Logan is less than a month away from release, and fans are starting to get a better look at Hugh Jackman's final
X-Men film with each new piece of promotional material. The latest TV spot gives us a few more snippets of new footage, including one of the film's villains, Dr. Zander Rice (Richard E. Grant) giving Logan an ominous warning.
Additionally, James Mangold spoke with
We Got This Covered about why there aren't any major
X-Men cameos in the film; according to the director, he did consider having a few mutants pop up (though he refused to specify which), but in the end he felt it took away from the overall story.
"There were times early on in the story where I played with the idea of Hugh coming along, and I don’t want to give away anything, but I played with there being an underground railroad where there were a couple of other mutants that he met on the journey. It always seemed to detract from the loneliness of the story though and became a kind of cameo."
Mangold explained that for him, placing other characters into the story for the sake of pleasing the audience feels awkward, unless that character is serving a purpose within the narrative.
"Still, there was always a curiosity. I’m so cautious of it though, despite how much fans want it to happen. You find these moments where you’re trying to please people and write these scenes where they’ll bump into somebody but it always just seems like an awkward cameo unless you can make it fit organically and the character is integral to the story."
Be sure to check out the TV Spot below!
Logan claws its way into theatres on
March 3, 2017.
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hide out on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are up-ended when a young mutant arrives, being pursued by dark forces.
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