There's surely a lot of pressure around reimagining one of film's most romantic dance floor moments. But luckily for Bracey, the scene from the highly watched Netflix movie added a little bit of awkward humor — at Sloane's expense — to take some of that pressure off. So while the Holidate star told CinemaBlend that the scene "doesn't end so well" and that he doesn't quite "know if Jackson nails" it, there was another moment in the film he did get flawlessly right. And funnily enough, that one was a total accident.
Those who have already caught the new Netflix film might have been impressed by Bracey's ability to catch in his mouth a chocolate that Roberts tosses his way. Unlike the Dirty Dancing lift, this scene wasn't just captured in one take but was entirely improvised, with both actors nailing it in one take.
"That was added. Like, it was a fluke, we just did that, and it just happened," Roberts told CinemaBlend. "That was a one and done, was not in the script. I just threw the chocolate in his mouth, and we were like, 'Oh my god!' I mean, we couldn't believe it."
While perfecting a tricky lift might have terrified Bracey, it's clear from both his perfect execution on the dance floor and this chocolate toss that the Holidate actor has got the chops to do just about anything he sets his mind to.
