There’s a good article by Geoff Boucher over at the Los Angeles Times (that I first caught from a piece at Syfy) where he speaks with Bryan Singer and Lauren Shuler-Donner about both the first X-Men and the planned new installment, X-Men: First Class. The article lays the groundwork for how the first film came into being, when most prior films about superheroes weren’t taken as seriously as Singer wanted to do and ultimately did.
Among the topics discussed were the first person besides Singer to know that Hugh Jackman had gotten the part of Wolverine during a screen test set up by Singer: “[A janitor[ didn’t want to bother anyone important, so he sees me, this kid,
and walked up and whispered, ‘Hey, is that the guy they got to play
Wolverine?’ And I thought, ‘Hmm, this is the moment, take the leap.’ I
said, ‘Yes.’ The first guy to know was the cleaning guy. And he said,
‘Cool.’ It’s a good thing he didn’t say, ‘Ugh, are you kidding me?’ “
The discussion then progressed to talk of X-Men: First Class: Singer says the film will find its axis in the relationship between
Professor X and Magneto and the point where their friendship soured. It
will also detail the beginning of the school for mutants and have
younger incarnations of some characters with new actors in roles of
Cyclops, Jean Grey, the Beast, etc. The premise has compelling elements to it, Singer said. “Just doing
younger mutants is not enough. The story needs to be more than that. I
love the relationship between Magneto and Xavier, these two men who
have diametrically opposite points of view but still manage to be
friends — to a point. They are the ultimate frenemies.”
The dialogue wrapped up on to a possible fourth, post-Last Stand installment, which Shuler-Donner had the following to say about Singer helming that as well: “…I’m holding it open with high hopes. It’s totally different [from ‘First Class‘] and it will be so interesting for you.”
You can click over here for the full thing.
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Magneto was tired of Professor X thinking he was, like, so cool and the way he thought he was, like, the man just because he was the captain of the varsity Murderball team. Despite being a witness/victim of the Holocaust, sympathy was of little interest to his female contemporaries, who seemed to take great joy in riding on ol' limp dick's mind-fuck sex cycle. While Magneto fondly remebered their games of chess during lunch freshman year, they grew apart as they "matured". PX could usually be found bagging senior chicks as a sophmore while Magneto took solace in feverishly masterbating in the ventilation shaft above girl's showers. Funny how their Master Locks always seemed to get jammed when they were naked(heh, heh). The fact that he could bend the doors of the lockers PX and his para-jock friends stuffed him on a regular basis, was little consolation when the bill for the repairs was sent directly to his parents(duh, they are, like, all kinds of dead and stuff). Magneto also despearately despised the term "frenemies" and wished that his friends were more like Arvid on Head of the Class, despite that tv show being way past his actual tenure in high school…
First Class is going to be that scene where Xavier introduces Wolverine to the school, times 115 minutes
Yea, did you like that "hey, no powers!" joke when the kids are playing basketball?? You're gonna fucking love First Class.
Re: Rocko, what does that even mean? You think we are better off with films like X-Men 3 and Wolverine:Origins?
Right Moonbase. Because the only other alternative to boring is awful?
Chris Nolan light…co-sign.
Sounds spectacular to me. Singer did some great great stuff with Xmen, there probably wouldn't have been no Batman revival without Singer showing Hollywood how to treat superheroes. Xmen had their flaws, but he sure did a lot of things really well with them. His Superman wasn't that bad either, expect for the childish, silly, insufferable Lex Luthor. Singer cast the wrong gay actor in that film…Anyway if anyone can do the Xavior/Lehnsherr hostility detonation justice, it is Singer.
Wow, he actually used the term "frenemies" in an interview.
Now Singer's getting credit for the Batman Revival? He's 1 for 3 in superhero flicks! All on his nutsack.
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