British singer Chesney Hawkes filmed a cameo for director Duncan Jones‘ live-action Warcraft movie that didn’t quite make the final cut when it was released earlier this year. But now Hawkes’ lost moment has resurfaced, and he’s apparently a singer in the Warcraft universe as well.
CraveOnline debuted an exclusive lost scene from Warcraft that features Hawkes’ very brief cameo as he performs a medieval-themed cover of his own 1991 hit, “The One and Only.” It starts at about the 33-second mark, after Callan Lothar (Burkely Duffield) leads his soldiers past a tamed griffin, which wasn’t a finished special effect.
Jones teased Hawkes’ appearance last month when he posted a longer audio sample of Hawkes’ “The One and Only” from the film.
Now, without further ado… The lovely @ChesneyHawkes & that never heard rendition of One & Only cut from Warcraft!https://t.co/mMmlCvfkjn — Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) August 12, 2016
Jones previously used the same song in Moon and Source Code, so it’s become a recurring thing in his movies. The new take on the song actually works quite well and it’s a fun moment. But Jones’ original cut of the film was reportedly 40 minutes longer than the theatrically released version. That means that a lot of scenes like this one had to go, but hopefully Jones can eventually release a true director’s cut of the movie.
In meantime, this is one of the deleted scenes from the upcoming Warcraft Blu-ray and DVD release, which will hit on Tuesday, September 27.
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