Posted 3 minutes agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret Down29 Actors Who Demanded Big Changes To Their Characters And ScriptsBryce Dallas Howard wanted to keep her heels on in "Jurassic World" as "a metaphor."by Kristen HarrisBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink When it comes to acting, the script isn't gospel. Many actors made bold choices in their performances, but some take it a step further and suggest significant changes to the story itself. Here are 29 actors who demanded big changes to their characters and scripts...for better or worse: 1. When Jon Bernthal reprised his role as the Punisher for Daredevil: Born Again, he brought his "brilliant" improvisation skills to set. Lead actor Charlie Cox told Games Radar, "There was a scene this season, and he cares so much, he gets so into it, like thinks about it, it's almost like a pain-body. We had this scene, and he called me the night before, and he said, 'Some of these lines don't make sense for me for where I'm at. I need to mess with these a little bit. Here's what I'm gonna say. I want to say this.' He just changed some of his lines; he had kinda written his own thing." Giovanni Rufino /(C)Disney+/Marvel Studios /Courtesy Everett Collection "So, I had to adapt and relearn my stuff, which I'm totally okay to do, as he's brilliant. And then we get to set, and he didn't say any of those. He just made up a whole new set of lines. And I was like, okay...!" he said. Giovanni Rufino /(C)Disney+/Marvel Studios /Courtesy Everett Collection 2. Stranger Things actor Maya Hawke told the Wall Street Journal, "Throughout filming, we started to feel like [her character Robin] and Steve shouldn't get together, and that she's gay. Even when I go back and watch earlier episodes, it just seems like the most obvious decision ever... The Duffer Brothers and I - and Shawn Levy - had a lot of conversations throughout shooting, and it wasn't really until we were shooting Episode 4 and 5, I think, that we made the final decision. It was a collaborative conversation, and I'm really, really happy with the way that it went." Netflix 3. For Stranger Things Seasons 2 and 3, Dacre Montgomery wanted to humanize Billy more, so he pitched ideas for scenes, including about the character's parents, in order to reveal more of his backstory. Speaking specifically about Season 3, he told Vulture, "The main element was Billy's biological mother. That was something I was insistent of having included, to add to his backstory and to see the pain his mother caused him by leaving." (C)Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection 4. While filming Wednesday Season 1, Jenna Ortega changed or decided not to say lines that she felt didn't fit with the character's personality. At a Netflix Q&A, she said, "I remember there's a line where I'm talking about a dress, and initially, she was supposed to say, 'Oh my god, I'm freaking out over a dress, I literally hate myself.' And I was blown away because that sounded like... It was just a bunch of little things like that, where I felt like we were able to avoid a lot of dialogue in an attempt to make her sound human." (C)Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection For Season 2, she was promoted to producer. Appearing on the Hollywood Reporter's Comedy Actress Roundtable, she said, "I feel really lucky to be able to be in the [writers'] room early next season and be talking about scripts and giving notes." Helen Sloan / (C)Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection 5. Jim and Pam from The Office are every straight guy on a dating app's idea of true love - but series creator Greg Daniels almost split them up. He wanted Jim to cheat on Pam with Cathy, the temporary receptionist, in Season 8. In the book Welcome to Dunder Mifflin: The Ultimate Oral History of The Office, John Krasinski said, "Greg said, 'We need to come up with a good Pam-Jim storyline.' And I said, 'I think we should get borderline separated, and I think we can do it and then come back.' He was so on board with that. That's the only time I remember putting my foot down. 'Cause [Greg] was saying, 'You're going to actually make out with her in this scene.'" NBC / Via Peacock "I remember saying things that I never thought I'd say before, like, 'I'm not going to shoot it.' I remember [co-showrunner] Paul Lieberstein was in the room, who I think was very much into it. He was like, 'No, you'll do it.' Not in an aggressive way, but it was like, he saw the benefit of doing it. I remember saying to Greg, 'My feeling is there is a threshold with which you can push our audience. They are so dedicated. We have shown such great respect to them. But there's a moment where if you push them too far, they'll never come back. And I think that if you show Jim cheating, they'll never come back,'" he said. NBC / Via Peacock 6. Tommy Lee Jones made a powerful choice to condense a portion of Agent K's dialogue to a single moment. Screenwriter Ed Solomon tweeted, "I had a three-paragraph speech once in Men in Black that I spent like a week cr