The fact that an actor was cast in a movie doesn’t mean they’re going to stay there. Sometimes they leave in the middle of the filming for various reasons, but another alternative is that they finish their job, but never appear in the released movie.
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Sometimes, the director or the studio decides that the character is unnecessary and the scenes with the hero end up on the cutting floor. Other times, a controversy erupts that leads to the actor’s scene being removed from the movie or even remade with another actor. Whatever the reason, there are multiple cases of well-known actors who were cut from their movies in post-production.
8Paul Rudd In Bridesmaids
Sometimes even actors as popular as Paul Rudd aren’t safe from being cut out of a movie. In Rudd’s case, the explanation is simple. Rudd filmed a scene in which he had a date with the main heroine.
However, the director Paul Feig realized that Kristen Wiig’s Annie already had a functioning romantic storyline in the movie and didn’t really need another suitor. To make the movie more fast-paced and unified, Rudd’s scene didn’t make it into the released cut.
7Kevin Spacey In All The Money In The World
One of the most recent examples of an actor being cut from a movie due to controversy is Kevin Spacey in the crime thrillerAll the Money in the World. Spacey originally played one of the leading parts.
But when allegations against him came out, Spacey was cut from the movie and the late Christopher Plummer took over the role. It ended up well in the end asPlummer did a brilliant joband was nominated for an Academy Award for his role.
6Mick Jagger In Fitzcarraldo
All fans of Mick Jagger’s music would no doubt like to see Jagger in the movie as well. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for a simple reason - a delayed production.
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Jagger was originally supposed to play one of the leading characters but when the filming got delayed, he couldn’t attend it because he already had a tour with Rolling Stones. As a result, he didn’t finish playing the role and was cut out of the movie in the end.
5Katherine Langford In Avengers: Endgame
One of the highlights of the 2019 superhero movie was seeing little Morgan Stark interact with her dad Tony. Stark could have met a grown-up version of his daughter coming to see him moments before his death.
It seemed the filmed encounter didn’t fit the concept of the movie and the test audiences didn’t approve of it soit was deleted fromAvengers: Endgame. The good news is that the fans ofIron Manwho would like to view the scene in question can watch it onYouTube.
4Rick Mayall In Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone
The 2001 movie is overall well-rated butsome Harry Potter book fans were disappointedthat one character was completely cut out of the movie - Peeves.
The malicious and intelligent Peeves was originally supposed to be in the movie and Rick Mayall, a well-known British comedy actor, worked on the movie for three weeks and was planned to appear in the sequels as well. The director Chris Columbus decided to cut the character out, though, because he wasn’t happy with Peeves' design.
3Shailene Woodley In The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Kirsten Dunst and now Zendaya are the two actresses known for portraying MJin Spider-Man movies. However, Shailene Woodley could have been one of them had things gone differently. Woodley did several scenes as Mary Jane Watson for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Andrew Garfield playing the titular superhero.
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Her part was cut out when the director Marc Webb decided to put the focus on the romance between Peter Parker and Emma Stone’s Gwen Stacy. MJ was supposed to then appear in the third movie in the series, but it never happened.
2Michael Biehn In The Terminator 2: Judgment Day
TheTerminatorfranchise is highly popular but Kyle Reese, who helped to start it all, only appeared in one movie. Michael Biehn, whose hero helped Sara Connor survive, was supposed to appear in a dream sequence in the sequel as well.
Biehn filmed the scene but it only appeared in the extended version of the movie as there was supposedly no time for it in the cinema release. Other than watching the extended cut of the movie, the scene is also on YouTube.
1Harrison Ford In E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Sometimes celebrities make cameos in movies, but not always does the cameo make it in the final cut. 1982 was a good year for Harrison Ford since it’s when his legendary movieBlade Runnercame out.
However, Ford could have appeared in another highly popular sci-fi piece from the same year. In a small part, Ford portrayed Elliot’s school principal, but just like in other cases, his scenes were deleted from the version shown in theaters.
