Bleeding Cool have a very interesting interview with Mathew Vaughn in which he discusses the journey he underwent to get his mutant prequel going and the process involved. Much of it is worth reading but the one thing that caught my attention was the following..
"The X-Men we used were already chosen by Bryan and Fox. In the draft they gave me all of the characters were in there. We cut Sunspot because we didn’t have enough time or money. They couldn’t make him work, he was a pain the ass."
So Singer was trying to get one of the
New Mutants in to this new original team of X-Men. I personally always liked Sunspot(Robert Da Costa) and think that character might have a been a cool addition to the team, but of course the fanboy in me would also want the New Mutants to be, well.. NEW, and maybe one day be featured in their own movie. Another bit that caught my eye was Vaughn's answers to be quizzed about his involvement with
X-Men 3. As you are probably aware, he was on board to direct before leaving and being replaced by Brett Ratner..
I storyboarded the whole bloody film, did the script. My X3 would have been 40 minutes longer. They didn’t let the emotions and the drama play in that film. It became wall-to-wall noise and drama. I would have let it breathe and far more dramatic elements to it.
I really enjoyed X1 and X2, I think Bryan did a great job… I think superhero films need to change. I think superhero movies as a genre are on the verge of dying, if they don’t. I think they need to be taken seriously.
There is much more to the interview so be sure to click the link back to Bleeding Cool below to check it out.
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