15 Interesting Details In Early Drafts Of Beloved Movies
![15 Interesting Details In Early Drafts Of Beloved Movies](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/5/9/786359_320x180.jpg)
There’s a reason narratives of all kinds, from short stories and novels to TV and movie scripts, go through multiple drafts. It’s exceedingly rare that the first version is the final version. Sure, the broad strokes of the plot might make it through each iteration intact, but it’s the details, the little morsels of the experience, that get worked and reworked until it’s just right.
Pixar has to pull its punches because it punches too hard, Marvel has to dial back on their cameos lest they steal the spotlight and momentum of the story they’re telling at that moment, and the Game of Thrones guys one time didn’t shoehorn in something just because it “would be cool.” It’s these interesting details from the pre-production stage that makes people kick ass on trivia night, and so here are a few to hopefully level the playing field at the next one, because let’s be honest, Carl’s (or Karli or Jane or Terence or whatever your nemesis’ name is) tendency to win at trivia is getting really annoying.
![NandaVision almost had a cameo by Benedict cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. But the studio nixed the idea very late - and, originally, they even made the in-universe commercials messages to Wanda from him. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/4/786374.jpg)
Source: Rolling Stone
![According to Carrie Fisher's brother, Leia herself was going to be the last Jedi. Todd Fisher says that, in The Rise of Skywalker, Leia herself was originally supposed to play a key role in defeating the First Order. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/1/786371.jpg)
Source: Collider
![Colin Firth's wet shirt scene in Pride and Prejudice was going to be a nude scene. The screenwriter isn't sure why they changed it from full-frontal nudity-- it might have been down to the studio or the actor. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/9/786369.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![Bing Bong's death in Inside Out was originally supposed to be even sadder. The original version of the scene was 40-60 seconds longer, but they shortened it because it ended up being just too heart-wrenching. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/0/786370.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![The original concept for Justice League had Steppenwolf go to Apokolips. He'd be sent there instead of dying, and get killed by Darkseid - who'd be intrigued by a Kryptonian on Earth, and would plan to meet him. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/3/786373.jpg)
Source: DenOfGeek
![The initial idea for Ghost Protocol was for someone else to take over the series. Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt would become the Secretary of the IMF, and the franchise would focus on another actor, maybe Jeremy Renner. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/7/786367.jpg)
Source: Collider
![Solo's original directors Lord and Miller wanted the movie to look dark and gritty. They wanted a gritty, grimy palette reflective of the seedy underbelly of conniving crooks, battle-weary war deserters and ruthless criminal syndicates. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/6/786366.jpg)
Source: IndieWire
![The Social Network's iconic opening is there because David Fincher lost a battle. He had wanted a minutes-long, single-take shot that follows Mark Zuckerberg back to his dorm room, but he couldn't make that happen. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/8/786368.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![In an early version of Guardians of the Galaxy, Nebula would get killed off. I definitely had a feeling that there was room for the character to expand... but she was originally supposed to die, said Karen Gillan. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/2/786372.jpg)
Source: Digital Spy
![The Game of Thrones team really wanted to keep Ser Jorah alive til the end. They wanted him at the wall along with Jon and Tormund, but it turned out to be impossible to get him there in plot terms, so they nixed the idea. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/5/786365.jpg)
Source: IndieWire
![Luke was originally supposed to be a main character in The Force Awakens. They only wrote him out because, whenever he entered the plot, he'd just end up dominating everything and overshadowing the new characters. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/4/786364.jpg)
Source: Vanity Fair
![The original idea was for Poe to die at some point during The Force Awakens. That's what they pitched to oscar Isaac, and it's what he accepted -- but then they told him that they'll keep Poe alive after all, to his delight. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/3/786363.jpg)
Source: GQ
![Loki was supposed to die for good in Thor: The Dark World. Marvel changed tack only because audiences didn't buy that his death was permanent-- Loki was way too tricky and devious, they thought. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/2/786362.jpg)
Source: DenOfGeek
![The Mask was originally supposed to be pure horror, not comedy. The studio wanted a Freddy Krueger-style movie, but their idea eventually lost and the movie's tone changed to, of all things, a screwball comedy. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/1/786361.jpg)
Source: DenOfGeek
![They nearly had Tom Holland cameo in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. He would have shown up in a scene in a train station, walking in the background with a line like Hey, kid but the idea never got past the planning stage. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/0/786360.jpg)
Source: IndieWire