Speaking with Variety about Malkovich's scenes being cut from the film, director Matt Shakman noted that the two-time Academy Award nominee “was brilliant in it and gave it his all" as baddie Ivan Kragoff/Red Ghost. But at the end of the day, “There were a lot of things that ultimately ended up hitting the cutting room floor,” said Shakman, 49.

First Steps. The 71-year-old actor was set to appear in the new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster as villain Ivan Kragoff/Red Ghost but director Matt Shakman has revealed that his scenes didn't make the final cut as they didn't fit in with the story — which features Pedro Pascal,

Despite being playing a prominent villain from Marvel's comics, the 71-year-old Oscar nominee was left on the cutting room floor.