12+ Actors Who Were Cut From Films In The Late Production Stage (Schwarzenegger Had 2 Roles In Terminator 3)

We can all make a decision and then change our minds. Film directors too: at first, an idea seems brilliant, and then you have to edit the film. Interestingly, sometimes the role removed from a production can become the path to glory (as happened with the actress eliminated from Constantine), but from time to time it happens that popularity prevents the actor from getting the part, as confirmed by Harrison Ford and Tobey Maguire.

At the awesome.club we have compiled a list of famous actors who at least once found themselves in a similar situation. And at the end of the post, an intriguing bonus awaits you: an extremely famous person, but whose characters are often removed from films.

The actor, who became famous after the film Spiderman (and not only for his character, but also for the “He saw what you did” meme / He saw what you did), got a supporting role in the film The Adventures of Pi, directed by Ang Lee. According to the plot, the protagonist (not Maguire) tells the exciting story of his rescue after shipwreck to the writer (originally Maguire).

But Ang Lee analyzed all the material they had shot and decided that Tobey would shift all the viewer’s attention from the unknown actors to him, even though his role was secondary. Maguire stated that he fully approved of the decision. And the director, for his part, has indicated that he would like to work with Tobey in the future. After these “curtsies”, work continued as normal and the role of the writer was successfully played by Rafe Spall.

The character Saruman himself, one of the main antagonists of the famous trilogy, was not approved by Peter Jackson in the third part of Lord of the Rings, although he appeared at the scene of his own death. Actor Christopher Lee, who played the wizard, later stated in an interview that he did not understand the director’s reasons for the decision. And he was pissed off, not because Jackson voted him out, but because he wasn’t told in advance. He said he was surprised to hear the news from journalists and the Internet.

Jackson also clarified that this creative move was for the premiere only, and in the DVD version Saruman dies as planned from the start.

Director Terrence Malik didn’t just reject a single actor. In Hollywood, there’s a running joke that even if Malik invited him to film, it’s no guarantee you’ll see his name in the movie’s closing credits. Let’s take as an example Beyond the Red Line, in which Malik deleted an entire scene with Mickey Rourke and left only a short clip for the DVD version. Later, in an interview, Mickey admitted that he was surprised by what happened, because this role turned out to be one of his best works.

We can say that Malik was rehearsing. Firstly, the final version also removed several famous actors, and secondly, in his other films the director also allows himself to do whatever he considers necessary.

For example, your drama full love is a beautiful story about how Rachel Weisz, Amanda Peet, Michael Sheen and Barry Pepper disappeared from the final version of the film directed by Malik.

Director Oliver Stone had big plans for Uma Thurman and her character. According to the script, the actress played the protagonist’s mother and her story (she had 8 husbands) should have explained the unconventional life path adopted by her daughter. But due to the film’s time constraints, some scenes had to be dropped. Stone praised Uma’s work and was very distressed: he said he lacked time to include all the scenes.

It’s a very hard blow: acting in the film and then watching the final version and seeing yourself in a single scene: the moment of your own on-screen funeral.

A little later, director Lawrence Kasdan rehabilitated himself in Costner’s eyes and invited him to his new western, silverado🇧🇷 This time, Kasdan was more forgiving and fans of Costner’s talent were able to admire their idol on horseback.

It should be noted that Spielberg worked on the script for this film during the filming of Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark🇧🇷 In between takes, while Ford took a break between rolling stone runs and other adventures, the director dictated the plot to screenwriter Melissa Matheson, who showed up on set very conveniently: She went to visit her boyfriend who, By the way, it was Harrison Ford.

When the final assembly of ET: The Extraterrestrial was underway, Spielberg suddenly realized that the episodic role played by Ford (a simple principal at the school where the protagonist studies) could confuse viewers who were still impressed by the heroic Indiana Jones. Also, this scene wasn’t plot-defining, but a rather amusing addition. So it was deleted.

Only during the shooting of the post-apocalyptic movie did the creators change its ending. There was a so-called Russian version in which Brad Pitt’s character tried to “reduce” the zombies in Moscow by fighting side by side with Russian actor Konstantin Jabenski’s character. A night massacre was planned with a crowd of zombies in the middle of a blizzard. Director Mark Forster later claimed that the footage was very similar to the Israeli scene, which, according to the plot, was before Moscow. Therefore, he decided to exclude this material from the film, because after the events in Israel and the plane crash, the viewer might want to take a break from the battles.

Jabenski himself stated in an interview that he was disappointed when two months of his work ended up being scrapped from the film. But he explained the producers’ decision by the fact that the “Russian version” turned out to be too bloody, and since the producers wanted to reach a wider audience, they lowered the age restrictions to under 12s.

The creators of the third part of the action movie wanted to briefly describe the background to the story explaining why the Terminator robot has the appearance of “Iron Arnie”. According to the script, Sergeant William Candy (played by Schwarzenegger) participates in the Cyber ​​Research Systems (CRS) commercial stating that he has been selected as a model for the Terminator project. But this scene was removed from the final version, slowing down the plot.

Continuing the theme, it is worth mentioning actor Michael Bean, who played John Connor’s father in the first part of the film. He appears in the second sequence of The Terminator 2: O Final judgment, in a nightmare of John’s mother caused by a side effect of treatment at the psychiatric clinic where Sarah Connor was admitted.

Later, the head of the creative group, Van Ling, explained the decision to eliminate the scene because Sarah described her dream too clearly in the next scene, which made it unnecessary.

The famous British actor and comedian was supposed to play the poltergeist Peeves in the first part of the story about the boy who lived. It was even planned that Peeves would appear in later parts of the film. In his interview, Mayall said that, when passing the tests, he had not read a single book about Harry Potter, but he knew what it was about, because the children at the school where his children studied only talked about it.

A month after filming ended, Rick was notified that scenes featuring him had been scrapped because the director was dissatisfied with Peeves’ appearance.

the star of Schindler’s List was invited to star in the second part of the popular comedy after Mel Gibson was turned down for the role of a Thai tattoo artist. Some project participants objected to Gibson’s presence on set. Director Todd Phillips gave a very sensitive interview about the situation. According to him, all the participants in the standoff were very polite people, so they were able to resolve the issue amicably.

Liam Neeson arrived on set in high spirits. Before that, he made a comment to the press about how the first part If you drink, don’t marry! made him cry with laughter. After the scenes were shot with him, suddenly more takes were needed, but Neeson was already working on a follow-up to Wrath of the Titans🇧🇷 Then, the director decided to eliminate all appearances by the artist, and the role of the tattoo artist was played by actor and director Nick Cassavetes.

The world movie star played Superman’s father in the first movie. At the time, he demanded a record fee of $3.7 million, plus 11.75% of the proceeds from the collection, on condition that filming lasted no longer than two weeks. The filmmakers were eager to lure audiences with Brando’s name, so they accepted all of his conditions. The film’s director, Richard Donner, seized the opportunity and filmed several scenes with Brando to include them in Superman II. This was the stumbling block while filming the sequel to the movie.

When Donner was removed from the recordings of Superman II and the film was given to another director (Richard Lester), the scenes with Brando were dropped. An additional reason was the fact that, according to the producers, the mention of Marlon Brando in the poster for the first part had already played its role: it drew attention to the actor’s presence in the film, eliminating the need for such expensive promotion.

By the way, in 2006 Donner finished filming Superman 2 — The Adventure Continues and paid homage to Brandon.

If you are now looking at the actress’ photo and thinking “What a familiar face! In which films did you act?”, don’t get hot-headed anymore: she is the girlfriend, and then the wife of Tom Cruise in the movies Mission Impossible 3 and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol🇧🇷

But until viewers saw how Tom Cruise hugged Michelle Monaghan, squeezing her to his chest, the actress had to face the fact several times that her participation in the filming remained in the archives.

At the box office success Constantine, with Keanu Reeves, Michelle landed the role of his demonic lover, but during editing the director rejected that line. However, there are evils that come for good: in the casting for the role in Constantinethe director of Mission Impossible…