Original sentence: Clooney wanted to incorporate the character's family members into the story to show how tough this life is on them, and several scenes involving his character's wife (played by Greta Scacchi) were excised from the final cut
Edited sentence: Clooney wanted to incorporate the character's family members into the story to show how tough this life is on them, though several scenes involving his character's wife (played by Greta Scacchi) ended up on the cutting room floor which would have given more depth to the story, especially the scene after he is rescued from torture and his wife shows up crying at the hospital