<p>Movie fans disappointed that their favorite actor was cut from a film after appearing in the trailer can sue the studio for false advertising, a US judge has ruled.</p>.<p>Two film buffs say Universal Pictures tricked them into renting 2019 flick <em>Yesterday</em> because the trailer featured actress Ana de Armas.</p>.<p>Peter Michael Rosza, 45, of San Diego, and Conor Woulfe, 39, of Maryland, say they forked over $3.99 each to watch the Richard Curtis comedy on Amazon Prime, only to discover that de Armas had not made the final cut.</p>.<p>A class action suit filed earlier this year alleges fans had been led to expect the Cuban <em>No Time To Die</em> star would feature prominently.</p>.<p>However, they "did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all," says the suit, reported by US media on Friday.</p>.<p>Accordingly, "such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase," the suit added.</p>.<p>Universal had asked US District Judge Stephen Wilson to throw out the complaint, arguing that trailers are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees free speech.</p>.<p>But in his ruling on Thursday, Wilson rejected the studio's argument, saying trailers are commercial speech and subject to laws around honest advertising.</p>.<p>"At its core, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a movie by providing consumers with a preview of the movie," the judge wrote.</p>.<p><em>AFP</em> could not immediately reach a representative for Universal.</p>.<p>The suit is claiming at least $5 million on behalf of disappointed fans.</p>.<p>Lawyers will convene again for the case on April 3.</p>.<p>Danny Boyle's <em>Yesterday</em> tells the story of a musician, played by Himesh Patel, who is thrust into an alternative reality where The Beatles do not exist.</p>.<p>He achieves global megastardom by releasing the Fab Four's back catalogue as his own.</p>.<p>De Armas, 34, who also appeared in <em>Knives Out</em> in 2019, was originally cast in the movie, and appeared in the trailer and certain advertising, but her role did not make the final version, according to the suit.</p>
<p>Movie fans disappointed that their favorite actor was cut from a film after appearing in the trailer can sue the studio for false advertising, a US judge has ruled.</p>.<p>Two film buffs say Universal Pictures tricked them into renting 2019 flick <em>Yesterday</em> because the trailer featured actress Ana de Armas.</p>.<p>Peter Michael Rosza, 45, of San Diego, and Conor Woulfe, 39, of Maryland, say they forked over $3.99 each to watch the Richard Curtis comedy on Amazon Prime, only to discover that de Armas had not made the final cut.</p>.<p>A class action suit filed earlier this year alleges fans had been led to expect the Cuban <em>No Time To Die</em> star would feature prominently.</p>.<p>However, they "did not receive a movie with any appearance of Ana de Armas at all," says the suit, reported by US media on Friday.</p>.<p>Accordingly, "such consumers were not provided with any value for their rental or purchase," the suit added.</p>.<p>Universal had asked US District Judge Stephen Wilson to throw out the complaint, arguing that trailers are protected by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which guarantees free speech.</p>.<p>But in his ruling on Thursday, Wilson rejected the studio's argument, saying trailers are commercial speech and subject to laws around honest advertising.</p>.<p>"At its core, a trailer is an advertisement designed to sell a movie by providing consumers with a preview of the movie," the judge wrote.</p>.<p><em>AFP</em> could not immediately reach a representative for Universal.</p>.<p>The suit is claiming at least $5 million on behalf of disappointed fans.</p>.<p>Lawyers will convene again for the case on April 3.</p>.<p>Danny Boyle's <em>Yesterday</em> tells the story of a musician, played by Himesh Patel, who is thrust into an alternative reality where The Beatles do not exist.</p>.<p>He achieves global megastardom by releasing the Fab Four's back catalogue as his own.</p>.<p>De Armas, 34, who also appeared in <em>Knives Out</em> in 2019, was originally cast in the movie, and appeared in the trailer and certain advertising, but her role did not make the final version, according to the suit.</p>