10 Actors Who Didn't Know They'd Been Cut

9. Terry Crews - Terminator Salvation

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As forgettable as Terminator Salvation is, keen-eyed viewers might notice a blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance from Terry Crews as a fallen soldier in John Connor's (Christian Bale) army near the start of the film.

As it turns out, Crews originally had an actual living, breathing role which was cut during the editing process. Crews played Jericho, a Resistance soldier who takes part in an opening Skynet raid at the cost of his life.

Crews has stated that the producers never informed him that his part was being cut, and so he had to discover the truth himself at the film's premiere.

Crews has expressed bitterness about this in the past, particularly that because a single shot of his corpse was left in the film, he was asked by many why he was in the movie at all.

More recently Crews seems to see the funny side of it, though, joking about being the "losingest badass in Hollywood."

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