The roster included Halle Berry (Storm), Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), James Marsden (Cyclops), Anna Paquin (Rogue), and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Mystique). The Importance of X-Men (2000) - Film Obsessive
Scripts were written and discarded. At one point, James Cameron was interested in producing. Michael Jackson reportedly lobbied to play Professor X. Later, the film was almost a low-budget B-movie. It wasn't until the massive, unexpected success of Blade (1998) that Fox realized Marvel properties had theatrical potential. They hired Bryan Singer, a young director known for his dark thriller The Usual Suspects . Singer wasn't a comic book fan, but he saw the potential for a civil rights allegory within the material. This outsider perspective was crucial; he didn't want to make a "comic movie," he wanted to make a movie about outcasts. x men.2000
: Start here if you want to see the franchise evolve naturally [14, 33]. Chronological Order The roster included Halle Berry (Storm), Famke Janssen
: The master of magnetism and the film's complex antagonist [13, 39]. Anna Paquin as Rogue Michael Jackson reportedly lobbied to play Professor X