Jane Goldman Talks Comic Books And X-Men: First Class Historical Accuracy!

The following excerpts were taken from The Sunday Times' Culture Magazine. In the publication, the writer (who penned X-Men: First Class alongside director Matthew Vaughn) talks openly on her love of comic books and sheds some light on the continuity and historical accuracy of the movie.

"It seems odd to ask, why are you into comics? It's like saying, why are you into books or films? It's a way of telling a story. Okay, women who were into comics used to be in a minority, but I think that's changing. Sure, it's still somewhere for outsiders. When I first went to Comic Con, in San Diego, it was a relief to walk past the hotel pool and see lots of chubby white people having trouble with hair dye running in their faces. These are my people...I feel that I belong. But, since Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore and Frank Miller started writing different stories, it's more about characters than biff-bang-pow."

"I hope we've hit a balance with the history - although, clearly, it's an alternate universe. The producer said to treat the crisis as if this was Star Wars and these were warring planets. You don't want endless exposition, with people pointing at maps, but we've got the basic beats. Obviously, it's not entirely historically accurate - there were no mutant superheroes in the real crisis, as far as I know - so I hope nobody will have issues with how we depict the superpower standoff."