Random Deleted Scenes That Would’ve Totally Changed A Movie's Main Charact (15 items)

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  (#1) Independence Day

  • Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Vivica A. Fox, Randy Quaid, Harry Connick, Jr., Mary McDonnell, Harvey Fierstein, Frank Welker, Bill Pullman, Adam Baldwin, Judd Hirsch, Andrew Keegan, Brent Spiner, Robert Loggia, Mae Whitman, James Rebhorn, Lisa Jakub, Erick Avari, Christine Devine, Rance Howard, Dan Lauria, John McLaughlin, Richard Speight, Jr., Margaret Colin, Wendy Walsh, Tracey Walter, Leland Orser, Bill Smitrovich, Dean Devlin, Jerry Dunphy, Eleanor Clift, Fred Barnes, Tim Kelleher, Jim Piddock, Thomas F. Duffy, James Duval, Carlos Lacámara, Robert Pine, Ron Pitts, Anthony Crivello, John Capodice, Sharon Tay, Jeffrey Gold, Jay Acovone, Kevin Cooney, Greg Collins, Kiersten Warren, Raphael Sbarge, Nectar Rose, Morton Kondracke, Thom Barry, Sayed Badreya, George Putnam, Giuseppe Andrews, David Pressman, Ross Bagley, Lyman Ward, Devon Gummersall, John Bennett Perry, Johnny Kim, Bob Friend, Pat Skipper, Kimberly Beck, Mark Thompson, Barry Del Sherman, Malcolm Danare, Ernie Anastos, Bobby Hosea, Randy Oglesby, Frank Novak, Jack Germond, Gary A. Hecker, Adam Tomei, Jeff Phillips, Levan Uchaneishvili, Wayne Wilderson, Derek Webster, Peter J. Lucas, Jana Marie Hupp, John Bradley, Scott McKinley, Jessika Cardinahl, James With, Barry Nolan, Darla Rae, Volker Engel, Jon Matthews, Julie Moran, Gary Pike, Kevin Sifuentes, Kristof Konrad, Michael A. Valenzano, Elston Ridgle, Nelson Mashita, Jack Moore, Vivian Palermo, Joyce Cohen, Mark Fite, Lee Strauss, Michael Winther, John Storey, Daren Dochterman, Tadao Tomomatsu, Mike Monteleone, Robin Groth, Steve Giannelli, Joe Fowler, Michael Haddad, Bonnie Silco, Eric Michael Zee, Marisa Johnston, James Wong, Lisa Star, Paul LeClair, Roy Newton, Barbara Beck, Andrew Warne, Richard Pachorek, Eric Neal Newman, Jonathan Adler, Michael Moertl, Ross Lacy, Yelena Danova, David Chanel, Greg Bronson, Carlos Lara, Arthur Brooks, Matt Pashkow, Gary W. Cruz, Michael Vacca, James J. Joyce, Jonathan Khan, James Woodson, Vanessa J. Wells, Eric Paskel, Dexter Warren, Troy Willis, Mirron E. Willis, Darin Mangan, Lincoln D. Hiatt, Bryan Moss

  Character And Film: David Levinson, Independence Day

  Deleted Scene: David explains he can decode the alien's language and use tech from Roswell to make his Macintosh computer capable of uploading a virus to the mothership.

  How It Changes The Main Character: This scene shows how much of a genius David is, but more importantly, it fills a major plot hole that viewers have wondered about since the film's 1996 release: How the heck can the humans give a virus to an alien operating system?
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  (#7) Lilo & Stitch

  • Tia Carrere, Ving Rhames, Kevin Michael Richardson, Daveigh Chase, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Kath Soucie, Rodger Bumpass, Jess Harnell, Bob Bergen, Jack Angel, Jennifer Darling, Steven Blum, Amy Hill, Steve Kramer, Chris Sanders, Jason Scott Lee, Paige Pollack, Doug Stone, Catherine Cavadini, Mickie McGowan, Zoe Caldwell, Susan Silo, Patrick Pinney, John Demita, Debra Jean Rogers, Steve Alterman, Jeff Fischer, Greg Finley, Karle Warren, Daamen J. Krall, Barbara Harris, Susan Hegarty, Noreen Reardon, Valerie Flueger Veras, Mary Linda Phillips, Erica Beck, Judi M. Durand, Melanie Spore, David Randolph, Courtney Mun, Ruth Zalduondo, Chloe Looper, Miranda Paige Walls, Todd Kurosawa, Bill Asing, Aszur Hill, Alexandra Deary, Kunewa Mook, Emily Anderson

  Character And Film: Stitch, Lilo & Stitch

  Deleted Scene: When Lilo introduces Stitch to her fish friend, Pudge, Stich slaps the fish away. Out of the water and vulnerable to the seagulls, Pudge soon perishes. Lilo tries to fend off the gulls, but Stitch just sits and watches. After Lilo chastises Stitch, she buries Pudge - right next to the graves of her parents.

  How It Changes The Main Character: This scene not only teaches Stitch about mortality, it marks a major turning point for his character's morality. After failing to act, he learns how much he's hurt Lilo - something he takes to heart. It makes the film a bit darker but also allows the audience to see more of Stitch's growth. 
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  (#14) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  • Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Carrey, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, David Cross, Tom Wilkinson, Jane Adams, Josh Flitter, Deirdre O'Connell, Paul Litowsky, Lauren Adler, Thomas Jay Ryan, Amir Ali Said, Debbon Ayer, Gerry Robert Byrne, Ryan Whitney, Brian Price, Lola Daehler

  Character And Film: Joel Barish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

  Deleted Scene: In this case, there are several scenes, all involving Naomi, Joel's ex-girlfriend. One scene in particular shows Joel calling Naomi after first meeting Clementine and telling his ex that he doesn't think they should jump back into things. He then calls Clementine for the first time.

  How It Changes The Main Character: The meet-cute/tragedy of the relationship between Joel and Clementine is severely altered when you realize Joel has an on-and-off relationship with someone else that he's essentially avoiding because he's more interested in Clementine. There are also some additional sad moments when Naomi is erased from Joel's memory and he doesn't recognize her.
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  (#3) Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

  • Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Alec Guinness, Billy Dee Williams, Frank Oz, Ian McDiarmid, Warwick Davis, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse, Anthony Daniels, Denis Lawson, Sebastian Shaw, Kenneth Colley, Jeremy Bulloch, Michael Pennington, Mike Quinn, Larry Ward

  Characters And Film: Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda; Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

  Deleted Scene: Yoda explains to Luke that Obi-Wan wanted to tell him Darth Vader is his father, but Yoda wouldn't let him.

  How It Changes The Main Character (And His Friends): This small moment changes the relationship between Luke, Yoda, and Obi-Wan. For Luke, he now realizes that Obi-Wan didn't want to keep things from him, but Yoda did. For Obi-Wan, it proves he disagreed with Yoda and wanted to reveal the truth to young Luke.

  The whole thing switches around a number of relationships and personalities while also teasing tension between Yoda and Obi-Wan.
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  (#11) Blade Runner

  • Harrison Ford, Daryl Hannah, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, Joanna Cassidy, James Hong, William Sanderson, Brion James, Joe Turkel, Morgan Paull, Monty Pyke, Kevin Thompson, John Edward Allen

  Character And Film: Rick Deckard, Blade Runner

  Deleted Scene: Deckard daydreams about a unicorn running through a misty forest.

  How It Changes The Main Character: When it comes to Blade Runner, assessing the plot depends on which of the several versions you're watching. Then, there are the contradictory statements made by Ridley Scott, Harrison Ford, and others. And that's not even bringing the original short story into it. But if you watch the Director's Cut, you'll see the unicorn scene, which was removed from the original theatrical release.

  On its own, the scene doesn't mean much, but when you realize Gaff left an origami unicorn for Deckard, it suggests he knows what Deckard was dreaming about. This implicitly confirms the long-running theory that Deckard is a replicant.
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  (#5) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  • Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Elijah Wood, Sean Bean, Hugo Weaving, Sean Astin, Karl Urban, Peter Jackson, Andy Serkis, Brad Dourif, Miranda Otto, John Noble, Dominic Monaghan, David Wenham, Billy Boyd, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Jed Brophy, John Bach, Nathaniel Lees, Bruce Hopkins, Alan Lee, Karlos Drinkwater, Barrie M. Osborne, Sala Baker, John Leigh, Bruce Allpress, Olivia Tennet, Calum Gittins, Robbie Magasiva, Robyn Malcolm, Dan Hennah, Ray Trickett, Paul Holmes, Stephen Ure, Henry Mortensen, Paul Norell, Sandro Kopp, Billy Jackson, Daniel Falconer, Hannah Wood, Bruce Phillips, Katie Jackson, Robert Pollock, Walter Walsh, Paris Howe Strewe, Sam Comery, Jarl Benzon, Jørn Benzon, Joseph Mika-Hunt, Lee Hartley, Victoria Beynon-Cole, Marcus Thorne, Phil Grieve, Piripi Waretini, Timothy Lee, Phillip Spencer Harris

  Character And Film: Aragorn II, son of Arathorn; The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

  Deleted Scene: Aragorn shares soup with Éowyn and it's revealed he's actually 87 years old.

  How It Changes The Main Character: The scene not only reveals Aragorn has access to the greatest skincare routine in all of Middle Earth, but that he's pretty spry for an octogenarian.

  In all seriousness, the age reveal is an important aspect of Aragorn's character that is largely missing in the theatrical Lord of the Rings trilogy. As a member of the Dúnedain, Aragorn is a descendant of ancient Numenor - Tolkien's version of Atlantis - and possesses greater fortitude and a much longer lifespan than ordinary mortals. By noting that he's actually 87, Aragorn is no longer "wiser than his years" but a veteran of some serious conflicts. 

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