If you’ve watched Jack Neo's 2012 comedy Ah Boys To Men (which landed on Netflix on June 1 BTW), you’d probably remember the scene where Irene Ang, who plays an overprotective mother, berates a MINDEF officer after her pampered son, recruit Ken Chow (Joshua Tan), got hospitalised due to a self-inflicted heat injury.

In the event that you don't remember, here's the scene, courtesy of Irene, who posted it on her IG on June 7.

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My fave scene in #ABTM ! Let u all in on a secret ! This scene was a completely unscripted . I remembered after shoot ,n i hv chged out to my own cloths n walking to my car . When, d asst producer ran after me and ask me if i can chg bk to my show costume , n stay for another hour . I said ... but nothing already leh according to my shoot booking today . She replied , yes yes but *LiangDao wana try something . He is thinking of rolling d camera n u just scold n scold from bottom to top because u want ro know why yr son hv dehydration ok ? Mmmm.. wah.. no script n just scold freely ah... ok lor! Changed, Deep breadth, go ! N so i did .. 2 takes of non stop scolding n its a wrap . It has since become one of my most ridiculously memorable n fun scene ! I must say @jackneock is a genius n initiative director .. #trustthedirector #actorslife #ilovemyjob #FLYentertainmentTurns20

A post shared by IRENE ANG (@flyirene) on Jun 7, 2020 at 5:45am PDT

But did you know the scene was, according to Irene, completely unscripted ?

According to the 51-year-old Fly Entertainment head honcho, she had finished filming her scenes for the day and had changed out of her clothes and was about to head to her car when the assistant producer of ABTM ran after her and asked if she had an hour to spare.

Turned out, director Jack wanted to “try something” out. He then told Irene to just “scold and scold from bottom to top”, demanding that the MINDEF officer explain to her how and why her son suffered from dehydration during training.

“Wah… No script…” Irene recalled. “Just scold freely ah? Okay lor!”

And so she did.

It only took the actress “two takes of non-stop scolding” to achieve what Jack was looking for.

“It has since become one of my most ridiculously memorable and fun scene[s]! I must say Jack Neo is a genius, Irene wrote, adding that the director is someone who takes initiative.

Her post struck a chord with her followers, with many of them praising Irene for her “natural” acting. They also thanked her for bringing back good memories about the show.

One fan wrote: “I really enjoyed your character in the film! Can’t tell that this was totally unscripted!”

So when will Netflix be releasing the rest of ABTM series?

Photos: Irene Ang’s Instagram and Netflix