They were one rewrite away from a date with the grim reaper.
We look back at the movie characters who were never supposed to make the end credits…
Warning: lots ofspoilersahead.
However, the original plan, when Riggs is shot in the film, was that hed die.
Even accepting Patsy Kensit.
A fairly limp way to go, when you consider who hed fought in the film before.
And yet, he did.
But in the original script?
Dewey was supposed to die.
That was, as it happens, the original plan.
And in the original screenplay, that was, indeed, the plan.
FIRST BLOOD
Sylvester Stallone has a thing for resurrecting characters that were once upon a time supposed to die.
(There was supposed to be a death inThe Expendables, but a character was reprieved.)
In the book upon which the firstRambofilm was based, John Rambo dies at the end.
That said, the decision wasnt made at the start, as the sequence where Rambo dies was shot.
Still, three sequels and lots of money later, Stallone probably thinks he made the right decision there.
He was instead, apparently, supposed to die in the raid on the Death Star.
Instead, the urging came more from Harrison Ford himself, and writer Lawrence Kasdan.
Kurtz and Lucas parted company afterEmpire, over dissatisfaction with the direction the story was going.
George then decided he didnt want any of the principals killed.
By that time there were really big toy sales and that was a reason.
However, thats not how things were originally supposed to be.
Tony Scott shot two endings to the film, but went with the one where Clarence lives.
Micah dies, Katie survives.
But certainly in the original cut of the film, Katie dies too.
Meanwhile, inThe Butterfly Effect, the ending you get depends on which cut of the film you watch.
The original plan was for him to turn into Stripe.
