Scenes of Anna Paquin as Rogue cut from 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'

The 2014 superhero blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past will feature mutants from both the original X-Men trilogy and the 2011 film X-Men: First Class, which took place in the 1960s. But one mutant, and the actress who plays her, will no longer be in the film.

Director Bryan Singer told EW.com exclusively that an early rescue scene in the film that features Rogue (Anna Paquin), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Professor X (Patrick Stewart) and Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) has been cut from the final version of the film. This means that Paquin will not be in the theatrical release of the film.

"Through the editing process, the sequence became extraneous," Singer told EW. "It's a really good sequence and it will probably end up on the DVD so people can see it. But like many things in the editing process, it was an embarrassment of riches and it was just one of the things that had to go. Unfortunately, it was the one and only sequence Anna Paquin was in, the Rogue character was in. Even though she's in the materials and part of the process of making the film, she won't appear in it."

Singer stressed that his decision to cut the scene, which was shot early in the production of the movie, had nothing to do with Paquin or her performance.

"She did a fantastic job," he said. "She was awesome in the sequence. She's a brilliant actress. I would work with her in a heartbeat."

He also said he'd already told Paquin, who was only on the set of Days of Future Past for a week, about the elimination.

"She completely understood," Singer said. "It's very disappointing, but she's very professional and she knows that stuff happens, particularly with material you shoot early on in production. Films evolve."