History Trivia / XMenFirstClass

** In the 2003 ''[[Literature/{{Dune}} Children of Dune]]'' miniseries, Creator/JamesMcAvoy portrayed a privileged character with mind-control abilities who was close to his sister, wishes to save humanity from annihilation, and was physically changed by a traumatic event.

** ''The Divorce'': The climax at the Cuban beach wherein Xavier's and Lehnsherr's [[HeterosexualLifePartners very close friendship]] is broken and the rivalry between Professor X and Magneto officially forms.

** ''The Divorce'': The climax at the Cuban beach wherein Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's [[HeterosexualLifePartners very close friendship]] is broken and the rivalry between Professor X and Magneto officially form.

** ''Mutant husbands'': Charles and Erik before ''The Divorce''. It doesn't help that they have a TeamMom[=/=]TeamDad dynamic while training the teenage mutants.

** The Divorce: The climax at the Cuban beach wherein Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's [[HeterosexualLifePartners very close friendship]] is broken and the rivalry between Professor X and Magneto officially form.
** Dragneto for the deleted scene in which Charles projects an image of Erik in drag to Angel. HilarityEnsues.
** Bromance World Tour: Term often used for the timeframe in which Charles and Erik traveled around America to recruit mutants. Alternatively called "The Honeymoon."
** ceiling!sex: Tumblr nickname for the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rather popular]] [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpbhlueSSS1ql5zj9.gif scene]] wherein Erik pins Charles down on the floor of a spinning aircraft to protect him.
** Oliver Splat: Due to the unfortunate fate of Oliver Platt's otherwise unnamed character (who's only listed as Man In Black in the credits).

* FakeRussian: British Jason Flemying as the Russian Azazel. Serbo-Croatian Rade Šerbedžija as the Russian general. Polish Olek Krupa as the commander of the Russian fleet.

* FakeRussian: British Jason Flemying as the Russian Azazel.

* FakeNationality: Scottish James [=McAvoy=] as Oxford English speaking Xavier and arguably German-Irish Creator/MichaelFassbender as Magneto (who according to the comics is either German or Polish, but definitely not Irish).

** FakeRussian: British Jason Flemying as the Russian Azazel
** FakeMixedRace: Armando Munoz, aka Darwin, is half-Mexican and half-African American. He is played by Edi Gathegi, who has no Latino ancestry of any sort.
** FakeNationality: Scottish James [=McAvoy=] as Oxford English speaking Xavier and arguably German-Irish Creator/MichaelFassbender as Magneto (who according to the comics is either German or Polish, but definitely not Irish).

* AshcanCopy: The film was born because Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, the owners of the rights to the ''ComicBook/XMen'' films, didn't want to see the rights revert back to Marvel Comics, given that they now [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse produce their own films]] (and are owned by Creator/{{Disney}}), making big bucks doing it with megahits like ''Film/TheAvengers'', and therefore won't be licensing out their properties in the foreseeable future. Proving that [[TropesAreTools Tropes are Not Bad]], the film was well-received by critics and moviegoers alike, and was a substantial box-office hit.

** [[Film/{{Atonement}} Robbie Turner]]/[[Film/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Mr Tumnus]] as Professor Xavier

** [[Series/{{House}} Dr. Jeffrey "Big Love" Cole]] as Darwin
**** He's also [[{{Twilight}} Laurent]]
*** [[Series/TwinPeaks Leland Palmer]]/[[Series/{{Dexter}} Harry Morgan]] as the US Secretary of State
*** [[RedLetterMedia And]] KevinBacon as Sebastian Shaw
*** [[Film/{{Scanners}} Daryl Revok]], [[Creator/MichaelIronside a.k.a.]] [[Film/TopGun Viper]] plays the naval captain during the climax.
*** [[Film/{{Snatch}} Boris the Blade]] is the Soviet General.
*** [[TransformersFilmSeries Turns out General Morshower's been in the army a little longer than we thought...]]
*** The CIA Agent who is the first to try and stop Shaw [[spoiler: when he invades the CIA compound]] is Tony Curran, better known for playing Vincent van Gogh in ''Series/DoctorWho'', or being in the ''Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' movie, along with Jason "Azazel" Flemyng. Curran also played a knight in an episode of ''Series/{{Primeval}}'' when Flemyng was in it, making this at least the third thing they're been in together.

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/MichaelFassbender.

** The film was originally going to have a complex psychic action sequence, which ended up getting cut due to worries that it would seem too similar to ''{{Inception}}''.
* Jennifer Lawrence and Zoe Kravitz reportedly became best friends during the production, and this carried over into Lawrence's next film, ''Film/TheHungerGames'', in which she co-starred with Zoe's dad, Lenny.

* StarMakingRole: For Creator/MichaelFassbender.

* DivorcedInstallment: This movie initially started out as a spin-off focusing almost exclusively on Magneto which was meant to be part of a planned ''X-Men: Origins'' film series, but the idea was then discarded in favour of a prequel that also included Professor X as a major character (he only had a supporting role in the original ''Magneto'' script) and his first class of mutants.

** In the 2003 ''Children of Dune'' miniseries, Creator/JamesMcAvoy portrayed a privileged character with mind-control abilities who was close to his sister and was physically changed by a traumatic event.

** In the 2003 ''Children of Dune'' miniseries, Creator/JamesMcAvoy portrayed a privileged character with mind-control abilities who was close to his sister.

* AshcanCopy: The film was born because Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, the owners of the rights to the ''ComicBook/XMen'' films, didn't want to see the rights revert back to Marvel Comics, given that they now [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse produce their own films]] (and are owned by Creator/{{Disney}}), making big bucks doing it with megahits like ''Film/TheAvengers'', and therefore won't be licensing out their properties in the foreseeable future. Proving that [[TropesAreTools Tropes are Not Bad]], the films was well-received by critics and moviegoers alike, and was a substantial box-office hit.

** FakeNationality: Scottish James [=McAvoy=] as Oxford English speaking Xavier, British Jason Flemying as the Russian Azazel, and arguably German-Irish Creator/MichaelFassbender as Magneto (who according to the comics is either German or Polish, but definitely not Irish).

* FakeAmerican: Rose Byrne (Australian) as Moira [=MacTaggert=] (where the Scottish scientist of the comics is instead a CIA agent), and Nicolas Hoult (English) as Beast.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Between Jennifer Lawrence and Nick Hoult. Also Creator/MichaelFassbender and Zoe Kravitz.
** Though not a romance, Jennifer Lawrence and Zoe Kravitz reportedly became best friends during the production, and this carried over into Lawrence's next film, ''Film/TheHungerGames'', in which she co-starred with Zoe's dad, Lenny.

* FakeAmerican: Rose Byrne (Australian) as Moira MacTaggert (where the Scottish scientist of the comics is instead a CIA agent), and Nicolas Hoult (English) as Beast.

* FakeAmerican: Australian Rose Byrne as Moira [=McTaggart=] and British Nicholas Hoult as Beast.

** Though not a romance, Jennifer Lawrence and Zoe Kravitz reportedly became best friends during the production, and this carried over into Lawrence's next film, Film/{{TheHungerGames}}, in which she co-starred with Zoe's dad, Lenny.

** Though not a romance, Jennifer Lawrence and Zoe Kravitz reportedly became best friends during the production, and this carried over into Lawrence's next film, ''Film/{{TheHungerGames}}'', in which she co-starred with Zoe's dad, Lenny.

** FakeNationality: Scottish James [=McAvoy=] as Oxford English speaking Xavier, British Jason Flemying as the Russian Azazel, and arguably German-Irish MichaelFassbender as Magneto (who according to the comics is either German or Polish, but definitely not Irish).

* FakeAmerican: Scottish James [=McAvoy=] as Oxford English speaking Xavier, Australian Rose Byrne as Moira [=McTaggart=] and British Nicholas Hoult as Beast.
** FakeNationality: British Jason Flemying as the Russian Azazel, and arguably German-Irish MichaelFassbender as Magneto (who according to the comics is either German or Polish, but definitely not Irish).