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Two Major Stars Were Dropped From the Same ‘Hangover Part II’ Cameo

Gibson lost the tattoo-artist cameo after cast and crew pushback, then scheduling conflicts forced producers to replace Neeson too.

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In October 2010, it was reported that Mel Gibson would be making a cameo appearance in The Hangover Part II.

The What Women Want star was said to have been cast as a tattoo artist in the film, which was scheduled for release the following year. Around that same time, Zach Galifianakis, who’d starred in the previous Hangover movie, told Scott Aukerman of Comedy Death-Ray Radio that he was in the middle of a “deep protest” with the makers of a film he was working on.........

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