well that was all for nothing where’s
her son sirrah welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 actors completely cut
from entire movies before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’ll be looking at actors who
filmed scenes for a given movie but who
were entirely cut from the finished
product we won’t be including actors
whose roles were significantly reduced
only those eliminated entirely we also
won’t be including actors who were fired
and/or left the production and were
recast number 10 shailene woodley the
amazing spider-man 2 do you need a ride
or something shailene woodley as the
famous Mary Jane Watson what do you guys
think
better than Kirsten Dunst shailene
woodley was cast as Peter Parker’s
future love interest for the amazing
spider-man 2 and shot three days worth
of scenes for the movie however her role
was eventually eliminated to streamline
the story of Peter and Gwen this may
have been the right decision
seeing as how cluttered the movie ended
up being imagine there being another
subplot with Mary Jane it might have
pushed this already bloated product to
the breaking point I’m coming with you
number 9 Christopher Lee the Lord of the
Rings The Return of the King
[Music]
you see this is why the extended
editions are so beloved Peter Jackson
made the mind-boggling decision to
eliminate Saruman from the theatrical
release of The Return of the King
stating his desire to jump straight into
the plot of the third movie rather than
wrap up storylines from the second he
believed that viewers would infer that
Saruman was vanquished during the Battle
of Isengard and his death scene was
eliminated from the final product this
greatly upset both fans of the novel and
Christopher Lee himself whose friendship
with Jackson was strained for a while as
a result Cameron no to have peace number
8
Sienna Miller Black Mass excuse me
Sienna Miller had a fantastic 2014 she
starred in the acclaimed movies
Foxcatcher and American sniper and she
planned to continue her role with 2015’s
black mass starring alongside Johnny
Depp Miller was cast as Catherine Greig
a woman who harbored whitey bulger when
he was a fugitive Sienna Miller spent a
significant amount of time perfecting
the distinctive Boston accent but
despite the work she put into the
character her role was eventually cut so
that the movie could focus on Whitey’s
criminal career director Scott Cooper
claimed that Bulger’s time is a fugitive
was less dramatic and from the position
you see number 7 Kevin Costner The Big
Chill on the hope whatever he is now
Kevin Costner plays an integral role in
the movie yet every scene actually
showing his face was eliminated from the
final cut at the beginning of the film
Sarah and Harold Cooper received a phone
call stating that their friend Alex has
committed suicide they then reunite with
various friends at Alex’s funeral while
Costner had filmed scenes that were
meant to serve as flashbacks all of
these scenes were eventually chopped
leaving Costner slashed wrists as the
only physical contribution to the movie
to make it up to Costner director
Lawrence Kasdan cast him in Silverado
which would become one of Custer’s most
successful roles well I got things to do
kid I’m a busy man number six uma
Thurman savages well you’ll never get
them together I’m the only one who can
do that
cutting scenes that are integral to a
character’s development is never a good
idea uma Thurman was set to play hippie
chick O’s absentee mom who served as
negative influence in her daughter’s
upbringing her scenes would have gone a
long way to help the audience sympathize
with and understand
but alas her role was left on the
cutting room floor for pacing and
runtime reasons as director Oliver Stone
explained we had to consolidate so much
chalk this up as another example of the
book being better than the movie it’s a
little ironic considering the situation
on him
number 5 Paul Rudd bridesmaids that’s
what I think led me into this passion
that I have and what I do when we know
counseling orders sometimes a movie is
just too bloated and a director must do
things he or she doesn’t want to do this
was the situation that Paul Feig found
himself in when he needed to eliminate
scenes of Paul Rudd the hilarious Rudd
played a blind date of auntie’s who
makes a fool of himself while skating
and lashes out at employees and children
see that I think it’s funny to run over
somebody’s finger Turia however big felt
that this would drag down the plot and
present too many romantic relationships
as Annie was already caught between John
Hampstead and Chris no doubts
Nathan Rhodes he eventually cut the
scene much to his and the cast dismay
but a guy field for once would you
please thank you very much number four
Ashley Judd and Denis Leary natural-born
killers great what you don’t really want
to be here today d Tarantino’s script is
a vastly different beast than Oliver
Stone’s movie one scene from the script
that was shot had Ashley Judd playing a
survivor of Mickey Knox and testifying
against him in court serving as his own
defense counsel he cross examines her
and then brutally stabs her with a
pencil he started in the seventh grade
so that would make it nine years this
along with much else from the trial
never made it into the film as stone
decided to cut it another scene showed a
crazed Denis Leary ranting to the camera
for over a minute playing off his old
MTV shtick this as with Judd scene was
removed completely m.i.c see you real
soon
ke why why because they want to that’s
why number three Jessica Chastain the
life and death of John F Donna v’n
this movie is absolutely packed with
talent it stars mr. Jon Snow Kit
Harington as the titular John Donovan
alongside Natalie Portman Susan Sarandon
and Kathy Bates Jessica Chastain would
have been included in this stellar
lineup but director Xavi ed along
confirmed via Instagram that her role
had been cut from the film as he
explained the original cut was over four
hours long and Chastain’s character and
subplot seemed unnecessary
however he has expressed hope that some
of her scenes will be reinstated in the
DVD release we can only hope number two
Chris Cooper the ring you know sometimes
bad things happen darkness descends it’s
not often that an actor is cut from a
movie for being too entertaining
character actor Chris Cooper was set to
bookend the ring as a rapist who meets
with Naomi Watts Rachel however when the
studio ran test screenings they found
that audiences wanted to see more of
Cooper’s character and were left
distracted when he didn’t appear in more
of the movie to keep the movie focused
on the primary storyline the filmmakers
eliminated Cooper’s character from the
movie altogether damn it Chris that’s
what you get for being too good at your
job before we unveil our top pick here
are a few honorable mentions what would
you like me to say that if you don’t
want to die remember it or not this is
what makes you such a good reporter
stuff like this still shocks you number
1 Harrison Ford ET the extraterrestrial
advantage your whole life laid out in
front of you even though it would have
been a fairly brief cameo appearance we
could have had one of the biggest movie
stars of all time at the height of his
career in one of the biggest movies of
all time yet his footage was
intentionally left on the cutting room
floor
Harrison Ford played a sanctimonious
school principal chastising Elliott for
his frog freeing behavior in biology
class when Ford turns away from him
Elliott’s chair begins to levitate due
to his connection to et however the
scene added nothing to the story and was
shot in an odd manner and it was
determined that Ford’s appearance would
be too distracting oh well don’t you
worry about a thing Ellie and I have had
our little talk and I think we know when
we’re coming from do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
her son sirrah welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 actors completely cut
from entire movies before we begin we
publish new videos every day so be sure
to subscribe for more great content for
this list we’ll be looking at actors who
filmed scenes for a given movie but who
were entirely cut from the finished
product we won’t be including actors
whose roles were significantly reduced
only those eliminated entirely we also
won’t be including actors who were fired
and/or left the production and were
recast number 10 shailene woodley the
amazing spider-man 2 do you need a ride
or something shailene woodley as the
famous Mary Jane Watson what do you guys
think
better than Kirsten Dunst shailene
woodley was cast as Peter Parker’s
future love interest for the amazing
spider-man 2 and shot three days worth
of scenes for the movie however her role
was eventually eliminated to streamline
the story of Peter and Gwen this may
have been the right decision
seeing as how cluttered the movie ended
up being imagine there being another
subplot with Mary Jane it might have
pushed this already bloated product to
the breaking point I’m coming with you
number 9 Christopher Lee the Lord of the
Rings The Return of the King
[Music]
you see this is why the extended
editions are so beloved Peter Jackson
made the mind-boggling decision to
eliminate Saruman from the theatrical
release of The Return of the King
stating his desire to jump straight into
the plot of the third movie rather than
wrap up storylines from the second he
believed that viewers would infer that
Saruman was vanquished during the Battle
of Isengard and his death scene was
eliminated from the final product this
greatly upset both fans of the novel and
Christopher Lee himself whose friendship
with Jackson was strained for a while as
a result Cameron no to have peace number
8
Sienna Miller Black Mass excuse me
Sienna Miller had a fantastic 2014 she
starred in the acclaimed movies
Foxcatcher and American sniper and she
planned to continue her role with 2015’s
black mass starring alongside Johnny
Depp Miller was cast as Catherine Greig
a woman who harbored whitey bulger when
he was a fugitive Sienna Miller spent a
significant amount of time perfecting
the distinctive Boston accent but
despite the work she put into the
character her role was eventually cut so
that the movie could focus on Whitey’s
criminal career director Scott Cooper
claimed that Bulger’s time is a fugitive
was less dramatic and from the position
you see number 7 Kevin Costner The Big
Chill on the hope whatever he is now
Kevin Costner plays an integral role in
the movie yet every scene actually
showing his face was eliminated from the
final cut at the beginning of the film
Sarah and Harold Cooper received a phone
call stating that their friend Alex has
committed suicide they then reunite with
various friends at Alex’s funeral while
Costner had filmed scenes that were
meant to serve as flashbacks all of
these scenes were eventually chopped
leaving Costner slashed wrists as the
only physical contribution to the movie
to make it up to Costner director
Lawrence Kasdan cast him in Silverado
which would become one of Custer’s most
successful roles well I got things to do
kid I’m a busy man number six uma
Thurman savages well you’ll never get
them together I’m the only one who can
do that
cutting scenes that are integral to a
character’s development is never a good
idea uma Thurman was set to play hippie
chick O’s absentee mom who served as
negative influence in her daughter’s
upbringing her scenes would have gone a
long way to help the audience sympathize
with and understand
but alas her role was left on the
cutting room floor for pacing and
runtime reasons as director Oliver Stone
explained we had to consolidate so much
chalk this up as another example of the
book being better than the movie it’s a
little ironic considering the situation
on him
number 5 Paul Rudd bridesmaids that’s
what I think led me into this passion
that I have and what I do when we know
counseling orders sometimes a movie is
just too bloated and a director must do
things he or she doesn’t want to do this
was the situation that Paul Feig found
himself in when he needed to eliminate
scenes of Paul Rudd the hilarious Rudd
played a blind date of auntie’s who
makes a fool of himself while skating
and lashes out at employees and children
see that I think it’s funny to run over
somebody’s finger Turia however big felt
that this would drag down the plot and
present too many romantic relationships
as Annie was already caught between John
Hampstead and Chris no doubts
Nathan Rhodes he eventually cut the
scene much to his and the cast dismay
but a guy field for once would you
please thank you very much number four
Ashley Judd and Denis Leary natural-born
killers great what you don’t really want
to be here today d Tarantino’s script is
a vastly different beast than Oliver
Stone’s movie one scene from the script
that was shot had Ashley Judd playing a
survivor of Mickey Knox and testifying
against him in court serving as his own
defense counsel he cross examines her
and then brutally stabs her with a
pencil he started in the seventh grade
so that would make it nine years this
along with much else from the trial
never made it into the film as stone
decided to cut it another scene showed a
crazed Denis Leary ranting to the camera
for over a minute playing off his old
MTV shtick this as with Judd scene was
removed completely m.i.c see you real
soon
ke why why because they want to that’s
why number three Jessica Chastain the
life and death of John F Donna v’n
this movie is absolutely packed with
talent it stars mr. Jon Snow Kit
Harington as the titular John Donovan
alongside Natalie Portman Susan Sarandon
and Kathy Bates Jessica Chastain would
have been included in this stellar
lineup but director Xavi ed along
confirmed via Instagram that her role
had been cut from the film as he
explained the original cut was over four
hours long and Chastain’s character and
subplot seemed unnecessary
however he has expressed hope that some
of her scenes will be reinstated in the
DVD release we can only hope number two
Chris Cooper the ring you know sometimes
bad things happen darkness descends it’s
not often that an actor is cut from a
movie for being too entertaining
character actor Chris Cooper was set to
bookend the ring as a rapist who meets
with Naomi Watts Rachel however when the
studio ran test screenings they found
that audiences wanted to see more of
Cooper’s character and were left
distracted when he didn’t appear in more
of the movie to keep the movie focused
on the primary storyline the filmmakers
eliminated Cooper’s character from the
movie altogether damn it Chris that’s
what you get for being too good at your
job before we unveil our top pick here
are a few honorable mentions what would
you like me to say that if you don’t
want to die remember it or not this is
what makes you such a good reporter
stuff like this still shocks you number
1 Harrison Ford ET the extraterrestrial
advantage your whole life laid out in
front of you even though it would have
been a fairly brief cameo appearance we
could have had one of the biggest movie
stars of all time at the height of his
career in one of the biggest movies of
all time yet his footage was
intentionally left on the cutting room
floor
Harrison Ford played a sanctimonious
school principal chastising Elliott for
his frog freeing behavior in biology
class when Ford turns away from him
Elliott’s chair begins to levitate due
to his connection to et however the
scene added nothing to the story and was
shot in an odd manner and it was
determined that Ford’s appearance would
be too distracting oh well don’t you
worry about a thing Ellie and I have had
our little talk and I think we know when
we’re coming from do you agree with our
picks check out these other great clips
from WatchMojo and subscribe for new
videos every day
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