10 Secret Subplots Hidden In Movies

10. Deckard's Divorce - Blade Runner

Though none of the various cuts of Ridley Scott's Blade Runner shed much definitive light on who Deckard (Harrison Ford) is as a person, there are nevertheless small hints at elements which were ultimately cut from the movie - specifically a subplot involving Deckard's ex-wife.

In Philip K. Dick's original novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, real animals are shown to be extremely rare and therefore something of a status symbol.

Deckard was married to a woman named Iran who was unhappy and ready to leave him, but he hoped that buying her a real Nubian goat would help keep their marriage together by bolstering their social status.

Only the theatrical cut of Blade Runner makes a passing mention of Deckard's wife ("Sushi. That's what my ex-wife called me. Cold fish."), yet this wasn't always the plan.

An earlier version of the script included explicit references to both Deckard's wife and son, and a deleted scene literally saw Deckard confess, "I quit after my wife left me. She went off-world with some guy who made a fortune in the Colonies."

There are nevertheless a few nods to this planned subplot throughout most versions of the film, specifically the abundance of artificial animals throughout the world, which Deckard hopes in the book will save his crumbling marriage.

A photo of Deckard and his wife is also scarcely visible at his piano in the film, and an uncredited woman who appears to be the same actress - if not one bearing an uncanny resemblance - can be seen eyeballing him from a cab during the Zhora (Joanna Cassidy) chase scene.

As much as the bulk of this subplot was evidently left on the cutting room floor, the ghosts of Deckard's past clearly continue to haunt him.