That’s Not Very Maternal! Madonna Cut Lourdes’ Scenes From New Movie
Feb. 3 2012, Published 1:30 p.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Madonna lets her directorial instincts take over from her maternal ones when it comes to the art of movie making.
The material mom confessed to MTV News that she cut her own daughter, Lourdes’ scenes from her new flick W.E., which tells two parallel stories relating to the late and infamous Wallis Simpson.
"There was a scene where she played Wally as a young girl," Madge dished, describing what would have been Lourdes’ role as the young version of Abbie Cornish’s character, Wally — a present day woman obsessed with the romance between American divorcée Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII of England. "And I just kind of dragged her in at the last minute. It was quite unfair of me what I did and what I asked her to do."
Even less fair it may seem, Madonna explained that her daughter’s big screen acting debut will never actually see the light of day — However, the teenager has no hard feelings.
“She was really great and then I ended up cutting her out of the film. Ruthless, I know!” Madonna quipped. “I said, 'Sorry babe, you're on the cutting room floor.' She took it like a champ."
Well, that’s show business!
As Breaking Celebrity News previously reported, Madonna recently confessed to identifying on a personal level with the late scandal ridden Wallis Simpson.
In her time, Simpson was a figure that was vilified by the masses after her affair with Edward VIII led to his abdication of the throne of England, something Madonna, who has been vilified for her new movie, amongst other things, relates to.
When asked if she identifies with Simpson on a “personal level” the Queen of Pop admitted: “Yes, to a certain extent. I thin