Sometimes in Hollywood directors are tasked with making impossible decisions when it comes to perfecting the final cut of their films.
In 2025 alone, several big-name actors and actresses have had their scenes cut out of projects for a multitude of reasons, including Simone Ashley from F1 and John Malkovich from The Fantastic Four: First Steps.
“It happens on every film, where you have to shoot more than you can use,” F1 director Joseph Kosinski told People in June 2025 of why Ashley was cut from the movie. “There were two or three story lines that ultimately didn’t make it into the final cut....
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