10 Insane Reasons Actors Didn't Return For Movie Sequels

10. Kristen Stewart's Cheating Scandal - The Huntsman: Winter's War

Despite Snow White and the Huntsman performing decently at the box office in 2012 and Universal expressing immediate interest in a direct sequel, those plans were scuppered mere months later.

Ultimately the studio decided to shelve the follow-up after star Kristen Stewart and director Rupert Sanders were caught having an affair a few weeks following the film's release.

Universal instead conceived the next film, The Huntsman: Winter's War, as a part-prequel, part-sequel focused on Chris Hemsworth's Huntsman, with Stewart's Snow White appearing only in brief archive footage.

Back in 2019, Stewart finally opened up about the experience, declaring that she was "slut-shamed" and confirming beyond any about that her affair with Sanders was the reason for her not returning for Snow White and the Huntsman 2. She said:

"They didn't put me in that movie because I went through such a highly publicised scandal, and so they were like scared of touching that... And they should've put me in that movie! It would've been better. Not to be a d**k, but..."

No lies detected, Kristen.