Kill Bill 2: Michael Jai White’s Cut Role Explained

Kill Bill 2 originally included a cameo by martial artist and actor Michael Jai White. Here’s what happened in the cut Quentin Tarantino scene. Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: Vol. 2 originally included a role for martial artist Michael Jai White, but here’s why his role was cut from the final cut. Many parts of Tarantino’s plans for Kill Bill changed during the course of development and production. He notoriously planned to release Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 as one four-hour-plus movie, but it was later decided to split the movie in two. This allowed Tarantino to not have to worry too much about cutting out parts of the story to hit a more acceptable and shorter runtime. A year after the first Kill Bill hit theaters, the story of the Bride (Uma Thurman) continued in 2004’s Kill Bill: Vol. 2.