The filmmaker also had to cut scenes with Scooter and Ellie, two other characters from the video games.

It was one of those things that we all loved, Roth explains.

We loved the actors.

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Cheyenne Jackson and Charles Babalola play Wainwright Jakobs and Sir Hammerlock in ‘Borderlands’.Kevin Winter/Getty; 2K Games | Gearbox; Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty

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They weren’t the only ones affected by the final cut, either.

Roth cast Steven Boyer as Scooter and Ryann Redmond as Ellie, respectively.

Cate Blanchett as Lilith, Ariana Greenblatt as Tiny Tina, Florian Munteanu as Krieg and Kevin Hart as Roland in Borderlands.

Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Claptrap (Jack Black), Krieg (Florian Munteanu), and Rolan (Kevin Hart) in ‘Borderlands’.Katalin Vermes/Lionsgate

“All you’ve got the option to say is, you know what?

Borderlandssprings into theaters on Aug. 9.