Vaughn told teh LA Times Hero Complex that he enjoyed the Christopher Nolan epic immensely -- even though it prompted him to scrap a dozen pages of the "First Class" script.
"I saw 'Inception,' which I loved, but my heart sank when I saw that a few of the ideas we had were up [on the screen]. So it's either leave it in and look as if you're copying or change things. We completely ripped out about 12 pages of the script and the storyboards."
The article goes on to describe exactly what type of sequence Vaughn had to scrap...
The jettisoned sequence was a sort of dream-space combat, according to Vaughn; ...but the filmmaker said for the film the fight involving Professor X (James McAvoy) and some other mutants was to going to be presented with spinning rooms and other physics-bending imagery -- visions that he felt drifted too close to signature moments in "Inception," which has now piled up $363 million in worldwide box office and garnered some of the strongest reviews of any 2010 release.
That sounds really cool, its a shame they had to scrap it. Nice to hear a little bit about what the direction the plot may take in this, even if it has since been altered!
I also heard that in an earlier interview Vaughn compared
First: Class to JJ Abrams'
Star Trek movie. Now, I don't know about you, but I take that as a hint that this next X movie will be not just be a prequel but a complete reboot. More on this particular interview as I have it.
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