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‘Ghosted’ Director Axed A 3-Minute Long Opening Scene Because The Movie Was Streaming
'Ghosted' Director Axed A 3-Minute Long Opening Scene Because The Movie Was Streaming,‘Ghosted’ Director Axed A 3-Minute Long Opening Scene Because The Movie Was Streaming Ghosted, starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, is breaking a lot of records for Apple TV+ right now! The film, directed by Dexter Fletcher, pulled in 328,500…

‘Ghosted’ Director Axed A 3-Minute Long Opening Scene Because The Movie Was Streaming

Ghosted, starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, is breaking a lot of records for Apple TV+ right now!

The film, directed by Dexter Fletcher, pulled in 328,500 viewers, making it the most-watched movie debut to date for Apple TV+.

While the movie is a must-watch for fans, Dexter revealed that the had to nix one scene that he planned for the movie because it was streaming.

Keep reading to find out more…

During an interview with Alex Zane’s A Trip to the Movies podcast, Dexter said that he had a three-minute long intro scene in his head that he wanted to kick off the movie.

He told the host that he realized that “you can’t make a film for streaming the same way you do for theatrical. There are different metrics and approaches. There has to be, for the very reason that people can turn off very quickly.”

The scene that Dexter had in mind had Ana’s character driving a car through a mountain (which referenced 1978′s Foul Play), and when he pitched that to Apple, they nixed it.

The network explained to Dexter that they had concerns about whether it would resonate with a streaming audience.

“I thought it was great, this three-minute opening scene, and they said you can’t do it because if it [the opening sequence] goes on and something doesn’t happen in the first 30 seconds, we know the data shows that people will just turn off,” he shared. “I don’t want that, so I make the compromise.”

Listen to the entire episode below:

If you missed it, Chris recently revealed how he got all his Marvel friends to cameo in the movie.