“Kevin’s awesome,” a longtime friend of Costner who was out to dinner with ... his scenes were famously cut from 1983’s “The Big Chill,” which could have made him a star.

Kevin Costner was born January 18 ... Burton had encouraged Costner to go to Hollywood. His scenes in The Big Chill (1983) were cut while others who starred in the film gained breakthrough ...

Born in 1955 in Lynwood, California, and raised in Compton, Kevin Costner skyrocketed ... his scenes cut from The Big Chill!