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ComicBookMovie.com re-typed bits and pieces of an interview with Michael Fassbender that will appear in the new issue of Total Film:

“If they make enough money usually they make a sequel. They usually give you the first one and then two options. I’ve got some interesting ideas for Magneto, as does James [McAvoy] for Professor X.

“I know we really enjoyed working with each other and it would be great if we could get that original team back. James and I were getting sort of giddy with the prospect of the next one.

“I want to see how Professor X becomes Professor X because he’s starting his journey at the end of this film but I’ve made my transition into Magneto.”

“I’ve got the hat and I’m ready for action. I’ve got the purple helmet…”

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I just love how Michael and James talk about each other, it's so incredibly sweet. That's why I think it's too bad that Michael had to give up his part in Trance, it would've been great seeing them together on-screen again... ;_;

And as much as I love XMFC, the purple "bug" helmet at the very end was awful, I hope they change it for the sequel. But it's kinda hilarious that even Michael's making fun of it :P

There's an interview with James McAvoy, where he talks about XMFC and its sequel, about Charles' situation and where he would like to see his character in the next movie: link.


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My favorite part:

I don't know where we find Erik — it's kind of defined at the end of the film that he's a bad guy. I can't really speak for him, but I know that with Charles, you either have to write him out of the movie or give him an interesting story. He can't just become the guy that we saw in the first three movies. He just had two major things happen to him. He's lost his best friend, essentially, and he's just been paralyzed from the waist down. Which is just a huge, huge blow to his considerable ego. So he's got to deal with that.

And I don't think we can just brush over that and go, "yeah I'm in a wheelchair now," because Professor X is in a wheelchair. You've got to deal with that, I don't care if he's a superhero and has brain powers or not, he's just had a huge part of his physical life taken away from him, by someone he cares about more than anyone else. So he's got to deal with that. That's part of the interesting ideas that we're talking about with Matthew [Vaughn], that Matthew's very excited about which I think is fantastic, but I can't really get into them with you because they may (or may not) form the spine of the story.

See the part I underlined? Hear me squee? Man, I love it when actors actually see what their audience sees and I don't care if you see them as lovers or best friends, they care about each other more than about anybody else. And yes, sometimes love doesn't conquer all, no matter what they say, but the love is undeniably there!

And:

I had a great time with Matthew and Michael, that was a great threesome to work with and really sort of carve out a new beginning for those two characters. So hopefully we'll have the same kind of joy on the set.

Aww... Just, aww... They must have had so much fun and the BTS pics confirm that. But it's nice to actually hear it, you know?

Just to start this week nicely...



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... Wonderful article about Michael Fassbender: link. I love this quote:

"I’m 34 but I remember when I first went to Los Angeles. I was 24 – an agent who was going to take me on at the time thought I was 35 … I quite enjoy the lines on my forehead because they show my life. That’s my history and I like to see that in other people. Like this wrinkle is due to some girl who broke my heart. I don’t want to escape it in any way."

Or

“Perhaps 10 years ago, I would have been impressed and seduced by all the things that come with fame, but they don’t really interest me anymore. I’m just happy that I’ve been allowed to work in this business. I am lucky that a lot of great filmmakers want to collaborate with me.”

I also loved the part about Viggo Mortensen. They both seem like such nice, down-to-earth guys... *_*

Talking about Michael Fassbender, this is an interesting article about the possible future of the X-Men movies: link.

... James McAvoy's mind works. This is what he said back in April:

James McAvoy says he’d like to see his character Charles Xavier get “really messed up” in the sequels.

“In First Class he uses Cerebro for the first time and maybe it unlocks something in his head – maybe he can’t keep the voices out or something,” the actor speculates.

“So in the second movie his journey could be about getting himself out of a mess. And then in the third movie he become… Patrick Stewart!”

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& This was posted yesterday:

“I’ve spoken to Matthew [Vaughn] about ideas, but I can’t tell you what they are because they may or may not be the story. One thing I liked about our one was that it was different from the other three films where the X-Men are the good guys, Wolverine’s figuring out who he is and Magneto is the bad guy.

“This was a completely different thing. Magneto wasn’t a bad guy, we were friends. We’re now set up to go back to the way the other movies are, so we’ve got to try to be cleverer than that.”

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I really like his ideas. And since both he and Michael Fassbender have a say in what happens with their characters, I hope that - provided there is a sequel - they use some of them.

Oh, and I finally watched the deleted scenes from XMFC - and I'm glad that they cut them out, especially the Charles/Moira parts, that was painful *cringes* And though I would have liked seeing the drag part, overall, I think the movie's better as it is...

-- Robert Downey Jr. would like to play the big-screen version of Perry Mason? Link. Awesome. I always loved Perry Mason, both the TV version and the books. Hm, I guess I should re-read some...

-- Michael Fassbender is being considered for the new The Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie? Link. He was Steven Soderbergh’s first choice to replace George Clooney as Napoleon Solo? Please, please, please! Let him get the part! As much as I love Robocop, I would prefer seeing him in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.!

-- I love this article where Michael Fassbender talks about his X-Men: First Class experience: "We were lacking two months pre-production essentially, so everyone had to just roll up their sleeves. Thank god, James is a good guy, a very smart guy and he's a very practical guy." Link. Aww...

-- Today, I found You Higuri's "Taisho Era Chronicles" in my mail box. This is huge! You would have to understand just how much I love You Higuri's manga to get my reaction. She's a goddess among mangakas for me!

-- Still translating Tom Lloyd's "The Ragged Man", 4th in the "Twilight Reign" series - seriously, the book has 610 pages! - and as much as I love the characters, I sometimes feel like the author automatically expects his readers to know what's going on. It's like, he knows it and doesn't get that he has to, you know, WRITE IT DOWN, it's not enough that he as the author is privy to what's going on. Sheesh!

-- They plan a remake of Point Break? Why exactly? The movie was mediocre, only the presence of Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze made it good. Why remake it?! *head/desk*

-- NCIS & NCIS:LA season premiere promo: link. Pretty spoilery, if you ask me. But AWESOME! Tony!!!

-- "Producer Lauren Shuler Donner — the authority on the past, present and future of Fox's X-Men franchise as the producer of every one of the movies going back to X-Men in 2000 — has divulged to HitFix that things are looking "hopeful" for a First Class sequel, and that she wants Matthew Vaughn to return as director." Link. So, fingers and toes crossed, XMFC? Please? With a cherry on top?

-- I seriously adore Rob Dougan's song Clubbed to Death. It needed to be said.

Álex Gonzáles AKA Riptide in X-Men First Class and his Shangay Style photoshoot... *drools*



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Plus a vid from the photoshoot - and large version of these pics - here. Man, he's gorgeous... *_*