Josh Brolin isn’t the first star to leave scenes on the cutting room floor.
Clooney added, “He was so great in the film.
The British actress is not included in the final cut of the thriller, however.

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He played a character who died by suicide and filmed various flashback scenes for the film.
Harrison Ford,E.T.
Angela Bassett,Mr.

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and Mrs. Smith
Bassett signed on to play the boss to Brad Pitt’s character of John Smith.
While there was little explanation, Bassett was nowhere to be seen whenMr.
and Mrs. Smitharrived in theaters in 2005.

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Mickey Rourke,The Thin Red Line
Terrence Malick’sThe Thin Red Linealmost included an appearance by Rourke.
Rourkesaid of the exclusion in 2005, “It was some of the best work I ever did.
There were political reasons why I was out of the movie.

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That really upset me.”
Chris Cooper,The Ring
The Ringmay have been even more terrifying with the inclusion of Cooper.
Andy Garcia,Dangerous Minds
Garcia filmed scenes with Michelle Pfeiffer for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced dramaDangerous Minds.

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But he’s never asked me again.”
Uma Thurman,Savages
Thurman never made it into Oliver Stone’s adaptation of Don Winslow’sSavages.
We had so much fun the days he was there and it was so incredibly painful.

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Our first cut was so long.
Its the hardest thing to have to cut stuff."

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