Hopper Complains He Was "Cut Out" Of Swing Vote

Dennis Hopper may seem to have mellowed substantially since his days as Hollywood's enfant terrible in the late '60s and '70s, only he is still capable of biting the hand that feeds him. In an question with the New York Daily News's "Rush & Molloy" chromatography column, Hopper complains that many of his scenes in the Kevin Costner motion-picture show Swing Vote ended up on the proverbial cutting room floor. Hopper, who plays a Democratic presidential prospect in the film, says that he "got cut out of the movie. ... My [character's ] subplot was completely cut. ... When I saw the final cut, I thought, 'I'm non even in this moving picture!'" Neither Costner, the director, Joshua Stern, nor the distributer, Disney, would comment on Hopper's ailment.