10 More Deleted Movie Scenes That Explain Confusing Movie Moments

4. The Iron Giant's Nightmare - The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant
Warner Bros.

Brad Bird's animated cult classic The Iron Giant keeps the precise nature of its titular robot ambiguous, and with its imaginative, socially conscious story, naturally left audiences fascinated by the wider context of this entity's "existence."

Bird had actually storyboarded a sequence depicting the Iron Giant (Vin Diesel) having a nightmare, which reveals that it is one of an army of planet-destroying robots, yet the scene was never completed due to time and budgetary constraints.

However, for the 2015 Signature Edition, the scene was completed with the help of some artists who worked on the original movie, and as you can see below, the end result slots totally seamlessly into the original film.

While some might prefer the ambiguity of the mystery, the scene is beautifully crafted enough to justify lifting the curtain. Plus, didn't you really want to know?

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