What happend to Julie Brown's role?
Hi! I was watching some old episodes of MTV's 'Just say Julie' starring the multi-talented comedianne Julie Brown, when I decided to take a look at her resume to see whatever else she's done and was surprised to see that she was in Police Academy Part 2 - as I did not remember her actually being in in, which is odd since I had the movie in my collection and had seen it recently.
My suspicions were confirmed as I viewed the film to see that she was hardly in it despite her name being featured very prominently in the cast listings? Now, I know my copy is censored (I live in Asia - and certain movie companies - in order to maximize profit - censor the movies they sell on CD and DVD to ensure 'all ages' audience for their product) but I did see an 'uncut' copy of the movie some time back and can only recall some coarse language being cut. The reason I am writing this post is because :
a) It's VERY unusual for someone to be listed so high up in the cast and not have a prominent role. I know that certain old forgotten 'B' flicks like to promote famous stars in the cast who at the time were unknowns on their cover box art to generate interest, but come on, she's not Julia Roberts and Police Academy is a quite famous enough franchise on it's own - why is her part so horribly cut? Can anyone fill me in?
b) It's obvious she was the love interest of Office Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) in the movie - the version I have has him in a shop and the scene is cut as soon as he walks up to her - she's standing next to him in a later scene as well, so my question is: Is there an alternate cut where her part is bigger? I mean, the version I saw has her with absolutely NO dialogue and barely five minutes of screen time! What's the scoop? Can anyone help me out?!!