Line #3 Trivia/XMen1


1	* AbilityOverAppearance:
2	** Creator/HughJackman is a foot taller than Wolverine in the comics, but his performance has won over the fandom, and it's now difficult to imagine someone else replacing him, so Fox never did.
3	** Magneto is very muscular in the comics, but the slender Creator/IanMcKellen was cast because he's one of the finest actors on the planet. It was never really in the cards to cast an actor old enough to be a Holocaust survivor who also has a supervillain physique.
4	* AscendedFancast: When the film was announced, fans and comic creators agreed Creator/PatrickStewart was the choice for Professor X, citing his physical resemblance to the character as well as his acting gravitas and his career in sci-fi. After he got the role, the producers often said he was always the first choice.
5	* {{Blooper}}: When Cyclops sets the dial on his visor to crack the slime on Jean's face in the museum fight, he's using his right hand. When he actually fires the shot, the shot is mirrored so he's using his left hand.
6	* CaliforniaDoubling: While set in New York state, the primary filming location was Toronto. For instance, the mansion interior was filmed in Casa Loma.
7	* CastTheRunnerUp: Wrestling/KevinNash was originally cast as Sabretooth with Tyler Mane as his StuntDouble. When Nash dropped out, Mane got the part.
8	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
9	** 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 '60s, and not once since. Similarly, a ''New York Times'' piece on ''Film/{{Valkyrie}}'' erroneously claimed that Creator/BryanSinger came up with the idea of Magneto's Holocaust backstory.
10	** Referencing Magneto's holocaust backstory and Wolverine's DarkAndTroubledPast, a negative review in ''People Magazine'' said, "Since when do superheroes have such traumatic backstories?" They pretty much always have. Both Franchise/{{Batman}} and Franchise/{{Superman}}'s birth parents were also killed when they were children. Even older superheroes such as Radio/TheShadow, Literature/DocSavage, or ComicStrip/ThePhantom also tended to have tragic backstories.
11	* CreatorChosenCasting:
12	** Creator/BryanSinger cast Creator/IanMcKellen after working with him on ''Film/AptPupil''.
13	** Singer cast Creator/HalleBerry after seeing her in the MadeForTVMovie ''Introducing Dorothy Danbridge''.
14	* DarkhorseCasting: When Creator/DougrayScott dropped out of the film, Creator/BryanSinger chose unknown Australian actor Creator/HughJackman as Wolverine, At the time, Jackman's only other film credit to his name was ''Film/PaperbackHero''.
15	* DeletedScene: [[DeletedScene/XMenFilmSeries See here]].
16	* DyeingForYourArt:
17	** Creator/HughJackman admits to having taken the role of Logan without understanding what it meant to have a superhero physique. He showed up on set having done only a few weeks of physical training and director Creator/BryanSinger immediately rearranged the shooting schedule so that they would shoot Jackman's shirtless scenes towards the end of production and told Jackman to hit the gym. He apparently never left, because later installments of the series showcase Jackman's now-ridiculously chiseled physique.
18	** Creator/RebeccaRomijn said that due to waking up early to spend hours receiving Mystique's make-up, "I had almost no contact with the rest of the cast; it was like I was making a different movie from everyone else. It was hell." The eyeball-covering yellow lenses (used only here, as to make it easier on her, the sequels painted her eyes in post) and being basically naked during a really cold winter only made things more uncomfortable.
19	* EnforcedMethodActing:
20	** When Wolverine first confronts Magneto, the initial look of shock at Magneto's entrance was a result of Creator/HughJackman's fear of what was happening around him. He was told Magneto would tear open the train car; he thought this meant ripping off the door, not half of the train being literally pulled apart by hydraulics. He mentioned having to study that shot when doing the reaction shots so he could reproduce all the various twitches and tics he went through.
21	** When Sabertooth throws Wolverine off the Statue of Liberty, the next scene is Logan slamming his claws into the side of the torch to stop falling. In an interview with ''Wizard'', Jackman says the harness slipped and pinched him in [[GroinAttack a very uncomfortable place]], as a result his screams of rage are actually genuine screams of pain.
22	** When Senator Kelly is being assaulted by Mystique in the helicopter, Bruce Davison is really being struck in the face - Rebecca Romijn couldn't avoid hitting him with her foot given the yellow lenses made it hard to see.
23	* FakeAmerican: The Dutch Creator/FamkeJanssen as Jean Grey, the New Zealander Creator/AnnaPaquin as Rogue, and the Canadian Shawn Ashmore as Iceman.
24	* FakeNationality: The Canadian Wolverine is played by the Australian Creator/HughJackman. American Creator/HalleBerry attempted a strange Kenyan accent for Storm (an actual African), although she dropped it after this film. It seemed to be a (poor) imitation of the rather odd British-African accent American Iona Morris used for ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. And British Creator/IanMcKellen as the Polish Jew Magneto.
25	* FollowTheLeader: The success of this film, followed by the great success of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', unleashed a deluge of modern SuperHero-inspired [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action]] like ''Film/Daredevil2003'' and ''Film/BatmanBegins''. Even obscure properties like [[ComicBook/SubMariner Namor]] were optioned for movies. In can also be considered the precursor to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, especially given that MCU head honcho Kevin Feige was a producer on the film.
26	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Neither Creator/PatrickStewart nor Creator/IanMcKellen knew how to play chess during filming. A chess master came in to teach them.
27	* LogoJoke: Watch carefully when the 20th Century Fox fanfare ends and you'll notice the first of many SigilSpam uses of X throughout the film: the image fades to black, but the X stays lit just a little bit longer than the rest.
28	* MakingUseOfTheTwin: Amusingly enough, averted. Mystique impersonates Bobby "Iceman" Drake (Shawn Ashmore), and in one scene, the real Iceman walks by a door shortly before the fake Iceman comes out of it. The director states in the commentary that he didn't know he'd managed to hire somebody with an identical twin who could easily have played the double and went to the bother of doing two takes spliced together.
29	* NoStuntDouble: Creator/HughJackman did most of his own stunts. One day, he almost impaled a cameraman with his claws.
30	* OnSetInjury: Creator/HughJackman got his testicles caught in his harness after a six foot jump off the set's Statue of Liberty.
31	* OrphanedReference:
32	** In Creator/HughJackman's audition, Logan tells Rogue he's already saved her life once, in reference to a scene in the original script where he rescued her from an attempted rape.
33	** Senator Kelly tells his aide ([[KillAndReplace actually Mystique]]) that Jean is a mutant, despite no prior indication he knew her secret. This is because there was supposed to be a scene where Jean accidentally outed herself as a mutant by using her powers in front of Kelly. This was cut very close to filming, which is why there's also a deleted scene on the DVD where Xavier scolds Jean for losing control of her powers in public.
34	** The infamous "toad hit by lightning" line is itself one, Toad was supposed to brag about things Toads can do throughout the film, with Storm's line as a comeback.
35	* PromotedFanboy: Creator/HughJackman was thrilled to get to work with two of his heroes, Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/IanMcKellen. Ian [=McKellen=] was likewise quite happy to work with Jackman, who he claims to have had a bit of a crush on since ''Oklahoma.''
36	* RealitySubtext: Stewart and [=McKellen=] had worked together on and off together for decades prior to this film (Royal Shakespeare Company), and (from all accounts) are friends in real life. This ''definitely'' spilled over into the on-screen chemistry, making the long standing FriendlyEnemy status all the more believable.
37	* RefittedForSequel: Beast was planned for the first movie but was saved for the sequels. Concept art can be found on the ''X-Men'' 1.5 DVD.
38	* SavedFromDevelopmentHell:
39	** The road to an X-Men film began in 1984 when Marvel Comics writers and chief editors Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas wrote a screenplay when Creator/OrionPictures held an option on the film rights, but development stalled when the studio began facing financial troubles. Throughout 1989 and 1990, Creator/StanLee and Creator/ChrisClaremont were in discussions with Creator/CarolcoPictures for a film adaptation, with Creator/JamesCameron as producer and Creator/KathrynBigelow directing. Bigelow wrote a story treatment with Creator/BobHoskins being considered for Wolverine and Creator/AngelaBassett being considered for Storm. The deal fell apart when Lee piqued Cameron's interest in a Spider-Man film, Carolco went bankrupt, and the film rights reverted to Marvel.
40	** In December 1992, Marvel discussed selling the property to Creator/ColumbiaPictures to no avail. In 1994, Lauren Schuler Donner bought the rights for Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, who were impressed with the success of ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''. Andrew Kevin Walker was hired to write the script. His draft involved Professor Xavier recruiting Wolverine into the X-Men, which consisted of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast, and Angel. The Brotherhood of Mutants, which consisted of Magneto, Sabretooth, Toad, Juggernaut and the Blob, try to conquer New York City, while Henry Peter Gyrich and Bolivar Trask attack the X-Men with three 8-foot-tall Sentinels. The script focused on the rivalry between Wolverine and Cyclops, as well as the latter's self-doubt as a field leader. Part of the backstory invented for Magneto made him the cause of the Chernobyl disaster. The script also featured the X-Copter and the Danger Room. Walker turned in his second draft in June 1994.
41	** Laeta Kalogridis was brought on for a subsequent rewrite in 1995. An early script kept the idea of Magneto turning Manhattan into a "mutant homeland", while another hinged on a romance between Wolverine and Storm. Michael Chabon pitched a six-page film treatment to Fox in 1996 that focused heavily on character development between Wolverine and Jubilee and included Professor X, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Nightcrawler, Beast, Iceman, and Storm and the villains would not have been introduced until the potential second film.
42	** In 1995, [[Music/TheMisfits Glenn Danzig]] was invited to audition for Wolverine, as his height and build closely resemble that of the film's protagonist, as described in the original comic books. However, he declined due to scheduling conflicts with his band.
43	** Creator/BrettRatner was considered to direct and Creator/RobertRodriguez was offered the job, but he turned it down. Creator/PaulWSAnderson was approached after the success of ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie'', but he turned it down, wanting to shift away from making another PG-13-rated film in favour of ''Film/EventHorizon''. Hot off ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', Creator/BryanSinger was looking to do a science fiction film and Fox offered him ''Film/AlienResurrection'', but producer Tom [=DeSanto=] felt he would be more appropriate for ''X-Men''. Singer was hesitant to direct a comic book film, but changed his mind after [=DeSanto=] presented the themes of prejudice in the comic that resonated with Singer, being both gay and Jewish.
44	** Ed Solomon began work on the script in August 1996. Singer was installed as director in December, while Solomon completed a re-write that month. Solomon's hiring was publicly revealed in April 1997, and Singer went on to film ''Film/AptPupil''. Fox then announced a Christmas 1998 release date. John Logan and James Schamus provided script revisions, with the latter focusing solely on fleshing out the characters. In late 1997, the budget was projected at $60 million. In 1998, Claremont returned to Marvel and, seeing how Fox was still struggling with the script, sent them a four-page-long memo where he explained the core concepts and what differentiated the X-Men from other superheroes.
45	** Fox rejected the treatment due to budget concerns. As a result, Beast, Nightcrawler, Pyro, and the Danger Room had to be deleted before the studio green-lit the film.
46	** In mid-1998, Singer and [=DeSanto=] brought Creator/ChristopherMcQuarrie from ''The Usual Suspects'' and together they did another rewrite.[=McQuarrie=] was initially slated to work on the script for only three weeks but had not yet delivered his draft by October 1998. Creator/JossWhedon was brought in to re-write the last act. Whedon was highly critical of the script and instead performed a "major overhaul". His draft featured the Danger Room and concluded with Jean Grey dressed as the Phoenix. According to ''Entertainment Weekly'', it was rejected because of its "quick-witted pop culture-referencing tone" and the finished film contained only two dialogue exchanges that Whedon had contributed. Whedon also claimed to have been invited to the table read, completely unaware that his script had been thrown out. Creator/DavidHayter, who was then Singer's assistant, was hired to do another re-write. Production started in September 1999 and finished in March 2000.
47	* ScullyBox: Creator/HughJackman is 6'2 and Creator/FamkeJanssen is 6'0. While Creator/JamesMarsden is reasonably tall at 5'10, the filmmakers didn't want Cyclops to be noticeably shorter than both Wolverine and his own love interest. A number of tricks were done to make up the difference, including Marsden standing on apple boxes or wearing platform shoes. Janssen also went barefoot in some scenes where her feet aren't visible. A behind-the-scenes feature showcases Marsden humorously grousing about needing such tricks.
48	* SleeperHit: ''X-Men'' had its release date moved forward and its budget slashed (with some planned action sequences and characters cut from the movie in pre-production), with then-Fox exec Tom Rothman fully expecting that the movie would bomb and that the company could sell the rights back to Marvel in order to cut their losses. Instead, the movie managed to nearly quadruple its production budget in raw gross and help revitalize a genre that would go on to completely change the face of Hollywood. Amusingly, Fox would become very apprehensive about sharing the ''X-Men'' rights for decades, until [[CuttingTheGordianKnot Marvel's parent company bought them out]].
49	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Tyler Mane wasn't familiar with ''ComicBook/XMen'' before he appeared in the movie; he prepped for the role with his son, who was a big fan of the comics.
50	* StarMakingRole: For Creator/HughJackman and Creator/JamesMarsden.
51	* ThrowItIn:
52	** Reports suggest that the actual script of the movie didn't have ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} saying "bub," but Creator/HughJackman threw it in. Some reports state that he actually "threw it in" many, many times. They just only kept some of them. When Wolverine meet Professor X, he says "What do they call you -- ''Wheels''?" where the Wheels part was ad-libbed. The scripted line was "What do they call you -- ''Baldie''?"
53	** The scene in the train station where a young boy smiles at Cyclops and he smiles back was unplanned. The boy was a huge X-Men fan, and Cyclops was his favorite. The scene originally called for Cyclops to look at the train schedule, but according to Bryan Singer, the boy could not stop smiling at Creator/JamesMarsden. Finally, during one shot, Marsden just looked back at him and smiled, much to the boy's delight. Creator/BryanSinger liked the idea so much, he kept it in the film, and told the actress playing the boy's mother to react the way she did.
54	* TroubledProduction: Though it was long assumed that the film had a comparatively trouble-free production outside of some effects issues, series producer Lauren Schuler Donner [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/bryan-singers-traumatic-x-men-set-movie-created-a-monster-1305081 admitted]] two decades later that this wasn't remotely true, as the later much publicized bad behavior of Creator/BryanSinger was in full force, leading to him a chaotic pre-production where lots of writers took a stab at the script and Singer throwing tantrums while suffering from an addiction to pain medication (for more detail, see [[Troubledproduction/FilmSerialOffendersCreators Singer's folder here]], showing he had a tendency for this!). One of Donner's assistants, Creator/KevinFeige, certainly used it as a learning experience for when he ended up being hired to oversee something called the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse later that decade.
55	* UncreditedRole: Only Creator/DavidHayter, then a little-known voice actor who worked part-time as one of Singer's assistants, got a credit for the final script, spliced together from a bunch of rejected drafts. Word is that Creator/ChristopherMcQuarrie and Ed Solomon wrote most of the filmed script but asked for their names to be removed out of anger at the messy process. One of the many writers brought in was Creator/JossWhedon, whose only surviving contributions were two lines [[OrphanedPunchline with most of their previous context removed]] (including the infamous "toad hit by lightning").
56	* WagTheDirector:
57	** During filming, Creator/HalleBerry refused to wear white contacts that covered her eyes (like in the comics) and wanted more lines/scenes.
58	** [[https://comicbook.com/marvel/2018/11/22/hugh-jackman-bryan-singer-banned-comics-x-men-set/ According to]] Creator/HughJackman, Creator/BryanSinger banned comic books from the set, but the cast read them anyway. The instigator encouraging them to defy Singer was supposedly Creator/KevinFeige himself.
59	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
60	** Creator/RussellCrowe was the first choice for the role of [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]] before the casting of Creator/HughJackman. However, Crowe turned down the offer due to the fact that he didn't want to play another part similar to [[FourStarBadass Maximus]] from ''Film/{{Gladiator}}''. Crowe would eventually go on to portray [[Characters/ClassicalMythologyFirstGenerationOlympians Zeus]] in ''Film/ThorLoveAndThunder'', and Nikolai Kravinoff in ''{{Film/Kraven the Hunter\|2024}}''.
61	*** Creator/DougrayScott was originally cast as Wolverine, but dropped out of the project due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/MissionImpossibleII'' and a motorcycle accident.
62	*** Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/AaronEckhart, Creator/ViggoMortensen and Creator/EdwardNorton also had discussions for the role of Wolverine. Norton would later go on to portray [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Bruce Banner]] in ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk\|2008}}''.
63	*** Creator/BobHoskins, Creator/GarySinise, Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme, Creator/JackieEarleHaley, Creator/KieferSutherland and Creator/MelGibson were considered for the part of Wolverine as well before the casting of Jackman.
64	** Creator/ThomasJane was approached for the role of [[Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} Scott Summers]] before Creator/JamesMarsden was cast, but turned it down due to his lack of interest in comic book movies. However, Jane would eventually change his mind about the genre and went on to play [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]] in ''Film/{{The Punisher\|2004}}''.
65	*** Creator/JimCaviezel was initially cast as Cyclops, but departed the film due to scheduling conflicts with ''Film/{{Frequency}}''.
66	*** Creator/BenAffleck, Creator/EthanHawke, Creator/MattDamon, Creator/VinceVaughn, Creator/JonnyLeeMiller, Creator/MichaelBiehn, Creator/LukeWilson, Creator/EricMabius, Creator/EdwardBurns and Creator/DBSweeney were also considered for Cyclops before the casting of Marsden. Affleck, Hawke and Damon would go on to portray [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]], [[BigBad Arthur Harrow]] and [[CelebrityCameo an Asgardian]] [[Characters/MarvelComicsLoki actor]] in ''Film/{{Daredevil}}'', ''Series/{{Moon Knight\|2022}}'' and ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' respectively.
67	** Creator/CharlizeTheron, Creator/HelenHunt and [[Series/LaFemmeNikita Peta Wilson]] were offered the part of ComicBook/JeanGrey before the casting of Creator/FamkeJanssen. Wilson turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts with ''Series/LaFemmeNikita''. Theron would go on to play [[spoiler:Clea]] in ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness''.
68	*** Creator/MariaBello, Creator/SelmaBlair, Creator/ReneeOConnor, Creator/JulianneMoore and Creator/LucyLawless were considered for Jean Grey as well before the casting of Janssen.
69	** Creator/NataliePortman was approached for the role of ComicBook/{{Rogue}} before Creator/AnnaPaquin was cast, but turned it down due to scheduling issues with ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. Portman would eventually go on to portray [[ComicBook/{{Thor2014}} Jane Foster]] in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
70	*** Creator/SarahMichelleGellar, Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, Creator/RachaelLeighCook, Creator/KatharineIsabelle, Creator/AliciaSilverstone, Creator/DrewBarrymore, Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/KatieHolmes and Creator/KirstenDunst were also considered for the part of Rogue before the casting of Paquin. Dunst would eventually go on to play ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson in the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy''.
71	** Music/MariahCarey, Music/JanetJackson, Creator/JadaPinkett and Creator/AngelaBassett were considered for [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Ororo Munroe]] before the casting of Creator/HalleBerry. Bassett would later go on to portray Queen Ramonda in ''Film/{{Black Panther\|2018}}''.
72	** Music/MichaelJackson had discussions for the role of [[Comicbook/ProfessorX Charles Xavier]] before Creator/PatrickStewart was cast. Jackson previously attempted to ''purchase'' Creator/MarvelComics due to his desire to portray Comicbook/SpiderMan.
73	** Creator/JohnHurt, Creator/ChristopherLee, Creator/TerenceStamp and Creator/DavidHemblen were considered for [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} Erik Lehnsherr]] before the casting of Creator/IanMcKellen. Hemblen previously voiced the character in ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''.
74	** Creator/LucyLiu and Creator/JeriRyan were considered for the part of [[Comicbook/{{Mystique}} Raven Darkhölme]] before Creator/RebeccaRomijn was cast.
75	** Creator/PaulWSAnderson was originally approached to direct the film before Creator/BryanSinger was hired, but turned down the offer in order to helm ''Film/EventHorizon.''
76	*** Creator/RobertRodriguez and Creator/TimBurton were offered to direct the movie as well, but both turned down the offer in favor of directing ''Film/SpyKids1'' and ''Film/{{Planet of the Apes\|2001}}'' respectively.
77	*** Creator/DannyBoyle, Creator/RichardDonner, [[Film/Predator2 Stephen Hopkins]], Creator/JohnMcTiernan, [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Irvin Kershner]] and Creator/JoelSchumacher were also considered to direct the movie before Singer was hired.
78	** [[Comicbook/{{Gambit}} Remy LeBeau]] was planned to appear, with Fox looking at Creator/KeanuReeves to play him. After his part was cut, Singer still considered having Gambit cameo as one of the teenagers seen during the basketball scene at the Xavier Institute.
79	** [[Film/FightClub Andrew Kevin Walker]] wrote an unused script in 1994, which had Xavier recruit Logan to assist Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast, and Angel. They fight the Brotherhood of Mutants, which consisted of Magneto, Sabretooth, Toad, and the Blob, who are trying to conquer New York City, while Henry Peter Gyrich and Bolivar Trask attack the X-Men with three 8 feet (2.4 m) tall Sentinels. The script focused on the rivalry between Wolverine and Cyclops, as well as the latter's self-doubt as a field leader. Part of the backstory invented for Magneto made him the cause of the Chernobyl disaster. The script also featured the X-Copter and the Danger Room.
80	** Creator/MichaelChabon unsuccessfully pitched a story treatment focused on character development and interpersonal relationships, to the point that the first movie would have been almost entirely about building the team and the supervillains wouldn't have shown up until the second movie. Comicbook/{{Jubilee\|MarvelComics}} would've been featured as one of the main characters, with the villains being a [[CanonForeigner group created for the film]] known as the League of Gentlemen.
81	** Creator/JossWhedon, who was hired to script-doctor the first film, did a complete rewrite. His draft would've featured a romance between Logan and Storm, Magneto trying to turn Manhattan into a sanctuary for mutants, and Jean becoming Phoenix at the end. It got thrown out except for a couple of lines, the most notorious being:
82	--->"Do you know what happens when a toad gets struck by lightning? The same thing that happens to everything else."
83	*** The standard explanation of this is that among the other things removed were Toad having a CatchPhrase that made this line an IronicEcho. In the released film, it's a NonSequitur instead.
84	** Singer originally wanted Music/JohnWilliams to score the film, but he was working on ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence''. He then asked his regular composer Music/JohnOttman, but he was working on ''Film/UrbanLegend''. He would score ''X2'', ''Days of Future Past'' and ''Apocalypse''.
85	** The Blob and Pyro were supposed to appear as part of the Brotherhood, but Pyro was reduced to cameo and Blob was cut entirely.
86	** The trucker who gives Rogue a ride at the beginning was originally going to try to rape her, and Logan would've intervened and saved the day.
87	** Wolverine was also going to be characterized as a warrior-philosopher with an interest in art, referencing his samurai past from the comics. A plot thread would've had him sketching the face of a mysterious woman from his past and trying to remember her. Though the samurai angle was dropped, the subplot about the mysterious woman Logan couldn't remember was still referenced in the movie's official prequel comic.
88	** During scripting, Comicbook/{{Beast\|MarvelComics}} was planned to be part of the team, but he was dropped due to budget concerns. Certain qualities (such as him being a doctor) were transplanted to Jean.
89	** The BaitAndSwitch with Magneto [[spoiler: going after Wolverine only to ''actually'' be after Rogue]] was originally ''not'' a bait and switch at all. Originally, [[spoiler: he was trying to capture Wolverine in order to use his adamantium skeleton to complete his machine]].
90	** Jean was supposed to lose control of her powers during the senate hearing, outing herself as a mutant.

Context Trivia / XMen1