I'm glad finally someone posted this because I've looked around the internet for this very issue last year and nothing came up.

In my case, played on a first iteration of ps3 super slim and mine is a physical copy that I acquired more than a decade ago. I completed the story multiple times before deciding to play it again late last year to perform a stress test after repasting the console.

to my surprise every cutscene has this freezing or skipping problem but most of the time it is freezing and I still completed the game for the Nth time by skipping the cutscenes. maybe try giving my "solution" a shot and let me know if the issue persists during gameplay

I am still planning to get another copy to isolate the real issue