Fans of actress Ana De Armas suing Universal Studios after cutting her role in Yesterday film

Two fans of Ana De Armas are suing Universal Studios in a $5 million ‘misrepresentation’ lawsuit after the star’s role was cut from the 2019 film Yesterday, but footage of her was kept in its trailer.

US federal judge Stephen Wilson ruled that movie studios can be sued for false advertising if their trailers are misleading.

Conor Woulfe and Peter Michael Rosza accuse Universal Studios of misrepresentation and fraud after they paid $3.99 to rent Yesterday on Amazon Prime in January to see Ana de Armas after she appeared in the movie’s trailer.

The 34-year-old Cuban-Spanish actress appears for 15 seconds in the 3.5-minute trailer but did not make it to the final cut of the film.

The 34-year-old Cuban-Spanish actress appears for 15 seconds in the 3.5-minute trailer but did not make it to the final cut of the film. Pictured on November 19

US District Judge Stephen Wilson ruled that movie trailers are included in commercial speech and are subject to California’s False Advertising Law and the state’s Unfair Competition Law, reported Variety.

Wilson wrote: “Universal is correct that trailers do involve some creativity and editorial discretion, but this creativity does not outweigh the commercial nature of a trailer.

“In essence, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a movie by providing consumers with a preview of the movie.”

Universal had asserted that trailers are entitled to broad protection under the First Amendment and that a trailer conveys the “general theme” of a film as non-commercial speech.

The movie studio added that the ruling could be onerous and lead to a series of lawsuits from disappointed fans.

Universal said that other films, such as Jurassic Park, also featured footage not shown in the final cut of the film.

De Armas, who has 6.8 followers on Instagram and also appeared in James Bond: No Time to Die, would play Roxane’s love interest.

But director Richard Curtis cut her role from the final film, saying fans would be upset that her character would take away Malik’s main love interest, Ellie, played by Lily James. Left to right: Himesh Patel, Lily James and director Danny Boyle at the ‘Yesterday’ premiere in June 2019

Yesterday, a 2019 film, starring the lead Jack Malik, played by Himesh Patel, a musician who realizes that everyone else has forgotten the existence of The Beatles.

Yesterday, a 2019 film, starring the lead Jack Malik, played by Himesh Patel, a musician who realizes that everyone else has forgotten the existence of The Beatles.

He rises to fame after he reintroduces his songs to the world.

De Armas, who has 6.8 followers on Instagram and also appeared in the James Bond and Marylin Monroe film Blonde, was set to play his initial love interest Roxane, and Malik was to sing The Beatles’ song ‘Something’.

But director Richard Curtis cut her role from the final film, saying fans would be upset that her character would take away Malik’s main love interest, Ellie, played by Lily James.

Woulfe and Rosza claim that the $5 million demand is equal to the number of fans who will have been disappointed that De Armas did not make the final edit.

Judge Wilson said the ruling is limited to whether an actor or scene would be in the film and “nothing else.”

Curtis told CinemaBlend: “That was a very traumatic cut because she was brilliant in it.

“You know, it’s one of those things where there are some of our favorite scenes from the movie, but we had to cut them out for the sake of the whole.”