Complex sentence: In the film "Saved!", his role for Patrick Wheeler was originally supposed to be a surfer, but the character was changed to a skateboarder due to Fugit's skateboarding experience.
Split into simpler sentences: In the film "Saved!", the character of Patrick was originally supposed to be a surfer. But when Fugit was cast, the character was changed to a skateboarder because of Fugit's skateboarding experience.