Anna Paquin cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past

It seems there's one mutant hero who won't help Professor X and his X-Men save the world when Days of Future Past hits cinemas next year.

Anna Paquin's cameo return to the role of Rogue has been given the chop.

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The actress had filmed a short sequence for the movie, which was teased in the trailer for the movie, but director Bryan Singer has explained he had to remove the scene due to time constraints.

He told Entertainment Weekly: "Through the editing process, the sequence became extraneous. 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 added that the Oscar-winning actress was "awesome in the sequence" and completely professional about the situation: "She completely understood. 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."

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X-Men: Days of Future Past will see Hugh Jackman's Wolverine sent back in time in an effort to prevent an apocalyptic future.

Paquin's co-stars from the original X-Men film franchise Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ellen Page, Halle Berry and Shawn Ashmore are set to reprise their roles in the upcoming sequel. X-Men: First Class stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence and Nicholas Hoult will also return for the time-spanning movie.

X-Men: Days of Future Past will arrive in UK cinemas on May 22, 2014.