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By this point, fans are used to the concept of deleted scenes from movies — moments that might have been fun or exciting, but ultimately unnecessary in the grand scheme of things when a movie’s runtime and momentum are at stake. Fans are also used to the idea of deleted scenes showing up after the movie has been in theaters for awhile.

Marvel Studios’ Thunderbolts* is doing things differently, with star David Harbour already talking about how trailers for the movie use footage that isn’t in the final version of the actual film.

“It's been fun to watch the marketing too because there is so much stuff on the cutting room floor that maybe the marketing team just picked up – little moments that aren't in the movie that they are just taking,” Harbour told Digital Spy. “There was so much footage of us just messing around that makes for a really fun trailer beat, but doesn't quite make it for the movie. There was a ton of good stuff.”

Before heading to the theater this weekend, perhaps it’s time to reacquaint yourself with the trailers so far to better see what did, and didn’t, make it into the finished movie.

Thunderbolts* opens in US theaters May 2, with previews May 1.

Keep up to date on Popverse's Marvel coverage, with these highlights:

• The MCU needs Anya Taylor-Joy's Magik in it (and not just for the X-Men connection)
• How Disney+'s What If...? is the moonshot for the next 50 years of Marvel Studios & the MCU
• Marvel Studios has accidentally created a new Phase that predates Phases 1 - 6: the MCU Phase Zero
• Overgrown children of the atom: Marvel's X-Men can't evolve past their '90s commercial peak
• The biggest outstanding questions of the Marvel Studios' movies & TV shows
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• Marvel Studios swapping out Doctor Doom for Kang offers the chance to jettison the Multiverse Saga
• What Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is saying (and not saying) about the MCU X-Men franchise says a lot about the future of the Mutant Saga
• If Marvel is going to bring Loki back for Secret Wars, it's time to give him an upgrade
• In 2021, Sony's boss said people won't miss Spider-Man in its Spider-adjacent movie. Turns out, they do.