15 More Things You Didn’t Know About Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
4. A Vulcan Processional Was Filmed—Then Cut
An elaborate sequence of Spock being carried to the steps of Mount Seleya was filmed at Occidental College in Los Angeles, but was largely cut during editing. In one of the deleted moments, six Vulcan priestesses—in illogically diaphanous gowns—carried Spock through a plaza not by grabbing the litter that bore him, but by resting their hands atop him. Per the script:
As Spock’s body moves, now seen -- now blocked by passing forms, we realize the bearers’ hands are no longer under the body, but are ON TOP OF IT.
The script also identifies a small Vulcan girl to be featured, in a moment when she breaks from her father's grip to give Spock’s body the Vulcan salute and deliver the line, “Live long and prosper, Spock.” The child actress who played this part, Katerine Blum, received screen credit, but her part still ended up on the cutting room floor.