Like many creative endeavors, not everything that was planned for Red Dead Redemption 2 made it into the game. The studio already spoke about how five hours of content was cut, and now the actors who play Dutch and Arthur Morgan have shared more insight on the content that was cut from the game. It sounds like the content would have been exciting, though it likely would have also made the gigantic game even longer.

　　Speaking to GameSpot, Arthur Morgan actor Roger Clark said Rockstar decided to cut one mission involving Arthur and Dutch. We don't know the full context of the scene, but Clark said it involved an action sequence on a train. "There was one that got cut that was kind of fun where we take out some Boston bounty hunters on a train," he said.

　　You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.

　　Click To Unmute

　　Firearms Expert’s FAVORITE Weapons Of 2023

　　State Of Gaming Handhelds In 2023How Lies of P Cracked the Souls GenreLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Ichiban Kasuga Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Chitose Fujinomiya Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Kazuma Kiryu Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Saeko Mukoda Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Eric Tomizawa Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Tianyou Zhao Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Seonhee Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Koichi Adachi Character Spotlight TrailerLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Official Yu Nanba Character Spotlight Trailer

　　Share

　　LinkEmbed

　　Size:640 × 360480 × 270

　　Start at: End at: Autoplay Loop

　　Want us to remember this setting for all your devices?

　　Sign up or Sign in now!

　　Please use a html5 video capable browser to watch videos.

　　This video has an invalid file format.

　　00:00:00

　　HTML5

　　Auto HD High Low

　　Report a problem

　　Sorry, but you can't access this content!

Please enter your date of birth to view this video

　　By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's

　　Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

　　enter

　　Now Playing: Red Dead Online With Arthur Morgan, Sadie Adler, and Dutch van der Linde

　　Benjamin Byron Davis, who plays Dutch, said of this mission: "We spent a lot of time on that. That was going to be ... oh, I hate that that got cut. It got cut because I guess they couldn't get it up to snuff."

　　Clark said Rockstar isn't afraid to cut content if it doesn't live up to the studio's goalposts. "That's the thing--you've got to be willing to kill your babies. You can't put everything in," he said.

　　GameSpot Newsletters

　　Get the latest gaming news, reviews, and deals sent to your inbox, FREE!

　　Sign Up

　　Sign Up

　　By signing up to receive newsletters, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time.

　　Thanks for signing up

　　Davis said he's happy in the end. "I do my best not to want what I don't have. I don't know that I need another mission with Arthur and Dutch," he said.

　　Davis alluded to how this mission was not the only one to be left on the cutting room floor.

　　"When you're working with Rockstar, you really never need to worry. Because anything that doesn't work, they don't use it," he said. "The amount of good things that they let go of is ... well, that's too much information."

　　Also during our interview, Davis spoke about how we was over the moon when he got the call to return as Dutch after the first game. Dutch's role in the first game was much smaller, and Davis didn't originally envision a future for the character.

　　"The first one was such an amazing experience, and in a lot of ways, it was a dream come true because I had been a gamer and I had a sense that actors were part of how these things were put together and I thought it looked like a good gig," he said. "But I didn't really realize when we were doing the first one how amazing it was going to be. I didn't understand the full scope of Dutch as a character."

　　"So when it was over, I was hopeful that I would get a phone call to come back but it wasn't a guarantee and they certainly ... there hadn't been plans when we did the original to do that. So when I got that call, I was about as excited as I could be about anything except for the fact that I couldn't tell anybody I was doing it."

　　Davis also shared that, on the first Red Dead, the total time he spent on the project was about six months. This included a week or two of performance capture and three hours in the voice over booth. For the sequel--which is a prequel-- Dutch's character was expanded to become one of the central figures. This required a lot of work. Davis said he did three times the amount of work on Red Dead Redemption 2 in the first week alone than he did for the entirety of the first game.

　　"So I booked the job, and when I finally signed the contracts and they sent me the first 100 pages of the script that I had to memorize, I was both excited--I had to get to work--but then I also became a bit intimidated because I was so proud of the first one," he said. "I honestly had some fears about, 'What if we can't do better?' I shared those fears with our director Rod Edge on the first day of performance capture, and he put me right at ease and said, 'We're gonna do better than the first one.' And I think he was right."

　　You can check out GameSpot's full interview with Clark, Davis, and Sadie Adler actress Alex McKenna in the video above.

　　Play For All 2020 News And Events

　　E3 2021: Schedule, Participants, And What To Expect Halo Infinite Gameplay Debuts At Xbox Series X Stream Assassin's Creed Valhalla Reminds Me Of Playing Black Flag + Show More Play For All 2020 News And Events Links (2) GameSpot's Play For All: Here's How To Donate Ubisoft Forward Stream: All The Games Shown And Announced