Q: I've noticed on American sites that there is an X-men 1.5 DVD
(Extended edition) being released! Do you know if it's gonna get a UK
release & if so when!
A: This is a late reply confirming the worldwide release for the
extended DVD (X-MEN 1.5 Extreme Edition, released in the UK on 31
March 2003) which I hope you have found and are enjoying.
ANNA PAQUIN
Q: How is working with Anna Paquin?
A: I am amazed how confidently and without fuss the younger
actors hold their own against the assorted veterans in the X-Men
cast. Anna is no exception - a young but experienced actor, who seems to
have an effortless grasp of the technique of film-acting. I'm in awe. And
yes she is lovely: and she's fun.
BRYAN SINGER
From: Ferguson Porter jojonz24@yahoo.com
Q: I just read an internet blurb that said some of the X-Men actors got
into a huge shouting match on set with Bryan Singer. Can you please
possibly confrim this and tell us why it took place?
A: Well first you can't believe everything you read on the
Internet. Unless it's on an official site, it's likely to be gossip. Mind
you, gossip can be true of course, and I'm told there is a basis for this
story of a flare up late into the shoot. As I was at home at the time, I
can't confirm it. But I'm happy to tell that Bryan's old temper was not in
evidence any time I was on set. He was much calmer and more confident of
his relations with his actors than on the first film.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mr. Bryan Singer
on the piano
Vancouver, 2002
SPECIAL EFFECTS
From: Philip
Q: Your colleague Patrick Stewart recently said he was disillusioned
with films because of special effects, citing Lord Of The Rings as an
example of a film that was over-reliant on computer trickery. In X-Men or LOTR, have the special effects ever made you feel disconnected from the
process of making your films?
A: No, The only special effects which I object to as actor as
well as audience, would be those obviously fake devices which disrupt the
flow of believable actuality which most movies depend on.
MAGNETO'S UNIFORM
Q: Could you tell me what color your Magneto suit was, from the first
movie? Some say gray, some say purple.
A: Perhaps some, like me, are a bit colourblind. Big Mag's
uniform in both films seems to me to be grey with a purple-reddish lining.
The helmet was aubergine in colour, not texture!
MATRIX
Q: Are there any worries that every action film released this Summer is
going to get blown out the water, both commercially and in terms of
special effects, by the Matrix sequel? There was a feeling that the
original X-men used some elements of the Matrix such as the leather
costumes).
A: The Matrix and X-Men gangs must be well-pleased
with each other's continuing box-office worldwide. I expect there was a
determination that our film should not reference theirs stylistically.
Leather uniforms are not a preserve of fantasy movies.
X-3??????
From: Mathew j Morton lister169smeg@hotmail.com
Q: In the first X-men movie not much of Magneto's familiar comic
surroundings are present. Eg. the savage land, asteriod M and indeed even
his children Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are nowhere to be seen, will
they be in or even refered to in the next film?
A: Another late reply after the release of X-2 has
answered your question. Whether film three -- and who doubts that there
will be one? I don't -- will encompass more of Magneto's past and present
lives, we shall see.
