X-Men First Class...

[fajrdrako]

io9 has an interview with Matthew Vaughn, director of X-Men: First Class.

I like the phrase, "You find out everything about what went on between Erik and Charles," which had me raising my eyebrows and grinning, because they've been slashy together since the beginning. But I suspect that's not what Matthew Vaughn means. I wish.

James McAvoy is quoted on his take on Charles Xavier (Professor X):

You look at the kind of main, defining characteristics of Professor X, of Charlie Boy, and you go, 'Alright, he’s selfless. He’s a saint. He’s sexless, it seems. He’s egoless.

...Simply proving, as far as I can see, that McAvoy never read X-Men comics. Xavier's ego is huge - after all, he intends to change the world! - and as for sexless... The man had an affair with Moira MacTaggart and a galactic empress, has an illegitimate son (Legion) and a pash for Jean Gray... no, not sexless. Where do they get these odd ideas?

I shake my head sadly. It probably means they've rewritten far too much.

Magneto as Bond with superpowers I can see, but Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw? It isn't the casting I'd have done, but it might work. I will try not to despair ahead of time.

I wish they'd talk more about Mystique, and her role.