Ive also tried to get to the reason they were left out as well.
For the side effect of being cut out of a movie for an actor is it denies them residuals.
But it was also a film that underwent substantive re-edits following test screenings.
One of those edits led to the removal of Tracey Ullmans character named Toni.
The site argues that Toni was pinnacle to the films moral.
Removing her expunges the point its trying to make.
Unfortunately, this would be the result.
The full post ishere.
But Ullmans character did appear in the trailer for the movie,and you could see her here.
How the world misses him.
Mayall talked about his time on the film in an interview that surfaced again shortly after his death.
Director Chris Columbus would go on to say that he wasnt happy with the design of the character.
Mayall was subsequently asked what he thought of the finished film.
We miss you, Rik.
The full story and interview is here.
The problem though was that his characters main moments were set to be in the final third.
Fox most recently appeared in the underratedBone Tomahawk, starring Kurt Russell.
Harrison Ford
E.T.
Its a fascinating curio though.
It indirectly led, after all, to Hugh Jackman being cast as Wolverine in the X-Men movies.
Both were set to play patients who have affairs with Cruise and Nicole Kidmans psychiatrists in the movie.
He thus suggested his scenes were shot first, but that request got nowhere.
Keitel departed the project after shooting just a few scenes, and Sydney Pollack stepped in instead.
Jennifer Jason Leigh, meanwhile, had completed her workor so she thoughtas Marion Nathanson in the movie.
However, Kubrick wasnt content, and wanted to redo all of her scenes.
As such, the role was recast with Marie Richardson taking over the role.
Directed by Scott Cooper, the film also cast Sienna Miller as Bulgers late girlfriend Catherine Greig.
After all, Greig and Bulger went on the run together.
But after shooting Millers work inBlack Mass, Scott Cooper had a rethink.
Yet when it was all cut out, there were clearly no hard feelings here.
Only now, with Marvel help, is it in a position to set one up with any confidence.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2was supposed to include Shailene Woodley, cast in the role of MJ.
She was seen on set, and filmed several scenes for the movie.
Even then though, there were murmurings that Woodley would be recast.
This was interesting, given the fervent speculation as to who Malone would be playing in the movie.
It didnt work out.
Annette Bening was cast, although discovered she was pregnant before filming began.
Michelle Pfeiffer ultimately played the role.
Sean Young though was also cast in Warren Beattys 1990Dick Tracymovie.
She took on the role of Tess Trueheart, the love interest for Tracy.
However, things didnt quite go to plan.
Shed shot for a few days when she was replaced with Glenne Headly taking on the part instead.
Instead she put it down to sexual politics.
Her material has never seen the light of day.
The film in question wasFitzcarraldo, a generally overlooked two and a half hour German drama starring Klaus Kinski.
Released in 1982, the film was based on Carlos Fermin Fitzcarrald, a Peru-based rubber baron.
Not unusually for Werner Herzog, it would prove to be a troubled production.
Doctors blocked him returning, and as such, Herzog brought in Kinski to take over the role.
Unfortunately, that meant starting over.
And thats what ended Mick Jaggers involvement.
Jagger departed and the entire role was dropped from the film.
In said nightmare, Kyle Reese appears.
The scene did appear in an extended cut ofTerminator 2: Judgement Day.
That friend is Alex, played by Kevin Costner.
His speaking part was chopped and you never see his face.
But that dead body you see?
His role was lost in edit though.
The resultant movie, starring Costner and Whitney Houston, would be a gigantic success.
If all had gone to plan, a young Viggo Mortensen would have been in the impressive ensemble too.
But all did not go to plan.
You just follow his lead.
Youll be alright, Allen replied.
A bit of improvisation later, and Mortensens work was in the can.
Yet he wouldnt find out that Allen had cut him from the film until the movie came out.
His name didnt even make the end credits.
Some, such as George Clooney and John Travolta, had previously more sizeable parts cut down.
Rourke in particular didnt take this particularly well.
There were political reasons why I was out of the movie, he argued in asubsequent interview.
Just because of the temperature of me and the industry, my scenes were cut, he argued.
This doesnt sound too likely though.
As thisIndiewirearticle charts, him cutting away roles from his films continues to be one of his trademarks.
Glitter filmed a sequence where he and the band sing I Am the Leader of the Gang.
The film, in Muppet tradition, had no shortage of famous faces amongst its ensemble cast.
Their involvement was announced and their scenes shot.
Nothing sinister here, just the demands of getting the edit right.
Still, director James Bobin held out a Muppet lifeline for the latter two.
Judds character is a witness in the trial, and Woody Harrelsons Mickeyacting as his own counselcross-examines her.
He then promptly stabs her in the ear with a pencil.
The scene was ultimately excised from the final cut by Oliver Stone, but it has subsequently surfaced.
