They shot and then cut out all of his scenes from the hit movie. “I’m devastated”

Tim Blake Nelson got a role in the second part of “”. He was supposedly supposed to play Count Hasimir Fenring, husband of Lady Margo Fenring. Lea Seydoux, who played her, got her own place on posters promoting “Dune”, she also appeared on screen several times and even said a few sentences. However, Tim Blake Nelson was not heard from shortly after it was announced that he would appear in the production. What went wrong?

“Dune 2”. Tim Blake Nelson deleted from the movie

Tim Blake Nelson was supposed to play a role that was less important to the plot, but he probably didn’t expect that all his work on the set would be wasted. Unfortunately, after filming he had so many hours of material that he had to make sharp cuts. Ultimately, the film lasting almost three hours (165 minutes) did not include a single minute (or even a second) with Tim Blake Nelson.

I can’t tell you what scene it was. Let Denis tell you. It was a great time working on this shot. And then it turned out that he had to cut everything because he thought the film was too long. I’m devastated, but I don’t hold any grudges. I really liked working with him, I can’t wait for our next joint projects, because there will definitely be such – said the actor, disappointed but reconciled with the situation, in an interview with Movieweb.

A similar fate befell the likable character of Thufir Hawat, played by Stephen McKinley Henderson. Thufir was present in the first installment of “Dune”, he was also supposed to be in the second one, but… something went wrong again. Villeneuve later explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that it was a “very painful decision.”

I love this character, but at the beginning of work I decided that I was making a film from the Bene Gesserit side, not from the Mentat side. This does not mean that there are no Mentats, although there should be, it is just the nature of adaptation – he said

Thufir Hawat, ‘Dune’ Photo Warner Bros.

Villeneuve cuts with great force, Nolan works with the precision of a surgeon

Denis Villeneuve, like Christopher Nolan, does not accept director’s versions of his films. Once the work is shot, it becomes the final version after being shown to the public. Others do not exist. This means that, as a director, he makes dozens, sometimes hundreds of very difficult decisions before the premiere of the production.

Sometimes I cut scenes and I think, “I can’t believe I’m getting rid of this.” I feel like a samurai is cutting me open. It’s so painful that I can’t go back to the scenes I killed because I would be creating a Frankenstein – I would be trying to resurrect something that is already dead. It’s too painful. It died, it died, apparently there was a reason. But yes, this job is filled with pain. Only the movie remains. I’m cruel in the editing room, but it’s not about my ego. Then I only think about the movie. I am murdering my beloved children and it is painful, Villeneuve explained graphically in an interview with Collider.

Christopher Nolan is of a similar opinion. After the film is finished, he does not create a director’s version of it. Moreover, as Cillian Murphy revealed, Nolan tries not to shoot anything in excess. “There are no deleted scenes in his work. That’s why there are no DVD extras, because the entire script is included in the film. He knows exactly what should be included in the production and doesn’t change the story,” Murphy said in an interview. With .