The “ask me again” line in Almost Famous
Almost Famous didn’t do too hot in the box office in spite of its overwhelmingly positive reviews. However, the movie did win a boat-load of awards, so that’s pretty nice. Anyway, there a scene near the end of the movie where Penny Lane (Kate Hudson) tells William Miller (Patrick Fugit) that she’s leaving for Morocco. She asks him to join her, to which he awkwardly responds, “yes.”
After a few blubbering moments, William asks Penny to ask him again. He responds with a more convincing “yes” this time around. This part wasn’t scripted. In fact, the weirdness of the initial “yes” prompted him to ask her to repeat her question because he wanted to do a re-shoot. Instead, they left it in the movie, awkwardness and all.