- Steve Carell's performance as Du Pont - full stop. He gives the character a very frightening presence, like a time bomb that you don't know when will go off. It got to the point where, according to Mark Ruffalo, the cast and crew avoided Carell as much as possible due to being that put on edge.Mark Ruffalo: "Everyone sort of stayed away from him. John du Pont was repellent, so the way they designed Steve's look, it made him repellent, and you didn't know what to say to him, or how to act around him. You never felt comfortable."
- The murder of Dave Schultz. Du Pont just pulls up to him and shoots him down without mercy, taking more shots even when he's crawling down on the ground in agony. Du Pont shooting Dave is frightening because of just how sudden it is. He pulls out a gun, barks "Do you have a problem with me?" to Dave, and before Dave can even stammer out a defense he pulls the trigger. Three times without flinching.
- Mark Schultz's breakdowns, particularly when he repeatedly punches himself in the face and then smashes his head through a mirror three times. The scene gets even more intense when you learn that Channing Tatum improvised the latter bit - and legitimately hurt himself in the process.
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