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** Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/EddieRedmayne, Creator/FrankDillane and Creator/JackHuston auditioned for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/MichaelFassbender. Garfield would later go to play [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', while Johnson would portray [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.

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** Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/EddieRedmayne, Creator/FrankDillane and Creator/JackHuston auditioned for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/MichaelFassbender. Garfield would later go to play [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', while Johnson would portray [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} [[ComicBook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.
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** Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/EddieRedmayne, Creator/FrankDillane and Creator/JackHuston auditioned for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/MichaelFassbender. Garfield would later go to play [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', while Johnson would portray [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.

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** Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/EddieRedmayne, Creator/FrankDillane and Creator/JackHuston auditioned for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/MichaelFassbender. Garfield would later go to play [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', while Johnson would portray [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.

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* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JamesMcAvoy was Creator/MatthewVaughn's top choice to play Charles Xavier, while he remembered Creator/MichaelFassbender from an earlier audition he did.

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Creator Chosen Casting is when the casting of an adaptation is influenced by the creator of the work being adapted; casting choices by the creators of the adaptation aren't examples


* CreatorChosenCasting: Creator/JamesMcAvoy was Creator/MatthewVaughn's top choice to play Charles Xavier, while he remembered Creator/MichaelFassbender from an earlier audition he did.
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** In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "You're Getting Old," the movie theater Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny go to is screening ''First Class''.

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** In the ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "You're "[[Recap/SouthParkS15E7YoureGettingOld You're Getting Old," Old]]," the movie theater Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny go to is screening ''First Class''.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was given a hard release date for when it had to come out, hiring the writers just thirteen months beforehand, without a director attached. One of the film's writers, Zack Stentz [[https://mobile.twitter.com/MuseZack/status/1206429357461237761 noted]] that this was [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools actually beneficial]] to the film, as it meant the studio did not have time to second-guess every creative decision.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: The film was given a hard release date for when it had to come out, hiring the writers just thirteen months beforehand, without a director attached. One of the film's writers, Zack Stentz [[https://mobile.twitter.com/MuseZack/status/1206429357461237761 noted]] that this the AbsurdlyShortProductionTime was [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools actually beneficial]] to the film, as it meant the studio did not have time to second-guess every creative decision.
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* NamesTheSame: Schmidt (German for "Smith") seems to be a common name for [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Nazi scientists with special powers in Marvel comic movies]].
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** Creator/JamieDornan, [[Series/RobinHood Jonas Armstrong]], [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Matthew James Thomas]], Creator/PatrickJAdams, and Creator/BoydHolbrook screen-tested for the part of [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]] before Creator/JamesMcAvoy was cast. Holbrook would eventually go on to to portray [[BigBad Donald Pierce]] in ''Film/{{Logan}}''.
** Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/EddieRedmayne, Creator/FrankDillane, and Creator/JackHuston auditioned for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/MichaelFassbender. Garfield would later go to play [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', while Johnson would portray [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.
** [[Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter Benjamin Walker]] was initially chosen for [[ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} Hank [=McCoy=]]] before Creator/NicholasHoult was cast, but dropped out of the project in order to star in ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson''.
*** Creator/JasonBehr, [[Series/GeneralHospital Tom Parker]], and Creator/TaylorLautner were also considered for Hank [=McCoy=] before the casting of Hoult.
** Creator/AliceEve was offered the part of ComicBook/EmmaFrost before the casting of Creator/JanuaryJones, but turned it down due to scheduling issues with ''Film/ShesOutOfMyLeague''. She would go on to play [[Series/IronFist2017 Mary Walker]] in ''{{Series/Iron Fist|2017}}''.
*** Creator/AmberHeard, Creator/RosamundPike, Creator/AbbieCornish, and [[Film/StTrinians2007 Sarah Harding]] read for the role of Emma Frost as well before the casting of Jones.

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** Creator/JamieDornan, [[Series/RobinHood Jonas Armstrong]], [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark Matthew James Thomas]], Creator/PatrickJAdams, Creator/PatrickJAdams and Creator/BoydHolbrook screen-tested for the part of [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]] before Creator/JamesMcAvoy was cast. Holbrook would eventually go on to to portray [[BigBad Donald Pierce]] in ''Film/{{Logan}}''.
** Creator/AndrewGarfield, Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson, Creator/EddieRedmayne, Creator/FrankDillane, Creator/FrankDillane and Creator/JackHuston auditioned for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/MichaelFassbender. Garfield would later go to play [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]] in ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', while Johnson would portray [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro Maximoff]] and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKravenTheHunter Kraven the Hunter]] in ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and Film/SonysSpiderManUniverse.
** [[Film/AbrahamLincolnVampireHunter Benjamin Walker]] Creator/BenjaminWalker was initially chosen for [[ComicBook/{{Beast|MarvelComics}} Hank [=McCoy=]]] before Creator/NicholasHoult was cast, but dropped out of the project in order to star in ''Theatre/BloodyBloodyAndrewJackson''.
*** Creator/JasonBehr, [[Series/GeneralHospital Tom Parker]], Parker]] and Creator/TaylorLautner were also considered for Hank [=McCoy=] before the casting of Hoult.
** Creator/AliceEve was offered the part of ComicBook/EmmaFrost before the casting of Creator/JanuaryJones, but turned it down due to scheduling issues with ''Film/ShesOutOfMyLeague''. She would go on to play [[Series/IronFist2017 Mary Walker]] Walker in ''{{Series/Iron Fist|2017}}''.
*** Creator/AmberHeard, Creator/RosamundPike, Creator/AbbieCornish, Creator/AbbieCornish and [[Film/StTrinians2007 Sarah Harding]] read for the role of Emma Frost as well before the casting of Jones.

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