It feels like forever. We've been waiting for this movie for so long. And it's finally here! In celebration of the glorious return of Professor X and his band of mutants, let's find something we never knew (or perhaps already knew, since nothing escapes the internet in this era) about the movie series.
(1) Shortly after accepting the role of Magneto, Ian McKellen was offered the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, which originally he had to decline. He spoke to Bryan Singer about his interest in making Lord of the Rings, and Singer agreed to rearrange the film's shooting schedule so that McKellen would finish his scenes by the end of 1999, freeing him up to travel to New Zealand in January 2000, where Lord of the Rings had been in production since October 1999. Later in 2003, Ian McKellen will reprise his role as Magneto in X-Men 2, and in the same year he appeared as Gandalf for the third time in LOTR: The Return of the King. This year, he will repeat it again when he appears as Magneto and Gandalf in the same year (he actually had a cameo last year in The Wolverine, but I excluded it since it was only a cameo).
(2) In the original X-Men film (2000), many of the X-Men from the comics who don't have major roles in the film appeared as minor characters in the school. Among them were: Jubilee, the Asian-American girl wearing a yellow jacket, hoop earrings with sunglasses above her forehead; Shadowcat, also known as Kitty Pryde; Colossus; Iceman, aka Bobby Drake, and Pyro. Kitty, Iceman and Pyro have major roles in the sequels.
(3) The mansion used for the school in X-Men 2 also appears as Lex Luthor's home in Smallville (2001).
(4) Bryan Singer dropped out of X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) to direct Superman Returns (2006). Brett Ratner, who was considered for directing Superman Returns, replaced him to direct this film.
(5) The Wolverine (2013) was the first time Wolverine will be in a movie without X-Men attached to the title.
(6) Taylor Lautner was considered to play Hank McCoy (aka Beast) in X-Men: First Class (2011) but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Nicholas Hoult. Amber Heard was rumored to play Mystique before Jennifer Lawrence was cast. Thank God!
(7) Hugh Jackman accepted the opportunity to cameo as Logan/Wolverine in X-Men: First Class (2011) when he learned he would be the only character in the film to use the word 'fuck'. He improvised the line, "Go fuck yourself," after using 7 other takes to say, "Fuck off". The reaction from McAvoy and Fassbender to the different line was authentic.
(8) With the release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, Hugh Jackman had portrayed Logan / Wolverine in a total of 7 movies, more than other actors who also portrayed comic book heroes.
(9) Anna Paquin filmed scenes as Rogue and, though heavily featured in the trailers and advertising, her scenes were cut from the final film for pacing reasons. Bryan Singer later announced they her sequence will appear on the DVD. What??? No Rogue??? But she was the original cast! Boo!
(10) The four main female X-Men in the principal cast of Days of Future Past (Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, Ellen Page, and Anna Paquin) are all Academy Award nominees. The six principle male cast members (Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Peter Dinklage) are all Golden Globe nominees (Jackman, Fassbender and McKellen are also Academy Award nominees).
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