In a recent interview with BackstageOL’s Jake Hamilton of “Jake’s Takes”, Gangster Squad star Josh Brolin commented on a scene that was cut out of the movie after the July 2012 shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
“Before the tragedy in Colorado I saw a trailer for this movie and was just blown away by what looked like an amazing scene shot in a movie theater,” Hamilton asked Brolin. “Obviously, due to circumstances, they had to end up cutting it out and re-shooting a sequence. Thinking about how great that sequence looked, is there any part of you that is disappointed it is not in the movie?”
“Not at all,” Brolin remarked. “I’m not disappointed. I think the eeriness of the similarity of the scene and what really happened was just unprecedented, so I don’t think it needed to be in there. I was very happy about their decision, very supportive of their decision and I actually like the scene that it’s replaced with better.”
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Jake Hamilton is an American film critic and documentary producer. Formerly a teen film critic for the Houston Chronicle and the HoustonPBS talk show The After Party, he now hosts the Emmy-nominated film review segment Jake's Takes, produced by KRIV-TV (FOX Houston). Favorite Movies: 1. Road to Perdition 2. Pulp Fiction 3. Gladiator 4. Se7en 5. Jaws
