Line #64 Trivia/XMenFilmSeries


1	!!Trivia With Their Own Pages
2	[[index]]
3	* [[DeletedScene/XMenFilmSeries Deleted Scene]]
4	* [[DVDCommentary/XMenFilmSeries DVD Commentary]]
5	* [[ExecutiveMeddling/XMenFilmSeries Executive Meddling]]
6	* [[ReferencedBy/XMenFilmSeries Referenced By]]
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8	!!Individual Pages
9	* ''Trivia/XMen1''
10	* ''Trivia/X2XMenUnited''
11	* ''Trivia/XMenTheLastStand''
12	* ''Trivia/XMenOriginsWolverine''
13	* ''Trivia/XMenFirstClass''
14	* ''Trivia/TheWolverine''
15	* ''Trivia/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''
16	* ''[[Trivia/Deadpool2016 Deadpool]]''
17	* ''Trivia/XMenApocalypse''
18	* ''Trivia/{{Logan}}''
19	* ''Trivia/Deadpool2''
20	* ''Trivia/DarkPhoenix''
21	* ''Trivia/TheNewMutants''
22	* ''Trivia/DeadpoolAndWolverine''
23	[[/index]]
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25	!!General
26	* CastTheRunnerUp:
27	** Wrestling/KevinNash was originally cast as ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}} with Tyler Mane as his StuntDouble. When Nash dropped out, Mane got the part.
28	** Creator/JasonFlemyng was going to play ComicBook/{{Beast\|MarvelComics}} in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' when Creator/MatthewVaughn was directing. He would later play Azazel in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''.
29	** Creator/ShohrehAghdashloo was originally going to play Dr. Cecilia Reyes in ''The Last Stand'', a rival to Dr. Kavita Rao, but after Vaughn left the project, she was recast as Rao herself.
30	** Lucas Til was told that his audition for ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' served for both Havok and Beast.
31	** Edi Gathegi auditioned for Agent Zero in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and Banshee in ''First Class'' before being cast as Darwin.
32	** Creator/Creator/LievSchreiber was originally considered for the role of Colonel William Stryker in ''X-Men Origins: Wolverin'', but he requested to take the role of Victor Creed, as he found that role more interesting.
33	** Creator/BoydHolbrook screen-tested for the part of Charles Xavier in ''First Class''. He would eventually go on to to portray Donald Pierce in ''Film/{{Logan}}''.
34	** Creator/JoshHelman was originally cast as a younger version of Juggernaut in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' before the role was replaced by Quicksilver. He was then cast as the young William Stryker to compensate for his role being cut.
35	** Creator/OliviaMunn was approached for the role of Vanessa Carlysle in ''Film/Deadpool2016'', but turned it down due to CreativeDifferences over the portrayal of the character. She would eventually go on to portray ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
36	** Creator/ZazieBeetz auditioned for the role of [[ComicBook/StormMarvelComics Ororo Munroe]] in ''Apocalypse''. She would eventually go on to play ComicBook/{{Domino\|MarvelComics}} in ''Film/Deadpool2''.
37	** Creator/BradPitt was offered the role of ComicBook/{{Cable}} in ''Deadpool 2''. He would eventually go on to portray the Vanisher, an invisible character, who ends up being electrocuted by a telephone ''cable''.
38	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
39	** ''Film/XMen1'':
40	*** A review, this one appearing in the ''New Times Los Angeles'', blasted the film for departing from the comic's signature yellow-and-blue costumes, and for giving ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, the "master of all evil", a sympathetic Holocaust-survivor {{backstory}}. Which shows that he did actually read the comic... in the 1960s, and not once since.
41	*** Similarly, ''The New York Times'' had a piece on ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'' that erroneously claimed that Creator/BryanSinger came up with the idea of Magneto's Holocaust backstory.
42	*** A negative review of in ''People Magazine'', among other things, said, "Since when do superheroes have such traumatic backstories?" Oh, since about [[Franchise/{{Batman}} 1939]]?[[note]][[Franchise/{{Superman}} 1938]] if we count mass-extinction. Earlier still, if we count comic adaptations of pre-existing superheroes like Radio/TheShadow, Literature/DocSavage, or ComicStrip/ThePhantom.[[/note]]
43	*** A Dutch magazine claimed the first ''X-Men'' movie was about Xavier having to stop his evil ''brother'' Magneto.
44	** ''Film/X2XMenUnited'':
45	*** In a ridiculously inaccurate negative review by Stephen Hunter in ''The Washington Post'', it quickly became clear that he either did not bother to watch the movie, or was distracted for most of its length. At one point, he said that Rogue had the power to ''reverse time'', even going so far as to call her "the Mistress of Rewind". He was apparently confused by the scenes in which she extinguishes flames (using Pyro's power) and makes Wolverine's wounds reappear (he let her borrow his HealingFactor. His wounds reappearing is [[NoOntologicalInertia another problem]]) [[note]]The wounds reappearing, in fairness, may not have been strictly an ontological inertia problem even in non-mutants. For instance scurvy can cause the reopening of even extremely old wounds that have been long-healed. Wolverine may have been experiencing a similar effect with the loss of his healing factor[[/note]].
46	*** A review in the ''Irish Times'' complained that Senator Robert Kelly (R-KS), who had been killed in the first film, was somehow alive in the second... except he wasn't: the Sen. Robert Kelly seen in ''X2'' is actually just Mystique impersonating him. This was not only pointed out explicitly in the first film (for those viewers too sleepy to notice the characteristic flash of yellow eyes) but was a ''pivotal plot point'' in the second, which makes you wonder if the reviewer actually bothered to watch the film.
47	*** One ''TIME'' magazine profile of Creator/AlanCumming described him as playing a "mutant villain". As in, Nightcrawler. It's possible someone just saw the first scene of him attacking the White House and missed the part about him being mind-controlled.
48	** A review in ''The Straits Times'' for ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' states that Logan is American, when he is really Canadian. He even says so to another character at one point in the movie.
49	** On the ''Mostly Nitpicking'' podcast [[https://mostlynitpicking.libsyn.com/the-new-mutants?tdest_id=1429841 episode on]] ''Film/TheNewMutants'', both [[ComicBook/NewMutants the comic]] and film versions of Scottish Presbyterian mutant Rahne Sinclair are referred to by the hosts as an [[{{Scotireland}} Irish]] [[ChristianityIsCatholic Catholic]] (granted the film ''does'' appear to have changed Rahne to a Catholic).
50	** In [[https://www.welcometotelevision.net/welcome-to-westview/episode-five-what-is-this-a-crossover-episode Episodes 5]] [[https://www.welcometotelevision.net/welcome-to-westview/episode-six-its-the-great-pumpkin-wanda-maximoff and 6]] of the ''Welcome to [[Series/WandaVision Westview]]'' podcast, hosts Max and Tina refer to Creator/EvanPeters as having played ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} in "the Creator/{{Sony\|Pictures}} X-Men movies". ''The X-Men Film Series'' was owned by [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]].
51	* CreatorBacklash:
52	** Creator/JenniferLawrence has been very publicly displeased with having to be in blue body makeup for Mystique and admits to only do it (the makeup, not playing Mystique, as she has said in some interviews that she enjoyed playing the character) [[MoneyDearBoy for the paycheck]].
53	** In 2022, Creator/JamesMcAvoy admitted that he really doesn't miss playing Charles Xavier in this franchise when asked about it during an Instagram Live interview, and quashed any rumors of him returning to the role in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''.
54	* CreatorsFavorite:
55	** Creator/BryanSinger has admitted at both the SDCC panel and the "X-Men Unguarded" group discussion on ''The Rogue Cut'' Blu-Ray/DVD that Professor X is his favourite X-Men character (he even got a Cerebro helmet tattoo with Creator/PatrickStewart providing him moral support after this movie broke the $700 million mark), and this is why Singer gave the spotlight to the younger Charles in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
56	** Singer even has a second favorite: Nightcrawler. He's been trying to find some way to bring the blue elf back since ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' all the way back in 2003. He finally succeeded over a dozen years later in ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
57	** In 2013, Creator/HughJackman named Wolverine as his favourite role: "He's eternally fascinating to me. He's incredibly human, and a great sort of Anti-Hero and tragic figure."
58	* DeletedScene: [[DeletedScene/XMenFilmSeries See here]].
59	* DevelopmentHell: The ''Comicbook/{{Gambit}}'' film lingered in development hell for quite some time before ultimately being cancelled when the entire series was ended after Disney's acquisition of Fox, and the subsequent Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse reboot that will follow.
60	* DisownedAdaptation: While Creator/ChrisClaremont is critical of ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' as an adaptation of ''ComicBook/GodLovesManKills'', Creator/RobLiefeld and Creator/JimLee didn't like how ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' handled Deadpool and Gambit (created by the respective men), and Bob [=McLeod=] hated ''Film/TheNewMutants'' for various adaptation reasons (including Sunspot's RaceLift) with the final insult to him being misspelling his name as "Macleod" in the credits, Creator/JohnByrne took this attitude to the whole series, saying he hated what it did, and upon talking possibly doing a cameo in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', he compared doing so to the famous prom scene in ''Literature/{{Carrie}}''.
61	* DyeingForYourArt: The actors are often forced to bulk up (Creator/HughJackman in particular), change hair (Creator/JamesMcAvoy shaved for ''Film/XMenApocalypse''), or in some instances go through extensive make-up processes (enough to make Creator/AlanCumming not return as Nightcrawler once Creator/BryanSinger left; it was also harmful for Creator/JenniferLawrence's skin, leading ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' to replace her make-up from the neck down with a bodysuit).
62	* ExiledFromContinuity: Thanks to a bizarre rights snafu, when they were separate studios, both Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Marvel Studios]] had the film rights to ComicBook/ScarletWitch and ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}}, but with a caveat. The ''X-Men'' movies could not reference their involvement with Comicbook/TheAvengers or their love interests like ComicBook/TheVision and [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Crystal]], while the Marvel movies couldn't reference Magneto, the X-Men, the Brotherhood, or refer to the twins as mutants. While Fox took advantage of this to use Quicksilver in ''Days of Future Past'', ''Apocalypse'', and ''Dark Phoenix'', they never ended up using the Scarlet Witch save for briefly mentioning that Peter has a sister in ''DOFP''. Marvel Studios, meanwhile, used both of the twins, [[spoiler: although they killed off their Quicksilver pretty soon after his introduction]], and the Scarlet Witch ended up becoming a major part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With Disney's acquisition of Fox, all aspects of the characters can be used unrestricted, which in turn led to this series being ended outright in favor of a MCU ContinuityReboot. Amusingly, [[spoiler: they would eventually end up using Evan Peters, who played the ''X-Men'' version of Quicksilver, on ''Series/WandaVision'', though this turned out to be a CastingGag rather than an actual crossover.]]
63	* FakeAmerican: Played with in Creator/PatrickStewart's case, who is English, and ''Film/XMenFirstClass'' establishes that Charles Xavier's mother is English, but Creator/JamesMcAvoy is Scottish; Jean Grey has been a Dutch (Creator/FamkeJanssen) and a Brit (Creator/SophieTurner); Shawn Ashmore, Canadian; Creator/AnnaPaquin, Canadian-born New Zealander.
64	* FakeNationality: Fake Canadian (Creator/HughJackman, Australian), Fake German-Polish (Creator/IanMcKellen, English; played with in Creator/MichaelFassbender's case because he's German-Irish; Nightcrawler has been played by a Scotsman and an Australian), Fake African (Creator/HalleBerry, American; a specific Fake Egyptian case is Apocalypse played by a Guatemalan while the ancient Horsemen are Canadian). Exceptions are Mystique and Cyclops (although the younger version in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' is Australian).
65	* FollowTheLeader: The mid-2010s expansion of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse certainly had an influence on where the ''X-Men'' movies were headed.
66	** There was an attempt by Fox at multiple annual ''X-Men'' releases, but only 2016 saw more than one entry (''Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse''). ''Film/Deadpool2'', ''Film/TheNewMutants'', and ''Film/DarkPhoenix'' were all originally slated to be released in 2018, although the latter two ended up getting pushed back due to the Creator/{{Disney}} buyout, to the point where ''Dark Phoenix'' was the sole release of 2019, and ''The New Mutants'' was the sole -- and final -- release of 2020.
67	** It's probably not a coincidence that Fox decided to branch out into television formats after Marvel did the same thing, though ''Series/Legion2017'' and ''Series/TheGifted2017'' ended up as loosely connected to the film series as the Creator/{{Netflix}} ''Defenders'' shows were to the MCU.
68	* FranchiseOwnershipAcquisition: The rights to the X-Men films were originally bought out by Fox back in the 1990s when Marvel was facing the fear of bankruptcy, and it wasn't until Disney bought Fox itself that the rights to the live-action X-Men films returned to Marvel some 20 years later; ironically, since Marvel was bought by Disney back in 2009, this technically makes the X-Men films a Disney property, meaning the franchise changed hands twice.
69	* LongRunners: The ''X-Men'' film series had been active since 2000 and totaled 13 films, making it the longest-running superhero movie franchise without huge {{Sequel Gap}}s. It finally ended in 2020 with the release of ''Film/TheNewMutants''; in 2018, the series was confirmed to be ending following the planned buyout of Fox by Disney, making room for the ContinuityReboot into the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse (''New Mutants'' and ''Dark Phoenix'' were already a good ways into production and couldn't be canceled, and so were released after the March 2019 buyout). Still, 20 years is a very long run; it's the longest running superhero series in a single continuity, having eight years (though fewer films) over the MCU.
70	* ProductionPosse:
71	** Creator/BryanSinger brings along cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, writer Michael Dougherty, costume designer Louise Mingenbach, and for ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', editor-composer John Ottman, who was busy on other project during ''Film/XMen1''... and removes them from the third installment by dragging them along for ''Film/SupermanReturns''. Everyone but Dougherty is in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' as well, although he does return for ''Film/XMenApocalypse''.
72	** In turn, Brett Ratner, Creator/MatthewVaughn and James Mangold bring their own posses for their films.
73	* ReferencedBy: [[ReferencedBy/XMenFilmSeries Has it's own page]].
74	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: A comic book-accurate adaptation of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} lingered in movie limbo for years despite Creator/RyanReynolds' dedication to get it done. It all changed when producer Tom Rothman (who always opposed the project) left Fox and when a CGI test footage was leaked to outstanding reception, leading to the [[Film/{{Deadpool 2016}} movie]] finally being made.
75	* TropeCodifier: As the ''X-Men'' film series is generally regarded as the beginning of the modern superhero boom in film, its fingerprints are all over the conventions and tropes of the genre.
76	* UnderageCasting:
77	** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'':
78	*** Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/IanMcKellen were given ageing make-up because their characters are roughly fifteen years older than they are.
79	*** The viral website states the events of ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' occurred in 2006 when Kitty Pryde appeared to be, at the most, in her mid-teens. The BadFuture is said to occur in or very close to 2023, putting Kitty in her early 30s even though the films were released just 8 years apart and Creator/ElliotPage was 26 during filming.
80	** ''Film/XMenApocalypse'':
81	*** During filming, Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/RoseByrne were 36 years old while Creator/MichaelFassbender was 38, but their characters are in their late forties/early fifties in 1983.
82	*** Creator/NicholasHoult was 25 years old during principal photography, but if we assume that his character was around 20 in 1962, then in 1983 Beast is pushing 40.
83	*** Creator/LucasTill is 8 months younger than Hoult, and Havok is only a couple of years younger than Beast. Alex Summers is roughly two decades older than his brother Scott, but Creator/TyeSheridan is just 6 years Till's junior.
84	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/XMenFilmSeries See here]]
85	* YouSoundFamiliar: Several in the European French dub:
86	** Creator/DamienBoisseau voiced Scott Summers/Cyclops in the original trilogy and Hank [=McCoy=]/Beast in the ''First Class'' Tetralogy.
87	** Creator/YumiFujimori voiced Lady Deathstrike in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' and Wade Wilson's oncologist in ''Film/{{Deadpool\|2016}}''.
88	** Creator/AlexandreGillet voiced Angel in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and Alex Summers/Havok in the ''First Class'' Tetralogy.
89	** Creator/EricHersonMacarel voiced Soldier Lyman in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'' and John Howlett in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''.
90	** Creator/MaikDarah voiced Trask's secretary in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'' and Blind Al in the ''Deadpool'' films.
91	** Creator/EthelHoubiers voiced the Spanish teacher in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine'' and Gabriela in ''Film/{{Logan}}''.

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