Wingfan said:
X3: Maximum Beast
When it's time for action, for Grammar it's nothing but the Beast.
by
Steve Head
March 17, 2006 - You've been waiting to see it: Beast in action. Without question, it's one of the more guarded elements of
X-Men: The Last Stand. But, on May 26th, when you do finally get to see the blue man throw down against Magneto's onslaught, producer David Gorder promises, "It'll blow your mind."
"Fans of the
comic know that he can fight pretty well," says Kelesy Grammer, the man under the make-up. "His physical prowess should, I think, surprise and delight the audience."
Grammer, however, is quick to point out that jumping into action is the
last option for Beast. "He's doing his best
not to have to resort to violence or to enter any kind of a physical confrontation. He believes that diplomacy is the best way to way to work, until things come to a head. And then there's only one answer, and that's to stand shoulder to shoulder with his comrades and fight against a clear danger."
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What we can tell you about the story is: Beast gives his all to open a dialogue with all mutants, and political leaders. The impending release of a drug that might nullify all mutant abilities has, as you might guess, a lot of people up in arms. Magento, of course, wants to get his hands on the vaccine, and it's source, and use it for his own warped purposes. "I deal with Magneto," says Grammer, "and I deal with a character called Calisto. I can't divulge too much, but [Beast] will do his best to do the world some good in whatever capacity he can find."
But (and this is no surprise) when diplomacy breaks down and Beast goes into action, it won't just be about throwing Juggernaut though a concrete wall: it'll be fun and
games, too. And why shouldn't it? Hank McCoy has a sense of humor, right? "By virtue of [Beast's] ability to be ironic, I think it may be as high comedy as we get," says Grammer. "He's a cheerful fellow, and certainly fun in battle. So, I think we've got a little room in there to actually to have a bit of comic relief. Just within the context of the big fight."
So, how will Beast's ass-kicking translate from the
comic book page to the movie screen? Gorder says their stylistic decision was to stay away from a cat-like beast, which would have made the character "a little bit too unbelievable." Instead, the filmmakers opted for a more human form upon which to display Beast's talents. "You want to use Beast's talents. He has skillful fighting moves. So you can imagine the stunts we're going to do there. We're going to exploit that as much as we can."
"Beast in the books is very agile," says visual effects supervisor John Bruno. "So, we'll be adding some moves based on the style that's described in the comic books, and that will be digital." If his creative team has any questions about their digital stunt version of Beast, Bruno says, they'll go right to Marvel and Kevin Feige. "We'll run it by Marvel and by him, and they'll get information to us. We're constantly in the loop."
As the filmmakers are now editing
The Last Stand's final battle, it may in fact
not be Beast's final battle. "I think he's somebody that we're going to want to see back in future sequels," says Gorder. "I mean, you could almost do a Beast sequel on it's own, because he's got such an interesting story."
We've got more
X3 coverage on the way, so keep watching IGN FilmForce!
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Good article Wingfan
I like the fact that Beast will have a sense of humour in these films (unlike Iceman) as it's an important part of his character. Also, it looks like they're going all out to show his super agility properly which is another great sign.
Like Storm/Magneto, Beast/Juggernaut, Mystique/Beast or Phoenix/Magneto.
