 In the original version of the film when Memo Heguys (de la Fuente) car  wrecks and is thrown upside down in the river, Joe Tanto (Stallone) jumped  into the river with Jimmy Bly (Pardue) to save him.  Beau Brandenburg  (Schweiger) was not involved in this scene at all originally. But director  Renny Harlin thought that it made the Beau Brandenburg character look totally  heartless. So Stallone rewrote the scene taking his character Joe Tanto out  of it completely. He instead put his character in the pits the entire time.  The scene was partly reshot in a similar location in California, instead of  returning to Germany where the original scene was filmed. Stallone wrote that  the Brandenburg character turns his car around and helps save Memo from  drowning. Parts of the original scene featuring Joe Tanto, were for the most  part not reshot.  Digital Effects company Pixel Magic digitally erased Tanto  out of the scene. Aside from this scene, other scenes involving Beau  Brandenburg were rewritten during filming to make his character more likable  and misunderstood. Some of these scenes include the ending of the film and a  scene where Brandenburg denies a female fan a kiss.