A Bedazzled Scene Deleted for U.S. Audience

By Azad October 24, 2000 4:56 PM

Brendan Fraser, star of the current fantasy induced comedy Bedazzled, told TV Guide Online that filmmakers decided to delete one of his characters from the movie before it opened in the United States. Throughout the movie, Fraser plays several roles that reflects the wishes that is granted to him by the devil (played by Elizabeth Hurley).

"I was doing a rocker who was a cross between Oasis and the guy from Supergrass," Fraser said. "I went onstage before thousands of extras in a stadium in downtown L.A., ... lip-synching a song written by the guy from Metallica. Forget acting. It was all about rock and roll!"

In the deleted scenes: When his character wasn't performing his music on the stage, he would be taking pills backstage, throwing up a lot and engaging in a fairly explicit sex act on a table. "He was pretty vile," Fraser said. "It sort of became our homage to Sid and Nancy, [but] test audiences didn't buy it. I was going over the top, because this guy is a complete wreck. We thought we were doing a spoof like This Is Spinal Tap."

For those who yearn to see it, the deleted scene will turn up on the DVD version (of course). Or, you can travel to a country outside of the United States and see it there.