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Back in 2018, Manny Jacinto was one of the many actors announced to have joined the cast Top Gun: Maverick. He was playing a pilot named Fritz, but when the film came out, Manny’s character did not have a single line and could only be seen in the background behind other actors.
director Joseph Kosinski told that Manny Did There are lines and an arc, but it just didn’t make it into the movie. “When we shot the movie, everyone had lines, everyone had scenes, so everything was there in the script and in shooting it,” he said. “And there are great scenes that are on the cutting-room floor. … It’s not at all to do with his performance or his abilities, it’s just the story of the movie and trying to make the best version.” ,
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Tobey Maguire was supposed to be very famous for life of Pi, even though he had already shot the scene for the film.
Director Ang Lee said, “I misunderstood the situation. I underestimated the power of stars. I love Toby. But it’s a small part. So, when there’s a movie star sitting there, it’s Gets attention. It didn’t really work.” Tobey was then replaced by Rafe Spall.
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Katherine Langford originally appeared in avengers: endgame as an older version of Tony Stark’s daughter, but the scene was cut because the Russo brothers didn’t think it made sense with the ending of the film.
However, Kathryn was in good spirits about it and said, “At the end of the day, I’d rather be in a movie for the sake of being in a really good movie than to be in it if it didn’t work.” You don’t want to be in something and then be sore. And I didn’t feel that way at all, and the Russo brothers didn’t feel that way at all.
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Harry Shum Jr. played Charlie Wu Crazy Rich Asian – He is also the sixth Bill in the credits – but he only appears during a mid-credits scene.
Ultimately, the character of Harry was cut from the film because director John M. Chu felt there was not enough room to expand on his arc. “What we put in the movie was great — they actually dance together — and it was awesome, and Harry’s so charming and so sweet,” Chu said. “But the problem was, Astrid felt like she was leaving Michael for Charlie, and we didn’t have enough room to expand on the idea. We just had to focus. Ultimately, it came down to her freedom.” So that scene was there all the way to the very end. When we pulled it out, Astrid’s journey came out stronger. It was about her, not about her finding love.
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while kiki lane don’t worry darling The character was the catalyst for Florence Pugh’s skepticism of the character, she shared on Instagram that almost all of her scenes were cut from the film.
Kiki said that she and her onscreen husband (and offscreen significant other) Ariel Stachel were “cut off from most of the movie” but are “thriving in real life”.
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Ana de Armas was originally cast as Roxanne in the film. TomorrowAnd she also appears in a trailer for the film, but by the time the film came out, her character was completely cut.
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Timothée Chalamet was cast as Matthew McConaughey’s son. interstellarBut most of his scenes were cut, and an older version of the character (played by Casey Affleck) was a major focus.
Timothy said that he “cried for an hour” after watching the film because he did not expect his part to be as small as it ended up being.
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Amy Poehler originally had a minor role in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, but was cut from the final film.
She said she wasn’t even surprised about being cut: “I was a young girl, I hadn’t even gotten my teeth fixed, and I played a bank teller who got robbed by Maya Rudolph and her gang. Even at that point, I was like, ‘This movie is too long, I’m never going to make it into this.'”
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Robert Pattinson played Reese Witherspoon’s son Vanity Fair, But it was not until the screening of the film that he learned that his role had been completely cut.
“The casting director…felt so guilty…that he gave me the first run at the role harry potterSo I was very happy that I finally got the cut,” he said.
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Harrison Ford originally had a cameo at where he played the role of Elliot’s principal. At the time, he was dating one of the screenwriters of the film and had just wrapped Indiana Jones A year ago with Steven Spielberg, so it felt like a perfect fit.
However, the scene was cut because it did not mesh with the rest of the film, and Harrison was distracted by everything else.
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Andy Garcia was brought on board to play Michelle Pfeiffer’s love interest. dangerous MindsAnd even he didn’t feel his character was essential, so he wasn’t surprised when his role was cut out of the film.
She added, “He wrote a whole arc for this relationship and we played it. I had a great time.” “We shot the whole relationship, and then later it was determined that it was really unnecessary in the story, which I asked to begin with. But I cashed the check!”
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Paul Rudd was originally in bridesmaids and played one of Kristen Wiig’s blind dates. But due to time constraints, director Paul Feig did not want to introduce another love interest for her character.
“There’s always that awful moment when you have to kill your children,” he said.
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Ellen Pompeo was cast Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind As the ex-girlfriend of Jim Carrey’s character. She ended up filming all of her scenes for the film, but was cut entirely and only mentioned by the other actors.
Director Michel Gondry and editor Valdis Oscardottir explained that they removed Ellen’s character because her inclusion would affect how viewers would see Jim’s character.
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Kristen Wiig originally had a few scenes Forgetting Sarah Marshall But it was eventually cut from the film.
She played a yoga instructor who falls for Russell Brand’s character.
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Dax Shepard was supposed to be in the movie Knocked, He added that his character was to be interviewed on a red carpet, but his scenes did not make it into the final film.
on his podcast armchair expertHe explained that he does, in fact, still get residuals from the film, though.
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And finally, Uma Thurman was cast to play Blake Lively’s character’s mother in the film. UnculturedBut she was completely cut from the film.
Director Oliver Stone explained, “In fact, it was so intense that we cut characters from the book like the mother.” “She was a good character – Uma Thurman played her beautifully – and the scenes were good, but you don’t have time, you know? We have a goal in the movie, and you go out of that gate, and it’s horses. like caste.”