The sequels director, Todd Philips explained that the scene was cut because it didn't make sense at the moment where it was placed in the film. Philips then called Neeson, to ask him to come back and reshoot the scene so that it would then make sense, but Neeson is now wrapped up with the filming for "Wrath Of The Titans".
Philips has now turned to actor/writer/director, Nick Cassavetes to take on the cameo role. This is what Philips said about this, "We were in a complete time crunch so I called up Nick and asked if he would do the part. He came in and crushed it and that is the scene that you will ultimately see in the film."
