there’s more happening behind the scenes
than a simple allegory about equal
rights welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be exploring ten pieces of
trivia about x-men all right
casting The Wolverine kicking off our
list is the casting of the popular
superhero Wolverine you love Hugh
Jackman well you might be surprised to
learn that he wasn’t the first choice
for the part this was actually Russell
Crowe who was refused his demanded
salary other potential candidates
included Aaron Eckhart jean-claude Van
Damme Viggo Mortensen Edward Norton Gary
Sinise and Keanu Reeves becoming
Wolverine and breaking a few nails
not only did Jackman have the mutton
chops to play their character he also
brought the right amount of berserker
rage he came up with his range face by
modeling it after his own reaction to
ice-cold showers
speaking of Jackman’s Wolverine his
invincible adamantium claws were
actually made of plastic wood and steel
causing his stunt doubles to break over
700 sets while filming despite having
had special claw training still cheaper
than the real stuff the knives down I
can’t becoming a mutant isn’t always
easy of all the movie costumes the
mystique outfit was the most invasive
actress Rebecca Romain had to wear blue
paint and over 100 prosthetic pieces
which covered 60% of her body the
costume took a total of nine hours to
apply and even worse to maintain set
secrecy she was kept in an isolated and
windowless room between takes to top it
all off she must have ingested a fair
amount of her costume by the last day of
filming because she apparently hurled
blue goop all over Hugh Jackman after
drinking a celebratory tequila shot my
what’s sparkly eyes you have the makeup
woes don’t end there Rebecca Romain and
several of the actors had to wear
colored contacts these special contact
lenses were not only uncomfortable but
pretty hazardous in fact the mystique
lenses could only be worn for about an
hour while Romain had to stumble around
with only 10% of her vision the contacts
likewise left sabertooths Tyler main
blinded for an entire day of course
Halle Berry played the diva card and had
her icy g’d tin vine not stained
disguise all the time
you’re not
look like everyone else cuz we shouldn’t
have to this place looks familiar
so does the x-mansion look familiar to
you if so that’s because it’s the same
house that Adam Sandler lived in for
Billy Madison so long before Wolverine
defended the students from the
government SWAT team Billy was in the
tub staging an equally epic battle
between hair products stop looking at me
chuan magnetically attracted to the
cause several actors were considered for
the role of Holocaust survivor magneto
for the original trilogy including Ian
McKellen’s later Lord of the Rings
co-star Christopher Lee
however McKellen was rather ironically
cast after playing a Nazi himself in the
director’s previous film apt pupil and
for being a real-life gay activist which
helped him understand his characters
grievances and motivations I will bring
you home old friend and I ask only one
thing in return
don’t get in my way
frozen in more ways than one x2 had
three instances of freezing that are not
what you’d expect
first the Arctic scenes were filmed in
northern Alberta Canada a region known
for heavy snow however there was none at
the time so the snow had to be faked
ironically the wall of ice in the
x-mansion was real and weighed 3,500
pounds I guess they saw how cheesy
plastic looked in Batman and Robin
finally remember the museum visitors
that were mentally frozen by Xavier at
the opening no effects were needed as
they were real-life mimes this is in no
way related to the fact that much like
mutants mimes are a repressed and often
frightening minority
I am the juggernaut bitch in x3 The Last
Stand the filmmakers decided to give the
juggernaut a line from a parody web
series of the time in it potty-mouthed
fans redubbed episodes of the 90s
cartoon series
and another knock bitch yeah beat the
shit out you get as a result
savvy viewers were left in varying
states of horror and hilarity as the
juggernaut said the magic words
don’t you know I am I’m the geminal
bitch continuity SH majnu T let’s make a
movie x-men first class doesn’t fit
perfectly with the original series check
it Magneto’s helmet was new to Xavier in
the 2000 flick Hank McCoy was seen on TV
without blue fur and x2 Patrick
Stewart’s Xavier was able to walk twice
afterwards
and lastly Emma Frost was a Weapon X
test subject in x-men origins Wolverine
blasphemy again yeah uncanny mixup in
the original 1963 comic the uncanny
x-men the original members of Professor
Xavier z’ team were very different from
in the films these included angel beasts
Cyclops Iceman and Marvel Girl who later
became known as Jean Grey because of
this first classes journey to the
beginning is heavily constrained by the
decisions made for the first trilogy
which may be why James McAvoy
confusingly shaved his head for the role
of Xavier only to be fitted with a wig
during filming next thing I’ll be going
bold what’s your favorite x-men factoid
for more entertaining trivia videos be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
than a simple allegory about equal
rights welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be exploring ten pieces of
trivia about x-men all right
casting The Wolverine kicking off our
list is the casting of the popular
superhero Wolverine you love Hugh
Jackman well you might be surprised to
learn that he wasn’t the first choice
for the part this was actually Russell
Crowe who was refused his demanded
salary other potential candidates
included Aaron Eckhart jean-claude Van
Damme Viggo Mortensen Edward Norton Gary
Sinise and Keanu Reeves becoming
Wolverine and breaking a few nails
not only did Jackman have the mutton
chops to play their character he also
brought the right amount of berserker
rage he came up with his range face by
modeling it after his own reaction to
ice-cold showers
speaking of Jackman’s Wolverine his
invincible adamantium claws were
actually made of plastic wood and steel
causing his stunt doubles to break over
700 sets while filming despite having
had special claw training still cheaper
than the real stuff the knives down I
can’t becoming a mutant isn’t always
easy of all the movie costumes the
mystique outfit was the most invasive
actress Rebecca Romain had to wear blue
paint and over 100 prosthetic pieces
which covered 60% of her body the
costume took a total of nine hours to
apply and even worse to maintain set
secrecy she was kept in an isolated and
windowless room between takes to top it
all off she must have ingested a fair
amount of her costume by the last day of
filming because she apparently hurled
blue goop all over Hugh Jackman after
drinking a celebratory tequila shot my
what’s sparkly eyes you have the makeup
woes don’t end there Rebecca Romain and
several of the actors had to wear
colored contacts these special contact
lenses were not only uncomfortable but
pretty hazardous in fact the mystique
lenses could only be worn for about an
hour while Romain had to stumble around
with only 10% of her vision the contacts
likewise left sabertooths Tyler main
blinded for an entire day of course
Halle Berry played the diva card and had
her icy g’d tin vine not stained
disguise all the time
you’re not
look like everyone else cuz we shouldn’t
have to this place looks familiar
so does the x-mansion look familiar to
you if so that’s because it’s the same
house that Adam Sandler lived in for
Billy Madison so long before Wolverine
defended the students from the
government SWAT team Billy was in the
tub staging an equally epic battle
between hair products stop looking at me
chuan magnetically attracted to the
cause several actors were considered for
the role of Holocaust survivor magneto
for the original trilogy including Ian
McKellen’s later Lord of the Rings
co-star Christopher Lee
however McKellen was rather ironically
cast after playing a Nazi himself in the
director’s previous film apt pupil and
for being a real-life gay activist which
helped him understand his characters
grievances and motivations I will bring
you home old friend and I ask only one
thing in return
don’t get in my way
frozen in more ways than one x2 had
three instances of freezing that are not
what you’d expect
first the Arctic scenes were filmed in
northern Alberta Canada a region known
for heavy snow however there was none at
the time so the snow had to be faked
ironically the wall of ice in the
x-mansion was real and weighed 3,500
pounds I guess they saw how cheesy
plastic looked in Batman and Robin
finally remember the museum visitors
that were mentally frozen by Xavier at
the opening no effects were needed as
they were real-life mimes this is in no
way related to the fact that much like
mutants mimes are a repressed and often
frightening minority
I am the juggernaut bitch in x3 The Last
Stand the filmmakers decided to give the
juggernaut a line from a parody web
series of the time in it potty-mouthed
fans redubbed episodes of the 90s
cartoon series
and another knock bitch yeah beat the
shit out you get as a result
savvy viewers were left in varying
states of horror and hilarity as the
juggernaut said the magic words
don’t you know I am I’m the geminal
bitch continuity SH majnu T let’s make a
movie x-men first class doesn’t fit
perfectly with the original series check
it Magneto’s helmet was new to Xavier in
the 2000 flick Hank McCoy was seen on TV
without blue fur and x2 Patrick
Stewart’s Xavier was able to walk twice
afterwards
and lastly Emma Frost was a Weapon X
test subject in x-men origins Wolverine
blasphemy again yeah uncanny mixup in
the original 1963 comic the uncanny
x-men the original members of Professor
Xavier z’ team were very different from
in the films these included angel beasts
Cyclops Iceman and Marvel Girl who later
became known as Jean Grey because of
this first classes journey to the
beginning is heavily constrained by the
decisions made for the first trilogy
which may be why James McAvoy
confusingly shaved his head for the role
of Xavier only to be fitted with a wig
during filming next thing I’ll be going
bold what’s your favorite x-men factoid
for more entertaining trivia videos be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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