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2* BillingDisplacement: An odd case because the order of the main cast listing is different on [[http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/x-men-apocalypse FOX's official website]] (which is also used for trailers, TV spots and posters), [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3385516/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast IMDb]] and the title cards of the end credits, so examples must specify which source. For reference's sake, here's the order shown during the title cards: Creator/JamesMcAvoy, Creator/MichaelFassbender, Creator/JenniferLawrence, Creator/OscarIsaac, Creator/NicholasHoult, Creator/RoseByrne, Creator/EvanPeters, Creator/TyeSheridan, Creator/SophieTurner, Creator/OliviaMunn, Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Creator/LucasTill, Creator/JoshHelman, Ben Hardy, Lana Condor, Željko Ivanek, Anthony Konechny.
3** In every version, Byrne's name appears before Sheridan's and Turner's even though her screen time is smaller than the other two.
4** For [=IMDb=] and the end credits' title cards, Peters is also listed higher than Sheridan or Turner, yet Quicksilver is a secondary character while Cyclops and Jean Grey are main characters.
5* CaliforniaDoubling: The exterior of John Abbott College (located in a suburb of Montreal) was the stand-in for the Auschwitz concentration camp. The steel mill factory where Erik works is in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeF3FDKb42g Saint-Ours]], a town about 75 km from Montreal. The East Berlin fight club venue is the Corona Theatre in Old Montreal.
6* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Apocalypse is voiced by the comedian and actor Ken Matsudaira, better known for non-Japanese audiences as the sumo wrestler [[Manga/NotariMatsutarou Matsutaro Sakaguchi]], and to a more specific audience as [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Tokugawa Yoshimune!]]
7* CreatorBacklash: Many of the cast members including Creator/SophieTurner, Creator/OscarIsaac and Creator/JenniferLawrence state they didn't enjoy working on this film, with Turner describing Creator/BryanSinger as "unpleasant" and Lawrence describing the film's production as "all chaos, no fun". Isaac's gripes also included Apocalypse's costume and makeup, which according to him prevented him from being able to properly move or even adjust his head to face the actors.
8* DeletedScene: [[DeletedScene/XMenFilmSeries See here]].
9* DuelingWorks:
10** This film was vying with ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (among others) to see which will be the most successful superhero film at the box office. It has received mixed reviews from critics overall, having a 48% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is better than ''Batman v Superman'' 's overall rating (27%) but worse than ''Civil War'' 's overall rating (90%). It has earned a total of over $540 million, which is less than the other two films. According to the newspaper [[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1902095-2016-el-ano-que-abrio-una-grieta-entre-los-superheroes La Nación]], the three films feature conflicts between some superheroes and other superheroes, instead of the simple "hero vs. villain" conflict (although it still has by far and away the most "classic" villain out of the three).
11** 2016 features an internal duel for the Fox-owned ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'', as ''Apocalypse'' was released after ''Film/{{Deadpool|2016}}''. ''Deadpool'' did much better critically ''and'' at the box office (both domestically and worldwide) with a much smaller budget.
12* DyeingForYourArt:
13** Creator/JamesMcAvoy had his head shaved to resemble Creator/PatrickStewart's since his character is much older in this film... and because Xavier finally loses his hair and gets his iconic ChromeDomePsi look. He kept it for ''Film/{{Split}}''.
14** Alexandra Shipp also shaved her hair into a mohawk.
15** Creator/OscarIsaac had to go through extensive make-up and an uncomfortable costume, which the humid weather made even worse to endure.
16--->[[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/oscar-isaac-the-internets-boyfriend-becomes-a-leading-man-20160518#ixzz499n6xTax "I would do some acting and then go to my tent and try to breathe and not freak out that sweat was pouring into my ears and I couldn't touch them. It was rough."]]
17** Creator/OliviaMunn trained herself to become cross-dominant to match Psylocke's fighting style. She mentioned that it was Creator/JamesMcAvoy who suggested it to her. The form-fitting costume was very difficult to put on.
18--->"They lube me down and I step into this latex. We did a whole latex fitting."
19* EngineeredHashtag: Four special temporary cute emojis triggered by specific hashtags were created: [=#SoGenius=] for Professor X, [=#SoDevastating=] for Apocalypse, [=#SoQuick=] for Quicksilver [=#SoElectric=] for Storm.
20* ExecutiveMeddling: Initially, [[http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Wolverine-Original-Role-X-Men-Apocalypse-Why-It-Changed-133987.html Wolverine]] [[WolverinePublicity was going to have a larger role in the film]]. It would be him, and not Mystique, who shows up during the crisis and acts as the new field leader of the X-Men.
21* FakeAmerican:
22** English actress Creator/SophieTurner plays Jean Grey.
23** Canadian Anthony Konechny is the jock who bullies Scott.
24* FakeNationality:
25** Apocalypse's main actor is not Egyptian, but Guatemalan American Creator/OscarIsaac. In the prologue, Canadian [[http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-real-estate-agent-gets-big-break-in-x-men-apocalypse-1.2951662 Berdj Garabedian]] embodied the elderly version of the character.
26** Creator/KodiSmitMcPhee, who is Australian, portrays the German Nightcrawler.
27** Storm is an African (possibly Egyptian in this movie) who is played by an American, Alexandra Shipp.
28** British/Japanese Psylocke is played by Creator/OliviaMunn, an American of Hoa (Chinese-Vietnamese), English, Irish, and German ancestry. The hilarious irony being that three British actors play American characters, yet the one British X-Man is played by an American.
29** The Vietnamese-American Lana Condor acts the part of Jubilee, who is of Chinese descent.
30** Canadian stuntpeople personified the Four Horsemen in the prologue, who were presumably Egyptian.
31* MeaningfulReleaseDate:
32** The film was released during Sir Creator/IanMcKellen's (the original Magneto) birthday.
33** The film was also released 10 years after ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''.
34* TheOtherDarrin:
35** Even though the original timeline was erased, according to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', Charles and Erik should already look like Creator/PatrickStewart and Creator/IanMcKellen by the 1980s (they are still played by Creator/JamesMcAvoy and Creator/MichaelFassbender in this film).
36** Similarly, the teenaged version of Cyclops is portrayed by Creator/TyeSheridan instead of Tim Pocock, who played the character in ''Film/XMenOriginsWolverine''. Moreover, we have Creator/JoshHelman as William Stryker (returning from ''Days of Future Past'') instead of Danny Huston.
37** A couple of mutants introduced in ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' have been subjected to this; Ben Hardy replaces Ben Foster as Angel/Archangel, and Olivia Munn replaces Meiling Melançon as Psylocke.
38** Haley Ramm played the teenaged Jean Grey in ''The Last Stand''. Creator/SophieTurner takes over now.
39** Lana Condor takes over the role of Jubilee from Katarina Florence (''Film/XMen1'') and Kea Wong (''Film/X2XMenUnited'', ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'').
40* PromotedFanboy:
41** Creator/TyeSheridan was exhilarated that he got to work with with Creator/JamesMcAvoy, [[http://www.indiewire.com/article/tye-sheridan-on-getting-locked-up-in-stanford-prison-experiement-and-joining-the-x-men?utm_campaign=Indiewire&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_content=1437752323 his idol.]]
42--->'''Sheridan''': I came back from having a week off and it's my first scene to shoot with James [=McAvoy=], and let me tell you something--James [=McAvoy=] is my idol! We get along great, and I've told him how big of a fan I am, but just to even be working with him--just to meet him and talk to him is amazing. But having a scene where I'm one on one with him--my god, it's insane!
43** Also, Creator/OliviaMunn fought hard to allow for her character to wear the classic purple leotard than a more practical black costume.
44* ReferencedBy:
45** From the ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "Haw-Haw Land":
46--->'''Homer:''' ''Film/{{Moonlight|2016}}''? But none of us has seen it!\
47'''Marge:''' We have the DVD, we can watch it tonight.\
48'''Homer:''' Either that or ''Film/XMenApocalypse''!\
49'''Everyone in the background:''' X-MEN!
50** In this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WW0HGkM1A4 comedy skit]], Creator/JamesMcAvoy slyly references his own movie when he tells Josh Horowitz, "Calm yourself, man, it's not like it's... ''[BreaksTheFourthWall by looking at the camera]'' the apocalypse, after all." His business card reads, "Professor XXX - Computer repair. Mind control. Sex master." [=McAvoy=] and Horowitz must be aware that Xavier's FanNickname for this film is "Professor Sex," and the actor portrays a ChivalrousPervert in the video, just like his X-Men character.
51* RefittedForSequel: The scene with Scott discovering his powers in the bathroom was conceived originally ''for [[Film/XMen1 the very first movie]]'' (and features in the novelization).
52* ScullyBox: Creator/OscarIsaac is a meager 5' 8½" (1.74m). Apocalypse's boots make him as tall as the 6' 0" (1.83m) Creator/MichaelFassbender.
53* ShortRunInPeru: The movie's theatrical release is earlier in most territories outside of North America. It only opens later in China and Japan.
54* ThrowItIn:
55** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JZjYG-1e18 According to]] Creator/LucasTill, Creator/JamesMcAvoy ad-libbed "Wreak havoc," which is one of the most memorable one-liners in the movie.
56** Creator/MichaelFassbender improvised the "Is this what you want from me?" line.
57* TroubledProduction: To what extent isn't fully known, but what is known is that Creator/BryanSinger's habit of being absent from set caused problems on set, meaning Newton Thomas Sigel (the film's cinematographer) and Simon Kinberg (the writer and producer) had to direct some scenes. Creator/OliviaMunn revealed that Singer abruptly left the Montreal set to fly down to LA to deal with a "thyroid problem" (something most on set questioned as to why he didn't treat in Canada), returning after only 10 days while simply texting actors "Keep filming" or "It's fine. Just keep filming without me" in-between. Creator/SophieTurner revealed that Singer was, in her words, "unpleasant" and implied that the on-set tension between Singer and Creator/RamiMalek on ''Film/BohemianRhapsody'' also happened with her. Creator/OscarIsaac also hated the costume and makeup he had to wear to play Apocalypse, which according to him prevented him from being able to properly move or even turn his head to face the actors due to how restrictive and heavy the full-body suit was. Creator/JenniferLawrence also described the production as "all chaos, no fun" in an interview and it’s understandably theorized by fans that her experience on this set was the main reason Lawrence decided to leave the franchise, though she came back for ''Film/DarkPhoenix''. Munn also later complained about Singer's and Kinberg's lack of knowledge of the original comics, revealing that the two knew almost nothing about Psylocke's backstory, and originally wanted the character to wear a generic MovieSuperheroesWearBlack outfit, resulting in her having to lobby for something closer to her comic outfit.
58* {{Typecasting}}: After getting the chance to [[PlayingAgainstType play against type]] in ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', Creator/JamesMcAvoy is once more relegated to the all-too familiar role of a BrainyBrunet, WideEyedIdealist in a PeriodPiece. This is so pervasive in his career that you only have to look at the above ActorAllusion entry for ''Film/StarterForTen''--which was released a decade before ''Apocalypse''--for proof that he's essentially recycling the same persona.
59* UnderageCasting:
60** 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.
61** 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.
62** Likewise, Mystique, who grew up with Charles, would be in her late 40s at the youngest, while Creator/JenniferLawrence was 24-25 during principal photography. Being a shapeshifter, though, she can look as young as she wants.
63** 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.
64* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
65** Creator/TaronEgerton was originally approached for the role of [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Scott Summers]] before Creator/TyeSheridan was cast, but turned down the offer in order to star in ''Film/EddieTheEagle'', despite being a fan of the ''Franchise/XMen'' franchise.
66*** Creator/JoshHutcherson, Creator/TimotheeChalamet, Creator/DylanOBrien, Creator/LoganLerman, [[Series/RedBandSociety Charlie Rowe]], [[Literature/IfIStay Jamie Blackley]], Creator/JessePlemons and [[Film/BohemianRhapsody Ben Hardy]] were also considered for the part of Cyclops before the casting of Sheridan. Hardy would eventually go on to play Angel in the film.
67** Creator/ChloeGraceMoretz was initially offered the role of [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Jean Grey]] before the casting of Creator/SophieTurner. However, Moretz turned it down due to scheduling conflicts with ''Literature/TheFifthWave''.
68*** Creator/ElleFanning, Creator/SaoirseRonan, Creator/SashaPieterse, Creator/LilyCollins, Creator/DaisyRidley, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/GraceCarolineCurrey and Creator/HaileeSteinfeld were considered for the part of Jean Grey as well before the casting of Turner. Steinfeld would later portray ComicBook/SpiderGwen and [[Characters/MarvelComicsKateBishop Kate Bishop]] in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' and ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' respectively.
69** [[Series/{{Greek}} Amber Stevens West]] and Creator/{{Zendaya}} screen-tested for the role of [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm Ororo Munroe]] before Creator/AlexandraShipp was cast. Zendaya would eventually go on to play Michelle Jones in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
70*** Creator/ZazieBeetz also auditioned for the part of Ororo Munroe before the casting of Shipp. Beetz would later go on to portray Characters/{{Domino|MarvelComics}} in ''Film/Deadpool2''.
71** Creator/IdrisElba and Creator/TomHardy were considered for [[Characters/MarvelComicsApocalypse Apocalypse]] before the casting of Creator/OscarIsaac. Elba previously played Heimdall in ''Film/{{Thor}}'', and Hardy would go on to portray [[Characters/MarvelComicsEddieBrock Eddie Brock]] in ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}''.
72** A part for [[Characters/MarvelComicsGambit Gambit]] was considered, but it was eventually scrapped.
73** Previous drafts of the script had a bigger part for [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]], with the character entering the plot midway through the movie and acting as a drill sergeant to the new X-Men. According to Simon Kinberg, his role was cut down because having another mentor figure for the kids would have made Mystique redundant.
74** The film was going to be titled ''Age of Apocalypse'', but it got shortened to ''Apocalypse'' because of ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' and ''Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction''. The fact that this movie has absolutely nothing to do with the ''ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse'' storyline probably helped too.
75** At one point, Charles was going to be the fourth Horseman.
76** In an IGN interview promoting ''Film/DarkPhoenix'', Michael Fassbender revealed that he had suggested the stress endured by Erik during the Auschwitz scene would result in him gaining his comic counterpart's iconic white hair, but the writers and director vetoed the idea.
77** Psylocke was planned to have a more practical black outfit, but Creator/OliviaMunn successfully argued for the classic purple leotard instead.
78** Jean Grey's costume originally looked more faithful to the comic book version.
79** Although the mall sequence was included as a deleted scene on the Blu-Ray, it's still missing a moment where [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/34514b290a490de4f7723d61863c7968/tumblr_o6e0nfvEpJ1v8wwx7o1_1280.jpg Scott finds a Dazzler record.]]

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