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10 Famous Actors Who Were Left Out of Popular Movies

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The life of an actor, even a famous one, is not always easy. A big name can sign on for a film that will be a guaranteed success and still end up in the editing room. For most, it’s just part of the job and, even if it’s boring, it’s something you have to accept.




Sometimes, fans find it surprising that a director has already prepared a popular actor and then cut him from the film. Usually, the reason for the cut is the sound, but even then, fans are still left wondering what could have been. While there is no denying that filmmaking is a business full of compromises, there are always times when a film could have benefited from keeping a deleted scene.


ten Robert Pattinson Almost Brought His Charm to Vanity Fair

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Robert Pattinson has enjoyed phenomenal success in Hollywood. He was cast as the male lead, Edward Cullen, in the 2008 film Dusk and quickly became an object of affection for millions of teenage girls. After that, he became an actor known for his exciting and daring work, starring in everything from The Batman has Lighthouse.

Pattinson’s story might have turned out differently, however, if he hadn’t been left on the cutting room floor of Vanity Fairthe 2004 film starring Reese Witherspoon. He was supposed to play Becky Shape’s (Reese Witherspoon) son but was cut. Additionally, he didn’t know his scenes had been cut until the premiere.

9 Ana de Armas’ Deleted Scenes Spark Lawsuit

Ana de Armas in Yesterday


Ana De Armas was in the trailer for Yesterdaythe hit movie about a man who remembers the Beatles in a world where they’ve been erased from the collective memory. But Armas wasn’t in the movie, and that really pissed off some fans. In fact, it pissed them off so much that they brought a trial against Universal.

Two Ana de Armas fans, Peter Rosza and Conor Woulfe, claimed that Universal had ripped them off by showing Ana de Armas in the trailer. Universal countered by claiming that few people had gone to see the film for her alone. In the end, neither side got anything, except the expense and stress of a lawsuit.


8 Tobey Maguire Was Left Out of Pi for a Strange Reason

Peter (Tobey Maguire) recoils after being stabbed

Tobey Maguire smiling as Spider-Man with Tom Holland's unmasked Spider-Man and the Secret Wars cover in the background

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Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire, usually has no trouble landing roles. But after being cast in the film Life of Pi (big budget adaptation of Yann Martel’s famous novel), he quickly found himself in the editing room. The reason? He was just too famous to star in the movie.


Maguire was set to play the writer who listens to Pi (Irrfan Khan) tell his story. But the role went to Rafe Spall, who has never played a superhero. “I misjudged the situation,” director Ang Lee said. USA Today in 2012. “I underestimated the power of stars. I love Tobey. But it’s a small part. So when it’s a movie star sitting there, it grabs attention. It didn’t really work.”

7 Peter Capaldi Could Have Brought His Doctor Energy to Maleficent

Peter Capaldi as King Kinloch in Maleficent


Peter Capaldi has played many roles over his long career, but to many people he will always be the grumpy, guitar-playing Twelfth Doctor. Doctor WhoThe Doctor has always had a very fairy-like energy, and perhaps that’s what the producers had in mind when they cast Capaldi as King Kinloch, the king of the fairies (and Maleficent’s uncle) in Maleficent.

But King Kinloch ultimately failed to reach the final cup, despite all the work that went into creating the character. The filmmakers decided to take a different direction with Maleficent’s story and remove her family from the film. That doesn’t seem to have bothered Capaldi, despite all the time lost in the makeup chair.


6 Katherine Langford Almost Starred in Avengers: Endgame

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Katherine Langford of 13 reasons why was cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the older version of Morgan Stark, Tony Stark’s daughter. She reportedly appeared in a scene in Avengers: Endgame when Tony gets to see his daughter at the “metaphysical station” before he dies. Although the scenes were cut at the end, they are available on the internet for anyone who wants to watch them.


Langford didn’t mind being cut. “People were like, ‘Oh, are you upset? Are you something?’ And I was like, ‘What’s best for the movie?'” Collider“Because at the end of the day, I’d rather have the experience of being in a really good movie than being in a movie just to be in it if it doesn’t work.”

5 Paul Rudd did not appear on Bridesmaids

Paul Rudd's Bridesmaids


Bridesmaids was considered one of the best comedies of 2011, and beloved actor Paul Rudd came very close to appearing in it. He filmed a cameo as Annie’s (Kristen Wiig) date who takes him ice skating, but things quickly devolve into chaos. But it was cut because the film was already long and there just wasn’t time to do it.

“There’s always this terrible moment where you have to kill your babies,” director Paul Feig said. Weekly Entertainment“We did so many takes. It was one of the funniest things I’ve ever witnessed.” Luckily, the scene was leaked online, so fans of Bridesmaids can have that extra little laugh.


4 Mickey Rourke was one of many who were excluded from the Thin Red Line

Mickey Rourke Legion

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The thin red line is a famous war film by maverick director Terence Malik, and due to its unique editing style, many famous actors were cut from the film before its theatrical release. Among them were Gary Oldman, Bill Pullman, Viggo Mortensen and Mickey Rourke, but Rourke seemed to be the most upset by this situation.


Rourke said in a 2005 interview with Contact Music “It was one of the best movies I’ve ever done. There were political reasons why I didn’t do it. It really upset me.” He didn’t elaborate on the political reasons, though. He went on to say, “I had been going through a really tough time and Terry knew that so he incorporated it into the character. It really worked. But just because of my temperature and the industry, my scenes got cut.”

3 Angela Bassett could have starred in Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Angela Bassett looks surprised as Athena Grant in 9-1-1


Mr. and Mrs. Smith is a famous movie because of the relationship between former super couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie that supposedly began on the set. The movie is still fondly remembered today, but it might have been even more beloved if beloved actress Angela Bassett had starred in it. She was almost there.

Bassett was supposed to play Jasmine, the boss of Brad Pitt’s character. Her voice can still be heard in the film, but she doesn’t physically appear. However, her career continued to progress afterward, so she probably didn’t hold a grudge.

2 Shailene Woodley Was Almost Mary Jane Watson

Tris (Shailene Woodley) in Divergent

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Director Marc Webb cast Shailene Woodley as one of the most famous Spider-Man characters of all time, Mary Jane Watson, Peter Parker’s future wife. She shot a few scenes, then was cut in the editing room. “Shailene is a brilliant actress, and she did a great job for two days,” said director Marc Webb. The Los Angeles Times“But it was very difficult to introduce someone as a competing love interest when there’s so much on the table between Peter and Gwen.”

It turns out that Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) died in The Amazing Spider-Man 2leaving the door open for a new love interest in the form of Mary Jane. But The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was not well received by critics, and a sequel ultimately never happened. Maybe it’s for the best that Woodley isn’t there.


1 Harrison Ford’s ET cameo was cut

Harrison Ford has a good working relationship with Steven Spielberg thanks to Indiana Jones, but he almost appeared in another of the director’s most famous films. In AND the alienhe made a cameo appearance as the headmaster of Elliot’s (Henry Thomas) schoolwho lectures him while ET levitates his chair. The audience only saw him in shadow, however, so they may not have known it was him, even if the scene had made it into the film.


Ford had a connection with AND This went beyond Spielberg. His girlfriend at the time, Melissa Mathison, was the screenwriter for the film, and he agreed to do a cameo. Thomas was over the moon. It’s just too bad the scene doesn’t exist online in good quality.

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