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Each scene would have scripted takes and then Williams would ‘go off and it was something to behold’ says Chris ColumbusRobin Williams’ unpredictable and inexhaustible improvisation on hit comedy Mrs Doubtfire meant that film-makers shot “two million feet” of film during its production, according to its director Chris Columbus.Columbus was speaking to Business Insider to mark the 30th anniversary of the film’s original release in 1993, and said more than 900 boxes of footage are in storage and could be used in a documentary about Williams’s process. “Footage we used in the movie, outtakes, behind-the-scenes footage; it’s in a warehouse somewhere and we would like to hire an editor to go in and look at all of that … There is something special and magical about how he went about his work and I think it would be fun to delve into it.” Continue reading...