20 Deleted Movie Scenes You Won’t Believe Actually Happened

From grisly death scenes that were too extreme for their own good, to hilariously odd sequences that would have likely derailed an entire project

These deleted scenes have to be seen to be believed. I'm Gareth from WhatCulture.com and here are deleted movie scenes you won't believe actually happened

Empress Palpatine Takes the Throne Star Wars Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker

Coming into J.J. Abrams' 2019 send-off to the Skywalker saga, one of the major rumors doing the rounds revolved around Daisy Ridley's Rey finally giving in to the dark side

However, by the time The Rise of Skywalker burst onto the scene, it was revealed that Rey was simply coming face-to-face with her darkest fear in the future

a version of herself consumed by the dark side, equipped with a rather cool double-bladed lightsaber

Yet some behind-the-scenes footage of the Rise of Skywalker shoot actually later revealed some previously unseen scenarios involving this Dark Rey persona

In perhaps the most striking image released by Disney and Lucasfilm, Abrams is seen communicating with Ridley in full Empress Palpatine get-up

whilst the actor is perched on the Sith throne that we see towards the latter stages of the grand finale

Could this mean there was an alternative ending which depicted Dark Rey replacing her grandfather as a Sith Lord

Though that would have been shocking, it's more likely this scene was shot to visually complement the moment in Rise of Skywalker

where Rey explains experiencing a vision of herself on the throne of the Sith

An NC-17 death scene, The Dark Knight Rises. Now, The Dark Knight Rises may not be a film that completely shies away from some rather unsettling moments of violence

Hell, Bane literally breaks the bat's back in the final entry of Christopher Nolan's trilogy

But it once boasted a moment so chilling that the feature very nearly earned itself an NC-17 rating

According to actor Matthew Modine, his character of Peter Foley was once set for a pretty disturbing conclusion in the film

one that was even shot on set. As many will no doubt remember, Foley is viciously killed by Talia al Ghul during the feature's climax

However, viewers don't actually see the moment he's dispatched by the daughter of Raj Al Ghul

This brutal moment was in fact filmed by Nolan, but the visual of Foley, or rather Modine Stundable

being pulverized by the vehicle and sent flying through the air, only to smack into the concrete with a sickening thud

was deemed too extreme to include in the feature. Nolan even went as far as to tell the actor if he would have put it in the movie

it would have got an NC-17 rating because it was so violent

Borat takes part in a porno. Borat If you've ever had the pleasure of witnessing any one of Sacha Baron Cohen's consistently outlandish skits

whilst under the guise of his trusty Kazakhstani journalist, Borat, you'd be forgiven for thinking that no situation was off-limits

Yet in the case of Borat's first big-screen adventure, Cohen was clearly game for a rather raunchy scene to make the final cut

But that still didn't stop the controversial moment landing on the cutting room floor in the end

Cohen explained whilst on Conan that they filmed a full scenario which saw the character joining a porn movie

This entirely real situation soon escalated when the actor kept derailing the shoot by respectfully allowing the two porn stars to continue without him, despite being directed to join in

Things soon got out of hand when Borat only agreed to sleep with this co-star if she had hair on her pubis

resulting in the director gluing pieces of his own hair on said area to move the shoot along

Yep, yep, that actually happened. Ultimately, Borat explaining that he contracted syphilis a whopping 24 times was the final straw

leading to the poor actress on set thankfully putting her foot down. Dr. Julia Harris takes things too far

Horrible Bosses 2 One of the most talked about elements coming out of the first Horrible Bosses movie

was the sight of Jennifer Aniston's Dr. Julia Harris routinely tormenting Charlie Day's Dale Arbus

with the character doing everything in her power to blackmail her colleague into sleeping with her

Yeah, things were taken up a notch when it came to the film's eventual sequel, to the point where the folks behind the feature definitely felt they'd gone a little bit too far

As Aniston explained in an appearance on Conan, one deleted scene involved intercourse with her character that was kind of not even mutual

It would have seen Harris having unconsensual sex with Dale whilst he was in a coma

making it fairly obvious why the anything-but-funny scene was ultimately given the chop in the end

The disturbing act is still alluded to in the sequel, which is a problem in its own right

but at least someone had the sense to see that throwing this horrendous sequence into the film

would have invited more unwanted controversy aimed at Aniston's character and the movie as a whole

Logan Kills Jean Grey Again! Logan! James Mangold's Logan wasn't afraid to delve into deeper and darker waters

with the old man Logan-inspired tale constantly reminding us that life ain't all sunshine and rainbows during its 137-minute runtime

But many will be surprised to learn that arguably one of the film's bleakest moments

and oh boy is that saying something, didn't even make it into the finished product

Coming during the sequence which saw Logan, Charles, and Laura enjoying some dinner with a family they'd helped in the wake of a road accident

When asked whether Ol Wolvie was ever married Professor X drops a tragic bombshell Charles explains that Logan was in fact married to Jean Grey a character fans of the X flicks and comics know only too well However the professor

would also add that she passed, thoroughly killing the mood by stating that he killed her

Mangold has gone on record to admit that while he liked the moment in isolation

when cut into the movie it had a powerful effect of damping that moment. Yet it is interesting to

note that Logan once again was seemingly responsible for the death of his beloved Gene

Pennywise Eats a Baby, It Yep, this actually happened, or at least it was shot. As Bill Skarsgård revealed on the

Playback podcast a few years ago, a scene was filmed for the first It feature which

focused on the backstory of the demented being that would eventually become Pennywise

This sequence turned out really, really disturbing according to the actor himself

and was ultimately left on the cutting room floor. Later down the road, the script used to shoot this freakish moment was then leaked online

revealing that the deleted scene in question would have involved the earlier form of Pennywise

devouring a baby girl in front of her own mother. By the sounds of it, the exchange would have been up there

with some of the monster's most barbaric and gruesome acts to date

But the sight of an innocent child being eaten alive by this creature

would have likely been a bit too much for more than a few. So it's no surprise everyone involved decided to spare audiences the horror of this horrific act on the big screen

The Force isn't strong with NSYNC. Star Wars Episode 2 Attack of the Clones

Brace yourselves, but a long time ago in a galaxy not far away enough

a certain boy band filmed a cameo appearance in George Lucas' second prequel entry

For those wondering why the likes of J.C. Chase's Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatoni of NSYNC fame

were ultimately absent from Attack of the Clones in the end, though. It's rumored that the apparent fan backlash which met this decision during the shoot was to blame

The lads reportedly all took part in the filming of the movie's epic Geonosis battle scene

donning Jedi robes for the mighty skirmish. But their appearances, which were said to have been near undetectable in the first place

were thrown out by the time the lackluster prequel hit the big screen. They may have been set to wield lightsabers and use the Force at one point

But before long, it was bye-bye-bye for these pop sensations. An Alien Crab Walk, Alien

The age-old adage of less is more usually lends itself perfectly to the creation and execution of a movie monster on the big screen

One glance at the way Steven Spielberg had his audience do the heavy lifting for him

when bringing big ol' Brucie to life and into our nightmares in Jaws, sits as perhaps the most notable example of this

However, Ridley Scott's delivery of his xenomorph in Alien undoubtedly comes in as a close second

While Scott did masterfully use the all-round dark and gloominess of his chosen Nostromo setting

to effectively tease the appearance of the terrifying creature for the most part

one scene which failed to make the final cut very nearly derailed all of that suspense that had been brilliantly building

Instead of having the alien creepily maraud towards Lambert before ultimately ending her life in a sickening fashion

the original cut of the scene had the xenomorph perform what can best be described as a crab walk towards its prey

It looked as hilarious as it sounds, and quickly shifted the vibe from intense to ludicrous

Luckily, Scott made the right call to leave this version of the scene in the editing room

J. Jonah Spider-Man? Spider-Man 2. If you thought J.K. Simmons' unexpected appearance at the end of Spider-Man Far From Home

was the most shocking scene involving the actor in full J. Jonah Jameson guys

Then do we have a treat for you. Released as part of Sony's Spider-Man 2.1 extended cut of the sequel to Sam Raimi's first Spider-Hit

we somehow found ourselves in a situation which depicted Jameson jumping around his office in the web-slinger's iconic suit

All with his trademark cigar in mouth. This moment had come on the back of Peter Parker famously dropping the Spider-Man mantle in said sequel

even going as far as to throw his suit in the trash. The attire then ends up in Jonah's possession in the theatrical cut after being fished out of the bins by a passerby and delivered to the Daily Bugle

Yet things take a bit of a turn in the extended version when the loudmouthed editor-in-chief strangely opts to take the Spidey suit out for a test drive

Now let's be honest, it certainly makes for a balmy visual, but it no doubt would have felt out of place in the originally released film

But never fear, Spider Jonah may just pop up in a multiverse near you going forward

Harley Quinn and Deadshot share a smooch. Suicide Squad On the back of Zack Snyder's Justice League, breathing new life into a property that had once been considered a depressing failure

fans were quick to clamor for the release of the air cut of 2016's ill-fated Suicide Squad

In an image which was unleashed onto the Twitterverse by user at RTAirCutSS

a previously unseen shot of Harley Quinn's snogging Deadshot quickly caught people's attention

An accompanying piece of script which described this very moment soon followed on the same account

leading many to wonder just what else was butchered from Aya's original movie

The director himself has confirmed that this Twitter user's leaks are legit

admitting that all the excerpts that were posted onto the account were very much film

But will the positive response to these images and script leaks help persuade Warner Brothers to pull the Aya cut trigger

Well, stranger things have happened. Tobey Maguire Spidey rematch with Willem Dafoe Goblin Spider No Way Home It hard to feel in any way let down by a spidey feature that still boasted everything from three different live web cracking wise to a great many of the wall

crawlers' most captivating enemies taking on the trio of Spider-Men. However, No Way Home did also come rather close to unleashing yet another crowd-pleasing

occurrence that unfortunately wasn't able to make the finished cut. As revealed in the three big bad featurette for the MCU flick

there was clearly a moment there when John Watts had planned for Willem Dafoe's Goblin

to battle it out with Tobey Maguire's Peter 2 on top of the former's glider

For whatever reason though, Watts and co. thought it best to leave this particular epic rematch

out of the spectacular closing stretch of the feature. Again, Maguire's Parker is at least given a few satisfying moments with Doc Ock and Sandman during that climax

But not getting to witness his spidey take on Norman Osborn one last time

still likely left some feeling ever so slightly disappointed heading out of the multiversal madness

Arwen and Aragorn's courtship days, The Lord of the Rings. Despite eventually unleashing a collection of seemingly never-ending extended editions

that came simply stuffed with glorious additional scenes of Middle-earth goodness, it turns out that Peter Jackson did still find a way to leave out a compelling chunk of Lord of the Rings action

No, seriously, he did. That's according to the King of Gondor, at least

With Viggo Mortensen eventually revealing around the time of the 4K release of The Rings trilogy

that he once shot an eventually deleted scene involving Aragorn and Liv Tyler's Arwen

during their early courting days. During said ultimately cut-out sequence, Mortensen was said to have been beardless and prettied up

with the team behind the flicks doing their best to make him look as young as possible

before dressing him up like an elf. The scene taken straight from the pages involving the lovebirds wandering through a flowery meadow

was described as a beautiful sequence by the eventual Academy Award nominee

However, it simply didn't matter how gorgeous this deeper dive into the pair's romantic past was

Jackson simply felt it was not needed. And so both Vigo and the rest of the world are still yet to see a moment the actor himself adored shooting

Give the man his flowers. Mother tries to baby feed Rat into Justin Long's mouth, barbarian

just when you thought it was physically impossible to create a movie more disturbing and horrifying

than the one Zack Kreger managed to creepily piece together last year it turns out the barbarian very nearly came acquit with yet another entirely chilling moment

whilst bringing rather horrendous piece of work AJ to life throughout the making of the hit horror thriller

Justin Long would note that there was actually another nightmarish sequence he shot involving the unsettling mother

that didn't manage to make the final cut The scene, one Long himself admitted took it to another level, would have involved a terrified AJ trying to resist his captor

and this fighting against Mother would then lead to her biting the head off a nearby rat

before chewing and attempting to baby bird it into her new baby's mouth

Said effect was achieved with warm, bloody prosciutto, leaving the actor understandably wincing at the thought of ever eating the meat again

Hilariously though, later that same evening, Long did precisely that when chowing down on a prosciutto-filled panini

claiming he simply could not help it. Hopefully he consumed it the traditional way this time around, yeah

Patricia and Pina's sexual relationship, House of Gucci. If Lady Gaga and Salma Hayek had it their way

then Ridley Scott's recent House of Gucci crime drama would have possessed a sexual relationship

that eventually didn't make it out of the editing room. Offering something of a glimpse into the director's process

when discussing the moments that didn't quite wiggle their way into the finished article

the Patricia actor would explain during an awards screening of the film that moments involving herself and Hayek's character of Pina

developing a sexual relationship together were explored on set. Going further, Gaga would note how Scott happily allowed his stars to go there

with the pop star-turned-acting powerhouse remembering asking Hayek on the day, so after Maurizio dies, maybe it gets hot

You think she's kidding was her co-star's response to the unexpected revelation

with it still not being 100% clear why Scott opted to leave the sequence involving his actors

exploring this improvised part of their character's relationship out of the feature that landed in

theaters. But Gaga is still apparently holding out hope their steamy interactions could still be

seen one day, hinting at a potential director's cut who knows during the conversation, the Scarlet

Witch decapitates Mordo, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. There was actually a moment

there when Sam Raimi threatened to get even more disturbing in the thick of Doctor Strange

in the Multiverse of Madness. Speaking during the audio commentary that accompanied the digital

release of the superfilm, Raimi and writer Michael Waldron explained how there was once a moment in

the Universe Hopping Tale that involved Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch brutalizing yet another

familiar face. You can't have too many, can you? Or maybe you can as it goes. Early in the day

a moment involving Mordell from Universe 616 trying to take Wanda Maximoff's power would have

led to the one-time pal-off Stephen Strange being killed. And this early death would have ultimately then played into another unsettling scene

which would have seen the Scarlet Witch delivering the severed head of Mordo to the Master of the Mystic Arts

Feeling it slowed down the feature too much in the end though, we had to lose it were Raimi's closing comments on the since-deleted moment of savagery

That would have shown Wanda cutting his head off right halfway through his ears, as Waldron put it

Yikes. The Mona Lisa was actually fine. Glass Onion a Knives Art mystery Ending with one hell of a jaw turn of events Rian Johnson recent Knives Out follow Glass Onion saw none other than the Mona Bloody Lisa being dramatically burned to a crisp

The incinerating of such an iconic piece of art in the thick of Mars life and mansion being

wonderfully destroyed by Helen definitely helps close out Benoit Blanc's second cinematic

investigation with an almighty bang. However, there was actually an end credit scene that very

nearly soften this almighty blow, according to Johnson himself. This coder would have seen Blanc

getting on the blower to a French-speaking figure, with his ah oui oui merci paving the way for a shot

of the real Mona Lisa being safely stored in an office within the Louvre. Not wanting to pull a

punch though, the director eventually decided to scrap this late reveal, claiming I like that the

real painting gets destroyed in the movie, though it is worth adding that no real Mona Lisas were

harmed in the creation of this movie. Instead, the one used in the flick was created by a very

talented local Belgrade artist, with the crew being forced to document themselves destroying

it once they'd finished filming in order to ensure it didn't end up on the counterfeit market

Lena Headey, Jeff Goldblum, and Peter Dinklage's not-good-enough cameos. Thor Love and Thunder

While hilarious Screaming Goat and the God of Thunder's ass-cheek still managed to make

Love and Thunder one of the most outlandish MCU outings to date, there was actually a ton

of other moments left out of Taika Waititi's second Thor that would have likely made the

project even more unforgettable. Away from Christian Bale admitting that himself and Waititi took his gore-the-god butcher

into some pretty rated R territory at certain points during the shoot, in an attempt to push things as far as they could

Another collection of intriguing super scenes weren't deemed suitable for the finished godly sequel either

Or as Taika himself phrased it, the sequences that would have involved the return of the glorious Grandmaster

and Infinity War's mighty dwarf E-Tree, played by Jeff Goldblum and Peter Dinklage respectively

and MCU debut of Game of Thrones' Lena Headey just weren't good enough to feature

And those praying to one day be the judge of whether these deleted star-studded scenes

were up to scratch or not, were ultimately dealt a rather painful blow by the Oscar-winning filmmaker

with Waititi clearly explaining, I don't want people to see the deleted scenes because they're deleted for a reason

Bale may have also noted how his erased moments with Dinklage and Goldblum

contain beautiful, brilliant stuff in his opinion, but Taika clearly wasn't a fan of what he had in the can

Paul Rudd's blind date, Bridesmaids. Preparing to deliver one hell of an unexpected cameo showing

from one of Hollywood's most loved comedy stars, Paul Feig's 2011 smash hit Bridesmaids very nearly came

with additional Paul Rudd brilliance. The moment in question would have involved Rudd playing one of Annie's disastrous dates

with the eventual Ant-Man star playing against type as a hot-headed diva

who loses his cool when his finger gets sliced mid-ice skating trip

We've all been there, right? and things were looking great as the moment tested well in early screenings

with christian wig explaining how people just went crazy when rud's hilarious performance showed up in

the flick but with the first cut of the side splitting picture being too damn long the difficult

decision was eventually made to sacrifice this unanticipated appearance feig would even go as

far as to class rud's work as one of the funniest things i've ever been a witness to yet that still

couldn't keep him from having to kill his baby so to speak with the director feeling it just didn't

ring true that Annie would be torn between Jon Hamm's Ted and Chris O'Dowd's Nathan

and also be going out on numerous blind dates at the same time. Peter reunites with his father, the amazing Spider-Man 2

Returning to the Spider-Verse now, and to a moment that likely would have sat as one

of the most unexpected twists in Spidey history, had it actually become a theatrical cut reality

during Andrew Garfield's time in the iconic suit. Coming after the sequence involving his Peter Parker being depicted regularly visiting his

tragically killed girlfriend Gwen Stacy's grave, a deleted moment would have brought with it the

staggering reveal that Parker's dead father actually wasn't gone at all. Despite last being

seen falling to his doom in a plane crash alongside Peter's mother, Richard Parker makes a sensational

comeback into his son's life, leading to one of the most powerful exchanges any Spider-Man film

has ever seen, as this particular Spidey comes to terms with this life-changing event. And if that

wasn't enough on top of his mother being very much confirmed as gone, a reveal that now bonds the two

Parker men in a rather heartbreaking way. The follow-up sequence would have also

seen Richard deliver the legendary with great power comes great responsibility line too. After all the pain

and heartache both fans and Peter had to go through in that 2014 sequel

it's still hard to understand why this late source of hope was ultimately deemed not fit for the finished article

Velma and Daphne share a kiss, Scooby-Doo. Rumors of an apparent relationship

secretly going on between Daphne and Velma throughout the events of the first live-action

Scooby-Doo movie, had been out there for a while, with writer James Gunn confirming a few years back

that Velma in particular was explicitly gay in his original script. The studio repeatedly watered

down this aspect of the character though, and according to Sarah Michelle Gellar, a moment

involving her, Daphne, and Velma sharing a smooch was also left out of the completed picture despite

it actually being filmed. This revelation was swiftly followed up by Gellar noting how she had

no idea where the deleted scene ended up, and for those wondering when this erased moment would have

gone down, while the actor explained back in 2002 that the kiss would have shown up during the

supernatural body switching sequence. Not knowing how to get the right souls back in the correct

bodies, Daphne and Velma soon decided that they may as well try a quick smooch and see if that

did the trick. And it would have. But the folks calling the shot clearly weren't happy to unleash

a steamy moment Geller feels the world wants to see, and so this particular mystery ink snog

never saw the light of day. For now at least