TIL the famous line from the film Captain Phillips “Look at me. I’m the captain now.” was improvised by actor Barkhad Abdi who had no prior acting experience.

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LegendaryFalcon: His other line that I liked in the movie is “30,000 dollars? Do I look like a beggar?”.

zombietrooper: It was awesome seeing this actor in the new Blade Runner. Glad he’s getting more roles, even if they’re small.

SsurebreC: [Video of the scene.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjfMVqL344Y)

The_Immortalist: That scene was also the first time he and Tom Hanks had ever met because the director wanted the reaction by Tom to be authentic.

IronicMetamodernism: Such a great film.

I still think Tom Hanks should stay away from water. Look what happens; piracy, shipwreck and mermaids.

BlackMilk23: Barkhad Abdi is a really good actor.

I honestly thought that we would never hear from him again after Captain Phillips but he was really good in [Eye in the Sky](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eye_in_the_sky/) too.

hotelNoiseComplaint: You know whoever wrote the headline on this article thought they really nailed it:
> Tom Hanks talks about novice Somali actors who almost steal his film

GalantisX: Takes guts to improve when working on your first movie set with Tom Hanks

Damn_Croissant: And an Academy Award nomination on his very first role. So impressive!!

9kz7: Look at me. I’m improvising now.

KafkasGhost: Look at me. I’m the screenwriter now.

AwfulAtLife: Yeah that’s actually crazy, he was a limo driver who got a big break and did an amazing job with the role

478607623564857: The guy must be ecstatic that his improv became a meme.

txijake: I find that the best lines usually are improv

yo-fry: Fucking killed it in “Good Time” too

RolandKa: My friend Simon told me that this guys is broke now.

Brutal business. Brutal.

TerroristOgre: Great film. Tom was good in it.

This is just one of those lines man. It just idk I don’t even understand why but it justs so chilling and powerful.

I guarantee you ask a 100 people who watched the movie the first thing they think of, at least 90 will recount this line.

wagerbut: I feel like in most movies the improvised lines are the ones that are the most famous. It must be because the actors are saying it from their own heart with conviction in instead of reading off a TelePrompTer

blumhagen: Honestly a good movie. I saw the trailer & thought man that looks dumb, then I saw it on Netflix & gave it a go.

fongaboo: https://i.imgflip.com/20tcok.jpg

kingsky123: I guess he truly believed he was the captain at that point of time 😛

TyrionWins: Pride of Minneapolis… too some

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