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Mister Sinister

06-06-2005, 07:39 AM

Yeah, it works when it's refreshed.

Hey there,

I just got back in Los Angeles this past week for a fundraiser in Hollywood that took place on Wednesday. I'm still getting caught up on recent developments, but I wanted to readdress the X-Men casting rumors that I hear are still bouncing around.

I am very close to a producer on the production, and I had asked to audition. With little expectation on my part, some people took me seriously and I met several key people involved with what could be an amazing movie. As it stands, I have not been cast in X-Men 3, and I am not anticipating that this will change.

I have been called back on a few occasions, but as far as I know the character that I was presented for does not appear in the latest version/variation of the script. And if this character does resurface, I am not not holding my breath on anything. I would expect a more seasoned actor being asked to take on the role.

Scott Madej

spideycents

06-06-2005, 07:40 AM

Indeed. I don't mind much if he is refering to the Xavier rumor...but Gambit. I don't know if this can be handled.

ljr

06-06-2005, 08:07 AM

It soooooooooooooo better not be gambit cause I am going to kick some ass down at fox.Cause if it is gambit,he was in the film untill that dick-head vaugh came along,so thay better be talking about a young xavier.

cheungcheung

06-06-2005, 08:15 AM

this makes me happy...

unlike all of teh other news regarding X3... which makes me very very angry/sad...

Angry Sentinel

06-06-2005, 08:16 AM

Relax, he knows he isnt gettin the Gambit role, he is just postin this news to drum up some much need press on his name. This guys been playin a good fiddle now for a while, hes milkin this thing for all its worth. Good for him!!

spideycents

06-06-2005, 09:21 AM

i agree sentinal. whether it's true or not, these rumors have been flying around for almost a month now.

Night

06-06-2005, 09:35 AM

If Gambit isn't getting a Cameo in this one that means he will be played by a famous good actor and have a big role in the next one.... understand! When they have a Cameo like Colossus.... that takes away Colossus's part in the next movie... he will have a bigger part, but he wont be that involved in the story.

Angry Sentinel

06-06-2005, 09:40 AM

i agree sentinal. whether it's true or not, these rumors have been flying around for almost a month now.

I know the old sayin Fifteen Minutes of Fame. How longs the life expectancy of "Publicity" Any body know???

diabolical

06-06-2005, 09:57 AM

Keep in mind it was only a rumor at the time they had started their search for Angel,Maybe this was tryin out for Angel and ANGEL got bumped off the script. One of the producers is a Gambit fan and was pushing for him to be in this one,so consider this still the waiting game until Angel gets a confirmed role and someone is actually playing him. I still can't see why a majorly popular character would be cut so the lesser could be in. There's still hope. Avi Arad said either GAMBIT or ANGEL are in it,but "ha ha,I won't say anything cause it'll kill the mystery",get it? He knows the uproar the first 2 films caused cause the lack of the character. They *ALL* know...so I think he's just being a dick.
An insider from Cinescape or somethin said Scott Madej wasn't Gambit,but someone else was in talks for the role or somehtin.

BT18

06-06-2005, 09:59 AM

Horray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Neptune

06-06-2005, 10:57 AM

I want some Gambit news! :mad:

TNC9852002

06-06-2005, 01:17 PM

Eh..I'm not too worried about this...

-TNC

Donnie Darko

06-06-2005, 01:30 PM

tristapussy

06-06-2005, 01:33 PM

I really won't cry if Gambit's not in it. The only people I know that are dying to have Gambit in it are people who only know the X-Men from the cartoon (aka the same people that want Jubilee). There are so many characters to choose from. I'd be fine with Gambit, but I'd be fine without him, too. I would rather have had a better Iceman, and I'm excited about Beast.

Totally agree with you on the Gambit/Jubilee issue...pretty excited about Beast myself...

logansoldcigar

06-06-2005, 01:58 PM

He knows the uproar the first 2 films caused cause the lack of the character.

what uproar, apart from a couple of dozen people on here whining like someone farted in their jacuzzi?

Jan Irisi

06-06-2005, 02:01 PM

what uproar, apart from a couple of dozen people on here whining like someone farted in their jacuzzi?

http://bestsmileys.com/lol/20.gif

MoiBijou

06-06-2005, 02:13 PM

I really won't cry if Gambit's not in it. The only people I know that are dying to have Gambit in it are people who only know the X-Men from the cartoon (aka the same people that want Jubilee). There are so many characters to choose from. I'd be fine with Gambit, but I'd be fine without him, too. I would rather have had a better Iceman, and I'm excited about Beast.

I saw the Cartoon, read almost all the X-issues and have a lot of Marvel stuff... and I'M DYING TO HAVE GAMBIT IN THE MOVIE, dear.

And I don't like Jubilee.

:rolleyes:

diabolical

06-06-2005, 02:28 PM

I saw the Cartoon, read almost all the X-issues and have a lot of Marvel stuff... and I'M DYING TO HAVE GAMBIT IN THE MOVIE, dear.

And I don't like Jubilee.

:rolleyes:
Amen to that, I saw only a handfull of that show,I've been reading the comics. And yeah Jubilee sucks.

Octoberist

06-06-2005, 03:00 PM

For I've always liked Gambit. Same with my friends, in whome the majority of them are NOT comic book fans but they're familar with the X-men franchise. I'm thinking that Mr. Madej is refering to Gambit, sadly. I hope not, but we'll see.

THe funny thing is that is that hard to give Gambit a brief cameo? It's weird..

And in terms of a rewrite, I think it's possible. Brett Ratner obviously wants to put his two cents into the screenplay, but the changes are probably going to minor (dialogue). But who knows, he might add Gambit in afterall.

We probably won't find out until the X-Men 3 script review on aintitcool.com

Mistopurr83

06-06-2005, 03:47 PM

Well the way I see it this guy must have been referring to young Xavier. I heard somebody mention that BBC radio is the source that mentioned he was in talks for young Xavier. When I take a close look at Scott's face he does look a little bit like a young Patrick Stewart.

Octoberist

06-06-2005, 03:58 PM

You know, you're right...

Sun_Down

06-06-2005, 04:12 PM

Cause if it is gambit,he was in the film untill that dick-head vaugh came along,so thay better be talking about a young xavier.

And how exactly do you know that?

Oh yes, you don't.

spideycents

06-06-2005, 11:18 PM

they put a picture up of him at his site. how ironic that he doesn't get that up there until after his announcement. sort of anticlimatic!!! http://www.scottmadej.com/

TNC9852002

06-06-2005, 11:27 PM

Hmmmm....interesting..

-TNC

spideycents

06-07-2005, 12:01 AM

interesting indeed. my theory is that the powers that be don't want him to say he has been cast until an official announcement has been made or something. i know y'all do not want to hear that tho! just my thought after reading another board.

EDIT: at the bottom of his site it says copyright renstein management. somone said that is the same management company that works with The Donners' Company. ??? I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE.

Fox just needs to just say something about everything. if they're shooting in august, everything should be set.

texasgrrl15

06-07-2005, 03:03 AM

I have a horrible feeling that Gambit isnt going to be in the movies. Darn. I don't like Jubilee either. What a useless power.

Jan Irisi

06-07-2005, 07:59 AM

they put a picture up of him at his site. how ironic that he doesn't get that up there until after his announcement. sort of anticlimatic!!! http://www.scottmadej.com/

He's.......skinny isn't he? Looks like he's about 15 in that picture, on his way out the door to get on the bus for high school. Hmmmm.........................

afmvdp

06-07-2005, 12:38 PM

why are people still refering to this? he made it rather obvious that he's not going to be in this movie at least. So why is it still being talked about?

Also wasn't it already debunked that he was being thought of for young xavier, since young xavier was actually a character for the magneto solo movie, not for x3 anyway? So I'm certain it may anger the gambit-ites but it does appear that he will not be in this movie, no matter how much you want to change the color of the sky.

Chick

06-08-2005, 12:29 AM

But a lotta romours said that Gambit'll be in the movie!!! I really really really wanna see Gambit, I mean they put Beast in, so why not Gambit?

afmvdp

06-08-2005, 08:27 AM

it's just that though. there were also rumors that angel was going to be a girl. Also as stated in his response, it was a character that "was" in an initial script but isn't anymore. Another initial writeup rumor was that he was going to be in it for a very short cameo only, more to appease fans of the series than having a relevance to the plot. So as it stands now it seems unlikely gambit would be in it, as I'm pretty certain that fox would release that info especially in these rougher media times to appease the uproar of the fanboys if they had that type of news.

Seeing as this is likely going to be the last X film, I am just hoping they wrap it up well rather than just trying to toss in every character under the sun.

Darthkush

06-08-2005, 09:02 AM

But a lotta romours said that Gambit'll be in the movie!!! I really really really wanna see Gambit, I mean they put Beast in, so why not Gambit?

Ultimately, I think it came down to them having an idea to use Beast in the plot that they didn't have for Gambit. Yeah, it sucks but i could see why they wouldn't use him. Now Gambit will be the only popular X-man to NOT appear in one of the films :( (yep, it's true. It ain't like Bishop or Pyslocke are THAT popular).

Chick

06-08-2005, 09:39 PM

onejeremytogo

06-08-2005, 09:49 PM

Aww man! But Gambit is popular, just like you said! Fox has to consider us Gambit fans to put him in the movie! Heck, we were all waiting for him to make an appearance since Bryan Singer announced that he'll make X-2 >< And we're all waiting for him now . . .

Are you forgetting where Ratner said that Gambit wouldn't have a BIG role in the movie. I think that pretty much means he'll have a small one. Read it again.

diabolical

06-08-2005, 09:53 PM

Gambit's in. And the way Kinberg puts it I'd say it's not a Cameo,like a few shots,he's probably just a secondary character,but hey,that's good enough for me,and that opens the door that if there's an x4....count him in it bigger. Angel is also now confirmed. www.**************.com (http://www.**************.com) or www.xmenfilms.net (http://www.xmenfilms.net)
Read the KINBERG interview to get that info.:joker:

Chick

06-08-2005, 10:11 PM

@diabolical: What do you mean by secondary role?

diabolical

06-08-2005, 11:17 PM

@diabolical: What do you mean by secondary role?
Probably along the lines of what Iceman was in X1,if it was a cameo,I think he woulda just up and said it,it's easier then dancing around a subject. His exact words are he isn't a MAJOR character. The same was said back in the day about Iceman and such for X2.I'll find that later and post it. He was a "secondary character" in x2,Colos was a cameo. There's a pretty big difference,cameo=sucks,2nd char=not as bad as it sounds. Besides nobody really expected him to play a huge role like Jean and such.

Chick

06-09-2005, 12:01 AM

But Kinberg said that, Gambit's not a major chatacter. What I interperted was that Gambit's not a major character enough to be in the movie! Kinberg was sorta dodging the question too . . .

psylockolussus

06-09-2005, 02:09 AM

there is nothin' on that site

Chick

06-09-2005, 02:41 AM

it's on xmenfilms.net

spideycents

06-09-2005, 04:32 AM

I just checked Madej's site and he posted this under his blog...

"Lastly, some of the emails have referred to X-Men. The role that I was up for was small, and as far as I know, it wasn't one the characters that I have seen associated with my name in recent weeks. Whether those other characters appear in the script or not is beyond me as I was not privy to the entire script. There were also two different scripts in consideration at the time I was being considered. Hopefully this settles that?"

diabolical

06-09-2005, 10:15 AM

But Kinberg said that, Gambit's not a major chatacter. What I interperted was that Gambit's not a major character enough to be in the movie! Kinberg was sorta dodging the question too . . .
Yeah but his comment was
He's not a major character IN THE MOVIE.

Mister Sinister

06-09-2005, 11:44 AM

Anyone else notice that Scott Madej doesn't have an IMDB page?

spideycents

06-09-2005, 06:21 PM

yeah ultimate...we've been over and around that. he has never done feature film or television as far as know. although, under his about section their is a listing of filmography, but nuttin is there.

Retroman

09-11-2005, 07:54 AM

Though this might interest some - Scott Madej is relaunching his site yet again: http://www.scottmadej.com/

I wonder what role he read for? :confused: Young Xavier, Young Hank, Young Erik or one of the mutants Magnetos frees from the Alcatraz? Is is possible that they decided to put this back in the script?

Avalanche

09-11-2005, 10:21 AM

He needs to just leave the site up for a change rather than constantly relaunching it.

Retroman

04-23-2006, 04:18 AM

UPDATE!
Scott Madej was up for the role of Gambit after all! Remylebeau, a member of the Countingdown.com forums, contacted Mr.Madej who finally confessed.

He Audtioned for Gambit! (Finally it is revealed)

POSTED Saturday, April 22, 2006 04:47:29 PM

Ok so i e-mailed Scott Madej recently and asked him well as it was nearer the time the movie will be released could you give us a hint on who you audition for. Not expecting a response... he replyed back.

It was gambit he auditioned for. But looks like they recast wonder if it was Josh Holloway?

Anyone want to see my e-mail - just e-mail me on _____________________

His e-mail did quote the following.

Hi James

Yes, I read and did screen testing around this time last year. The role was
Gambit. I believe it was recast, and eventually cut from the script. I'm
currently attached to a few other projects at the moment, so look out for those.

Thanks for writing )

Scott
Source: http://www.countingdown.com/movies/2756437/board?viewpost=3858641
Read these link if you have no idea who Scott Madej was/is:http://www.superherohype.com/news/x-mennews.php?id=3008

TNC9852002

04-23-2006, 04:24 AM

Well, I'll be dipped...

-TNC

Nell2ThaIzzay

04-23-2006, 04:32 AM

Urge to kill rising, rising, rising...

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Retroman

04-23-2006, 04:42 AM

Repeat after me...Serenity now, serenity now!

Nell2ThaIzzay

04-23-2006, 04:45 AM

:mad:

There will be no peace until I get my Gambit. He was robbed from me!

Retroman

04-23-2006, 04:49 AM

I know, i know i wanted Gambit in it as well but it's just not happening. It's the sad truth.:(

Maybe they will have some kind of reference to him?

LadyVader

04-23-2006, 05:31 AM

I'm begining to think that is possible as well. I do not hate the producers and people involved with making the movie as much now. They obviously tried to get him in there but it didn't work out. Still feeling a little bitter about the whole thing, especially since for about 99% of the mutant population it did work out. :(

ljr

04-23-2006, 05:42 AM

I'm mad cause they lied,if he was cast and in the movie a year ago.Then all that crap about him never really being part of the script-was lies.fox liars liars pants on fire.

Feyd Rautha

04-23-2006, 06:00 AM

He didn't really look like Gambit anyway. Plus he was TOO much of an unknown. I mean, an 'unknown' would be great...but an 'unknown' who's played small roles in a list of some reasonable movies...this guy doesn't even have an IMDB page.

My guess is that Gambit's role would've been the equivilant of someone like Quills or Multipleman. A role where you'd probably see him standing behind Magneto for 5 minutes and get his ass kicked in the 3rd act.

ljr

04-23-2006, 06:02 AM

I would ahve accepted that,after six yrs of waiting for him.

Feyd Rautha

04-23-2006, 06:07 AM

I would ahve accepted that,after six yrs of waiting for him.

Nah, not for me. Gambit can provide a much deeper story than being a background Brotherhood member. It'd be a huge waste if you ask me.

I know 6+ years is a big patience-tester for Gambit fans, but I'd rather see an X4 (or Gen X) movie where he'll have a much more flavoured role.

LEX

04-23-2006, 06:07 AM

I saw the email a while ago on Countingdown. I'm sure Gambit will be in X4, definitely, if there is one. Not sure about Scott Madej playing Gambit, though. His face looks...I don't know.

Maze

04-23-2006, 06:16 AM

Arad told it a a time they wanted to cast a Gambit (he said that they wanted a major name , for an X4)

Donner said that they tried an actor ( i forgot his name)

Holloways said that they pursued him..

the guy was going to be there.

Sorry for all the Gambit fans, really.

LEX

04-23-2006, 06:19 AM

Channing Tatum.

Feyd Rautha

04-23-2006, 06:24 AM

Jonathon Rhys-Meyers (rumoured)
Scott Madej (auditioned)
Josh Holloway (approached)
Ian Sommerholder (rumoured)
Channing Tatum (auditioned)

Am I missing anyone else?

ljr

04-23-2006, 06:25 AM

I really hate fox at this minute.*pouts*

LEX

04-23-2006, 06:27 AM

Wow. That's a lot of people.

Make up your damn mind, Fox. :down

Maze

04-23-2006, 06:31 AM

I'm mad cause they lied,if he was cast and in the movie a year ago.Then all that crap about him never really being part of the script-was lies.fox liars liars pants on fire.
I'm gonna play the devil advocate , but Arad said month ago that Gambit was somewhere , and Donner made the "mistake" of saying that they had tried channing.

Fox has a problem of intern communication to sustain his lies ;)

LadyVader

04-23-2006, 06:45 AM

Jonathon Rhys-Meyers (rumoured)
Scott Madej (auditioned)
Josh Holloway (approached)
Ian Sommerholder (rumoured)
Channing Tatum (auditioned)

Am I missing anyone else?

Out of that list Holloway is the only decent choice and even that one I don't really aproove of.

Seriously, Gambit is a pretty complex character. You play him too arrogant, he'll come off like a smug bastard. You play him too soft, he'll look like a wimp. It will be extremely hard to find an actor to really do the character justice, and I sorta understand why Fox wants to stay away from that. Think about it.. we have been waiting a heck of a long time. We will not accept anything short of perfection! :)