Original sentence: Steve McQueen was under contract to Irwin Allen after appearing in The Towering Inferno, after refusing a part in "The Towering Inferno 2", that film was scrapped and Paul Newman was brought in to make When Time Ran Out, which turned out to be a huge box office bomb and critical failure, ending the careers of many involved with the production
Edited sentence: After turning down the role, the film was scrapped and Paul Newman was brought in to make When Time Ran Out, which turned out to be a huge box office bomb and critical failure, ending the careers of many involved with the production (including Irwin Allen).Steve McQueen was under contract to Irwin Allen after appearing in The Towering Inferno, and was offered a part in "The Towering Inferno 2" in 1980 which he turned down