Jennifer Lawrence Talks About Playing Mystique In X-Men: First Class

Jennifer Lawrence Talks About Playing Mystique In X-Men: First Class

The Winter's Bone star speaks briefly about playing the shapeshifting Mutant in Matthew Vaughn's upcoming prequel..

By MarkCassidy - Oct 25, 2010 08:10 AM EST
Filed Under: X-Men: First Class
Source: Hollywood Elswhere

Speaking to Hollywood Elsewhere, the young actress revealed that we won't be seeing too much of her as the blue comic version of Mystique, but that when she did appear she would be donning the scales and dye job from the previous X movies..



From Hollywood Elsewhere..


Only 10% of her screen time will be as Mystique, she said. It takes X-Men: First Class makeup artists about six hours to transform her into Mystique with the blue skins and the scales, she added. (She has a nickname for the process or the makeup or whatever -- "Mystink.") I asked if official photos have been taken, and she said the idea was to keep her appearance under wraps until just before the film's release. I said if the world has to wait until next summer for a shot, fine, but if an un-approved shot makes it onto the web I won't be sorry.

Still no un-approved shots unfortunately, but we do have this artists rendition of what Lawrence may look like transforming into Mystique..




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LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/25/2010, 8:40 AM
FIST... I mean first as in FIRST CLASS, is a FISTING mess lol!

Second, why oh why of all the characters, why bring back MYSTIQUE?!?
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 9:00 AM
LEEE777@
I hav to admit I really am interested in seeing what the heck is goin on in this movie & how it could possibly tie into the others. Especially with info that just doesn't run with the established continuity.
But I knw your PASSION for the X-men so sometimes I really feel it fot you dude!
Wish I had MovieTheaterLad's job & I could see it for free...
Minato
Minato - 10/25/2010, 9:01 AM
Im really not looking foward to this movie. I honestly hope the movie bombs so Marvel can get the rights back w/o too much hassle.
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 10/25/2010, 9:10 AM
megabatfan @ Cheers man lol! ; D

Yeah I wish I had MovieTheaterLad's job too, hell could burn the film to this one lol!

Hush2010 @ Fingers crossed dude, fingers crossed!

brazilian @ I surely wont be watching it.
pollix22
pollix22 - 10/25/2010, 9:11 AM
Everything about this movie makes me sad
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 9:14 AM
LEEE777@
I hav to admit I really am interested in seeing what the heck is goin on in this movie & how it could possibly tie into the others. Especially with info that just doesn't run with the established continuity.
But I knw your PASSION for the X-men so sometimes I really feel it fot you dude!
Wish I had MovieTheaterLad's job & I could see it for free...
TheGeekFiles
TheGeekFiles - 10/25/2010, 9:17 AM
Well, I care about First Class.

I don't think we have yet had a horrific X-Men movie, even with all the changes made from the source etc. Yes there have been some missteps and some things that have pissed off the hardcore fans, but none of the films so far has been an utter disaster. It's not as if we had a Beast covered in pink fluff, or a Cyclops shooting beams from his rectum or a Storm who was some finger-snappin neck-rollin ho from a Beyonce video. Get real people.

If Marvel hadn't sold the rights to X-Men (and Spider-Man, FF, Ghost Rider and Daredevil), then there wouldn't be a Marvel and we wouldn't have Iron Man, Thor, Captain America or Avengers. Marvel would have gone bankrupt otherwise.

And there is no way Marvel could afford to make films featuring Spider-Man, X-Men, FF, Daredevil and Ghost Rider as well as Thor, Iron Man, Captain America and Avengers. Even with Disney behind them, they wouldn't have the time, money or other resources. We've just heard they've had to put back the Runaways film, so that's a big clue that they can only do so much at one time. It's not as if there is some endless pot of money and millions of employees to do everything.

You also have to remember that many studios have made errors in judgement with CBMs. Warner Bros gave us Superman 3 and 4, Superman Returns, Catwoman, and the two Joel Schumacher Batman films. Sony gave us Ghost Rider and Spider-Man 3. Universal gave us Ang Lee's Hulk. And even Marvel itself didn't create a massive success with its own Incredible Hulk movie; also, Iron Man 2 did have a lot of bad reviews (though it did well and has 74% on RT) and is seen by many as inferior to the first film.

So, let's get things into perspective here.

We all want brilliant films every time. But if there was a fixed formula to follow, every film would be fantastic. There will be some good ones and some bad ones along the way. The market is near to saturation with comic book projects and not all of them are going to be great. You can see by the amount of stuff posted on this site that the market is close to overload - all the gossip, rumours, news, made-up rubbish, every sentence every person utters about a superhero, all the trivia and speculation. It gives me a headache just to read all the headlines on here most of the time, it's actually put me off a lot of comic book movies.

But just because X-Men First Class shows an earlier set of events (in the 60s) doesn't automatically mean it's crap. Singer (who's producing) is not a crap director, and neither is Matthew Vaughn.
vxMaverickxv
vxMaverickxv - 10/25/2010, 9:19 AM
This movie is just a huge waste of time.
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 9:20 AM
Why the hell do my comments post twice.
It's already been established that most people like or at least accept X1 & X2. Singer's X3 was supposed to feature the Dark Phoenix Saga (not that dumb @$$ cameo of a plot). Fox aside, any1 thinks that Singer's X3 would have the franchise in a better place than it is right now?...
SeaSerpentine
SeaSerpentine - 10/25/2010, 9:25 AM
I'm not seeing another X-movie untill Focks reboots the series or Marvel gets the rights back, but I might see Wolverine 2 if it's any good.
TheGeekFiles
TheGeekFiles - 10/25/2010, 9:26 AM
Yes, it's unlikely the rights will go back.

So, Marvel needs to have a greater influence over the films made by other studios.

Marvel is involved in the films for X-Men, Spider-Man, etc, so they need to have a stronger voice to ensure there are no mistakes.

Kevin Feige was a producer on the first three X-Men films (not Wolverine), Stan Lee was a producer on all of them.
marvel72
marvel72 - 10/25/2010, 9:55 AM
YAWN !

give the rights back to marvel,its the only way i'm ever gonna be intrested in anything x-related again.
nojustwar
nojustwar - 10/25/2010, 10:00 AM
o.k. so a lot of hard core CBM'ers are not interested in first class. Here is the benefit: Young people, who may or may not be interested int he original timeline and universe may be more likely to pick up a comic book or ipad app because of their exposure to a superficial portrayal of the xmen origins movies.
CaptainQuirk
CaptainQuirk - 10/25/2010, 10:15 AM
Jennifer Lawrence will be receiving an Oscar nomination next year for her performance in 'Winter's Bone'.

She's an incredible talent who is also incredibly sexy.
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 10:44 AM
As much as i would like to see what an X3 sequel would be about (cough, cough, SINISTER! cough...) After expecting a young Cyclops, Jean & Beast etal in First Class & not getting them, I feel I still deserve it for getting my hopes up. So I'd rather a sequel to First Class if it succeeds.
But this is hust me being selfish
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 10:55 AM
@Intruder
No thank you! 5 Original X-men in the movie but never together as a team. Cyclops supposedly dead, Angel doing NOTHING!!!
That's just another cheap nod. UNACCEPTABLE!
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 11:13 AM
@Intruder
I get what you're saying & can respect that. I too don't think it's as BAD a movie as others make it out to be. But my preference in for X2. Too many sub-plots in X3 to make it a better movie for my tastes.
Yes from the jump (X1) the X-men franchise went astray, so there was really no coming back from that. But as I said, X1 & X2 are my preference.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/25/2010, 11:14 AM
Intruder, you can have your opinion but saying that X-3 was better than the first 2 and that Vaughn lacks talent as a director really doesn't help your credibility a whole lot. You're just whining because they are not covering the story lines that you want, you're no different than any other whining fanboy on the internet.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/25/2010, 11:19 AM
If misjudged talent and pure speculation are the truth than I should be in a full body cast right about now...
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/25/2010, 11:28 AM
I guess we will have to wait and see than wont we. I think that a good movie is more important than a word for word translation of the comics and I'm pretty sure that most people (not just comic book fans) feel the same. If you have to cry yourself to sleep every night because Cyclpos didn't get enough screen time and Wolverine was too tall than so be it.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 10/25/2010, 11:41 AM
I didn't know I was being stalked but I only started supporting this movie when I read positive things like Vaughn directing and, since I liked the first 2 x-men, Singer producing. I tend to stay optimistic about upcoming movies until I hear something that will persuade me otherwise. I'm not purely convinced that this movie will be great but I'm definitely leaning that way as much as one should months before it's actual release.

Just wait for it to come out, than we can have an actual debate on whether it WAS good or not. It's senseless to speculate as much as we already have.
megabatfan
megabatfan - 10/25/2010, 12:02 PM
What's done is done & there's no changing it uless rebooting the franchise. Continuity is the main beef I'm having with this movie, not so much as faithfullness to the comics.
Based on what i've read:
Moira's there looking the same age as Xavier, but in X3 she's bout in her late 30s/ early 40s.(WTF)
We get to see how he ends up in a wheel chair & is bald, yet in Wolverine he walks.(WTF)
Then there's the famous Emma Frost issue. (WTF)
SO i'm curious as to how they're dealing with continuity issues
drfate
drfate - 10/25/2010, 12:31 PM
@Intruder, indeed I shall. I already know I'm only going to check this movie out via download; not even dvd-worthy. MAYBE I'll check the dvd, when it hits the dollar-bin!
TANKGIRL
TANKGIRL - 10/25/2010, 12:42 PM
AINT MYSTIQUE SUPPOSED TO BE BRUNETTE AND OLD LIKE 100 YEARS OLD ?

HULK2099
HULK2099 - 10/25/2010, 12:58 PM
hope to see cloths and use of guns
TheGeekFiles
TheGeekFiles - 10/25/2010, 2:38 PM
Those of you wanting total comic book accuracy in X-Men are about 10 years too late.

The first X-Men, released in 2000, came at a time when the industry was unsure about the genre, so it was toned right down and made more 'realistic'. I know a few people at work who prefer this first film over all the others because they felt it was far more believable. After the Schumacher attempts at Batman buried the genre, it's obvious that the superhero genre crept back out from its hidey-hole very cautiously and without any camp or colourful touches.

The point is that the films that followed built on that first story and characters.

If the X-Men films were being made today, from scratch, they would be very different.

But I see criticism on here for every piece of casting, set pix, video footage and news for every CBM, so it just looks like most of you are very angry all the time. It's hard to really see what you are ever going to be satisifed with. You don't do yourself any favours, and studios decide to ignore you because you seem like you're unreasonable. So as far as complaining goes, you are pissing in the wind. The films are decided by their profits and partly by critical acclaim and award nominations, not by nerd rage.
CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 10/25/2010, 6:42 PM
@Intruder, you know MTL is a guy right? lol
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