ears WELL before Eva Marie Saint fires her gun.

More than a little jarring, as we’re sure you’ll agree!

  1. Independence Day - Who knew that Area 51 had their own Art Department, eh?

When Jeff Goldblum goes on a tirade in Area 51, he drunkenly knocks over a bin. All well and good - until you realise that the bin has been labelled ‘Art Dept.’

Hmm. Either one of the most top secret areas in the world has its own art team… or one of the props managers made a big boo-boo.

  1. Teen Wolf - Woman accidentally exposes herself

A beautiful moment of celebration - until you check out the woman standing on the bleachers. Yup, her skinny jeans are well and truly undone. Yup, she’s desperately trying to cover this up. And nope, she doesn’t manage it at all.

Awkward.

  1. Gladiator - The petrol-powered chariot

We assumed it was horses pulling those chariots along - but, when one flips over, a gas canister is spotted clipped to the bottom of it.

Not something the Romans were supposed to have access to, we suppose. But, then again, they WERE ahead of their time!

  1. Frozen - That magical disappearing arm

Let it go, guys - this one can easily be explained away by the fact that Elsa is MAGIC, OKAY???

  1. Bad Boys - That ultra-chilled cameraman

This one is SO obvious - and yet barely anyone notices it until they have it pointed out to them.

Maybe that’s the genius of this cameraman’s gall, eh?

  1. Back To The Future III - The little boy who won’t stop pointing at his (ahem) ‘Flux Capacitor’

How creepy is that kid?

We hope he was trying to signal that he needed the toilet. We really, really, REALLY hope that’s what he was doing.

  1. 10 Things I Hate About You - The student who just gives up

Her PE teacher’s been shot with an arrow, so, understandably, this girl sprints off to get help. Until she suddenly stops, casually looking back at the cameras.

We guess she thought she was out of shot. It’s that or she really hated her teacher, eh?

  1. Friends - Erm, is that the roof?

Yup, that’s the top of the set. That kind of ruins the magic a bit, doesn’t it?

  1. Friends, Take Two - The disappearing food stain

We need to know where Joey bought that jumper; if only our clothes were so easy to clean!

  1. The X Factor - THAT reappearing jumper!

Halfway through, we all watched that white jumper come off. We all saw him toss it into the audience.

But then it REAPPEARED around his waist in time for the big finish.

Erm… that’s a bit suspicious, right?

  1. Pirates Of The Caribbean - Erm… that’s not a pirate

We love pirates. We especially love oblivious film crew members awkwardly masquerading as pirates after they’ve wandered into shot.

Just keep staring out across the ocean, buddy. No one will notice…

  1. American Sniper - The fake baby

Erm, Bradley Cooper? Can we... can we just say something?

WE CAN SEE YOU USING YOUR THUMB TO MAKE THE BABY’S ARM MOVE, OKAY?!?!

  1. Pretty Woman - The indecisive eater

Croissants are delicious - and so are pancakes. But why choose between them when you can eat MAGICAL breakfast food that switch between the two, eh?

You ain’t fooling nobody, Julia Roberts.

  1. Harry Potter - The suspicious bump

Yo, Hermione? You ought to look to your battery pack; it’s showing.

  1. Indiana Jones - Indie plays it s-s-s-safe

Why get into a pit of snakes and risk your life when you can stare at them from behind a nice, safe, THICK piece of glass, eh?

We see your reflection, snake. You ought to work on your acting skills.

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