An It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star recalls being cut from his movie with Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford. Created by Rob McElhenney, the American sitcom follows a group of friends who own a failing bar and often get in trouble with their schemes. The 16-season series, which ran from 2005 to 2023, stars McElhenney as Mac along with Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Danny DeVito, and Kaitlin Olson.
McElhenney’s small-screen credits include some of the most popular television series, such as a cameo in Game of Thrones, along with roles in Law & Order, and Lost. Now a producer, writer, director, and showrunner, it seems clear that his success lies in the television world. However, McElhenney got his start in movies. He starred in a handful of lesser-known films from 1997 to the early 2000s before transitioning towards television.
Rob McElhenney Reacts To Being Cut From The Devil’s Own
His Filmed Several Scenes With The Movie’s Leads
The 1997 thriller, The Devil’s Own, was McElhenney’s first major acting role. He was cast for a small part in the movie to star alongside Harrison Ford and Pitt. In the movie, Pitt plays an IRA member who is being harbored by an NYPD detective (Ford) out of a favor to a friend. McElhenney was set to play a character named Kevin. However, none of his scenes are included in the theatrical cut of the movie.
The It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star recalls being cut from the movie. While talking to the host on H๏τ Ones, he shares that it was “one of the most humiliating and terrible experiences” in his life. In the movie, the star had several scenes with the leads. However, he found out that he had been completely cut from the movie when he went to watch it in the theater with his friends and family. Check out what he said below:
That was one of the most humiliating and terrible experiences in my life because it was my first acting job in a movie. I got to do a scene with Harrison Ford. I got to do a scene with Brad Pitt. I got to do a scene with Julia Styles, Ruben Blades, all these incredible actors, so it was like four or five different scenes. Then the movie’s coming out, and I noticed that I didn’t get an invite to the premiere or the friends and family screening, but I’m still just starting out. I’m like 19 or 18, and I’m thinking, “It’ll be fine.”
For a year, I’m telling everybody I got this movie. Nobody believed me ’cause I hadn’t worked at all or doing anything else. And then we go to the movie, all my friends, everybody, my family bought tickets, and I’m just, not in it, at all. They cut me completely out of the movie, didn’t give me a heads-up. They were all A players. I was a D player on the ground. I wasn’t even a player, I was on the editing room’s floor.
Our Take On Rob McElhenney Being Cut From The Devil’s Own
It May Not Have Anything To Do With His Performance
The Devil’s Own isn’t the only movie that McElhenney found himself on the editing room’s floor. He had a small cameo in ᴅᴇᴀᴅpool & Wolverine, but sadly, Ryan Reynolds had to cut the scene out because the sequence just didn’t work with the rest of the film. For McElhenney, being cut out of a movie he starred in was a terrible experience, but the second time it happened also shed some light on the possible reasons behind his cut from The Devil’s Own.
Rob McElhenney is certainly not the only actor to end up completely on the editing room floor, and most of the time, it had nothing to do with performance. It’s unclear whether The Devil’s Own would’ve benefited from the deleted scenes, though the movie did receive criticism over its inconsistent storytelling. In retrospect, the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star doesn’t have the best of luck with movies, but the good thing is that he later found success in television series.
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