00:00This mistake was so good that the director left it in.
00:03From 1953, come...
00:05Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a movie musical starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.
00:10If you've never heard of it, then you've at least heard of its most famous song, Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.
00:15If you haven't, then quite frankly, what are you doing with your life?
00:17Whilst Monroe has obviously gone on to achieve megastars...
00:20At the time, it was Russell who was the more accomplished actor, and she lived up to her status...
00:25...as an icon when a scene by a swimming pool went horribly and hilariously wrong.
00:29The closing sequence...
00:30The sequence for the number Ain't There Anyone Here For Love involved several muscular men in tiny trunks...
00:35leaping over Russell as she sat by the edge of a pool.
00:37Unfortunately for her, one of these hunks was a little too...
00:40...too beefy and clipped her in the back of her head with his leg and sent her crashing into the pool.
00:45Because Russell was an absolute pro though, she carried on, emerging from the pool to finish the song.
00:50The blunder fit her character perfectly and is probably the best bit of the entire scene.
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