The allegations made against Bryan Singer are well-documented, but we sometimes tend to forget that another X-Men director, The Last Stand's Brett Ratner, was also accused of highly inappropriate behaviour by several actors who worked with him.
Rebecca Romijn, who played Mystique in the first three X-Men movies before Jennifer Lawrence took over as a younger version of the shape-shifting mutant, has refrained from weighting in on the Singer situation in the past, but during an interview with The Independent, the actress spoke about her experiences with both directors.
“I was not happy working with [Brett Ratner],” Romijn said. “But he’s been cancelled. I haven’t spoken up about anything with regard to #MeToo, because I had two major issues with two directors I’ve worked with – and both of them already got theirs, one of them being Brett Ratner… I didn’t feel like I needed to say anything. I know the two people that I worked with had it coming, and they got theirs… I don’t need to say anything else.”
Romijn went on to note that Ratner was the only one she felt comfortable "throwing under the bus," because, despite Singer's reputation as being very difficult to work with on set, she admired him as a filmmaker.
“He’s a fantastic filmmaker, you know? It was amazing watching him work. And you have to decide if you want to try and separate those two things. I know that the other cast confronted him about things. But I was not a part of that. I wasn’t there for it, so I can’t really speak to it.”
“There was drama on set, and I witnessed it and I heard a lot about it,” she continued. “And he sometimes didn’t come in prepared. But he would show up and, without any preparation whatsoever, direct the most awesome scene that he was able to put together because he’s such a good filmmaker.”
We recently learned that Singer is "quietly plotting" a return, and has been pitching a slate of new films set in and around Israel, where he has been living for the past few years. Details are few and far between, but the movies would reportedly be made for $10 million apiece, and one would be set in the '70s.
In addition, Singer is said to be working on a self-financed documentary about himself and “his struggles.” The project will address the allegations of sexual misdeeds and "cover his attempt at career resurrection."