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I'm sure it's impractical and they would never go for it but I hope to one day see Storm sporting her Giant-Sized X-men costume.
Would love to see this but they have to grow the hair out if they do lol. I think this can translate well if she is an little older it wouldn't fit with her being a younger woman.
I think what Singer will do is Shipp/Storm will go back to Africa and be worshipped as a goddess, then Professor X looks for her to join the X-men.
Eh probably not
^ Exactly. It would be pointless. Why would he even allow her to leave if he wants her on the team? All of it would come off as ridiculous & unnecessary.
Because it's a dodgy angle at best.
The idea that after apocalypse is defeated storm goes to africa and is worshipped for a brief period of time then xavier decides later to recruit her normally just seems a little unlikely, if that was the case why do all the horseman stuff just to give her origin mark 2
^ Exactly. It would be pointless. Why would he even allow her to leave if he wants her on the team? All of it would come off as ridiculous & unnecessary.
Storm will probably be recruited at the end after she's no longer under the influence of Apocalypse (they've said one of his powers is persuasion).
I wouldn't be surprised if Storm helps take down Apocalypse at the end along with the X-Men.
Storm will probably be recruited at the end after she's no longer under the influence of Apocalypse (they've said one of his powers is persuasion).
I wouldn't be surprised if Storm helps take down Apocalypse at the end along with the X-Men.
Storm will probably be recruited at the end after she's no longer under the influence of Apocalypse (they've said one of his powers is persuasion).
I wouldn't be surprised if Storm helps take down Apocalypse at the end along with the X-Men.
I believe Singer can work around Storm's white costume. It doesn't have to be as white as the TAS costume. It could be darker... closer to Archangel's costume color.
I mean you would think Singer would say NO to Psylocke's thong outfit... but the situation is different.
Question: People have been dying for the Mohawk iteration of Storm for a long time.
ALEXANDRA SHIPP: You know, I was really excited too cause when I was thinking, What are they going to do with my hair? They werent too sure. Theyre like, Oh well let you guys know. Then Im like, Okay, well, I was thinking that they would do like the long white hair, then I was like, Are they going to use my hair? Then they told me they were doing the mohawk. I was like, Perfect. I go and I do the wig fitting or whatever. Im talking to Felix, the guy who does all of the hair and the wigs on the show. Im like, You know what, lets do it now. This was like 3 months beforehand. I was like shave it, lets do it! He goes, Okay, well shave the whole thing. I go, Hold on now. The whole thing? Hes s like, Yeah, were going to glue the wig on. Hes like, Yeah, well just like shave your head every morning with cream. Im thinking, What do you mean cream? Like what? Some sort of leche on my head? I dont know what that means. I dont want it. I dont want to know. But it worked out. Its pretty cool.
Can you tell us a little bit about Storm? Or, this Storm your Storm.
SHIPP: My Storm in particular is kind of a, well yeah, shes the past derivative of Halles Storm. This Storm is a little bit different because youre meeting her in Cairo. Youre seeing kind of a little bit of where she comes from. Youre seeing all the pain that shes gone through. Its not like shes in the mansion having a great time. Shes so different from all of the other kids because they come from families. They come from some sort of love and support whereas Storm hasnt had that since her parents died in that plane crash into the house when she was like 5.
Its like, shes kind of just all really messed up and the only mutants that she knows are bad mutants. The only mutants that she knows are the mutants who use their powers for stealing, or protecting thugs or whatever. Its not like, Oh, were going to save the planet. Its like, Forget the planet, I need money so Im going to distract you with some wind and then Im going to pick pocket you. Shes in survival mode so when she meets Apocalypse, shes kind of like hit this revelation where she has been struggling to feel like she belongs somewhere.
Then this extremely powerful being comes to her and says, Im what youve been waiting for, I will take care of you. For her, thats like, click. She doesnt know anything about the X-Men. The only thing she knows is about Mystique when she saved the president, but thats basically it. Other than Mystique, every other Mutant that shes known has been bad so, thats kind of where shes coming from. I dont necessarily see her as a bad person, or as a bad mutant. I dont see her as a villain. She doesnt know that shes a villain. Thats just all shes ever known, is just bad.
Have you spoken to Halle Berry at all about the character?
SHIPP: Not yet. I wanted to hold off. Ive written like 30 draft emails. Im like, Alex, you can be cool about this. You can be cool, its cool, just be cool. Then I was like hoping that I would see her at Comic-Con and I didnt and I was like a little sad and disappointed. Im holding off because when I meet her I want to meet here and be like, Oh my God, I love you! Not be like interrogating her, which I think I would have. Also, its like if my seventeen year old self interviewed my older self after I had figured it all out, I think itd be just a little bit different. Also, they are so different. Storm is emotional and her powers arent yet, they havent all come into fruition and shes coming from a really young turmoil, I cant figure it out, I dont know what Im necessarily doing but Im just going to do it. Thats where shes coming from. Its a little bit different than Halle so I wanted to keep that distance just a little bit.
Do you feel like one of the new kids on the block?
SHIPP: Oh my God. Yeah, I walked on set and I was like, Oh, oh, oh oh. I did and I didnt. With this cast, I walked into family. I felt like a foster kid that was being brought into this beautiful family of random people who all loved each other. I feel like Ive gotten lucky on this cast because Im working with some of the biggest actors right now. A lot of my scenes are mainly with Oscar Isaac and Michael Fasbender and James McAvoy and theyre all really freaking great. So its nice. Theyre not egotistical, there is nothing diva-esque about them and so like if I have a question, or if were working on something and Ive got an idea, theyre willing to hear me out. I think that thats the best part about it, is like if I have an idea, I can walk up and ask somebody and not have them be like, Wait til your second movie.
You know. Cause you think like, youre like, Man I got to get my sea legs, you got to punch me in my face or something. You know, I got to pay my dues, but here its like no, you got this far, all right lets just have fun. Lets just create, lets just be a bunch of kids dressed as superheroes having the most amazing time. Tomorrow is my birthday and so I was like, Wait, will everyone please come to my birthday in costume? Then I realized that the majority of us cant breathe and/or walk in these costumes. So I was like, Never mind. It would be really epic. That would be like the kids superhero party. That would be just so great.
Can you talk about your research for taking on this role? I mean did you find any comic stories that really resonated with you or anything like that?
SHIPP: Oh yeah. I read a bunch of comics. The one comic that I didnt get to read was Storms introduction to X-Men. Thats because its worth like $30,000 and I was like, Okay, is there like some online pictures of it that I could see? And theyre like, No, thats why its worth $30,000″. Im like, Oh, okay, got it. I did like a whole bunch of back story on it. I read a lot of the newer comics because there are a lot of newer comics that are doing a lot of her back story, especially her stuff with TChalla, and I wanted to know who she was. In my mind because of the way that the script is, in comparison to her comic story line, its a little but different. So in my mind, like she and TChalla were king and queen of Africa when they were like 13, and thats the only way that I could make it work. They were young king and queens, it happens sometimes, whatever.
I read a lot of comics. I watched the cartoons just on repeat. I just kept it going cause you could watch them on Hulu Plus. So I just had it going in the background just like all the time and whenever Storm came on, I love how her accent changed a whole bunch, which was awesome. Youre just like, Wow, shes gone from English to sister girl, all the way back.
Are you going to do accents?
SHIPP: I am. Im doing a Kenyan accent. Im also speaking Arabic, which is cool.
Are you hoping to run into Chadwick Boseman and be like were married!
SHIPP: All day. All day. I mean, our suits were made by the same people so right after I found out that I got this, they started doing all the molding. It was like wardrobe fitting after wardrobe fitting cause they really wanted the cuffs and everything, plus I was training so they wanted everything to fit, but they kept having to take it in. Then again they kept having to build up the guns, you know what I mean. So I was like, Whatever, its cool. I saw the Black Panther outfit, by the way. It looks amazing!
Can you talk about how Storm interacts with some of the other younger mutants? Does she see them as kindred spirits or does she see them as enemies?
SHIPP: Yeah, I think she sees them as children. Storm is a different kind of smart. Shes had to survive, shes a bit street smart so I feel like if and when she makes it to the mansion, its going to take a little time for her to warm up to these normal white people. You know what I mean. Shes been in Cairo, shes been fighting, and her life is just so much different. Shes so much more street smart and there isnt a, she didnt go to school, really. She didnt have a lot of the same things that they had. Maybe there is even a little bit of animosity and a little bit of jealousy because of that. We havent explored that yet, but Im hoping that we can in the next movie.
Whats Storms relationship like to the other Horsemen?
SHIPP: Its just pure love. I feel like when someone joins a cult, they end up becoming kindred spirits. Theyre following the same thing. They all have the same goal which is Apocalypse. When it comes to her, we just filmed a scene where we bring Angel, and Angels our final horsemen, and hes getting his suit made, and he and I have this moment where we look at each other and I just smile at him. Its not anything sexual and its not anything like, Yeah babe. Its kind of just like a You know, where youre just like, This is cool, this is awesome, were together on this. We are going to take on these people. I dont know who these X-Men are, I dont know who this Xavier dude is. Were going to beat him up. Were going to win. I shoot lightening.
Do you have a moment with Apocalypse where he gives you your suit or gives you a special power of some sort?
SHIPP: Yes, yes I do. Which is the first, kind of my first opening scene, is you see me in Cairo, and hes speaking whatever ancient language because hes just woken up and Im speaking Arabic. Im trying to communicate with him, and then he has this moment where he figures out where he is, whats happened, what date it is, and he Apocalypse doesnt need to say much. All he has to do is just be like, Im here, Im what youve been looking for. And you just feel it right in your gut, and youre like, Right, you are exactly what Ive been looking for. You are exactly what I need right now. I think that he can see that, and he could also see the power. I feel like when youre the most powerful, youre also the most self-conscious about it.
Do you find Apocalypse?
SHIPP: We kind of find each other. Like though the crowd, it all parts and I see his blue face. Then we kind of just like, Ah. There is a moment.
What is this Storms relationship like with Apocalypse and how does she feel about him?
SHIPP: I think its Storm is always looking for father figures. What I found in the comics and stuff like that, is that Xavier kind of ends up being that for her. When she joins X-Men she finds that love for him. In the beginning, I think most girls who have daddy issues go looking in all the wrong places and Apocalypse comes and he takes care of her, gives her new clothes, you know. Takes her out for a nice dinner, no Im just kidding.
Its a little bit of everything man. Its just all kind of all over the place and I think what it is, is she admires him. She believes in him because for so long humans have treated her like crap. He is like, Well in my day it was different. Shes like, Lets get back to there, lets get back to that. Shes a weather goddess, you know. Shes a level, what is she, level 4, level 5 almost? Shes almost on Magnetos level when it comes to her power.
Shes a Mega Level mutant.
SHIPP: Yeah, shes mega level and yet shes been reduced to a street urchin, you know what I mean? Apocalypse can see this and he can see this with all the other horsemen, is that these gods, essentially, have been reduced down to nothing and have been forced down to have theyre families killed, to have their lives destroyed. All because of what? What their born with? Thats a huge reason why the horsemen go with him, is because theyre like, Well youre right, I am awesome and everyone should know that Im awesome and everyone should treat me like Im awesome. So the minute he kind of says that, of course in his own words, in his Apocalypse words, it strikes a chord and youre like, Yeah dude, youre right. I will follow you because you are right. I am that. I know exactly who I am and he affirms it, the way all cult leaders do. You know, he makes you feel good. He buys you a cookie and pats you on the head.
All the horsemen have very different abilities in this movie. Can you say anything to what Apocalypse has planned for you specifically?
SHIPP: For me specifically, well like, what he does is he has the power to enhance your power. So while youre around him, hes got all these mega level mutants. Hes able to turn them into crazy-baboom level mutants. For me, he is like, what you can control everything, almost, kind of, sort of. Im not the Phoenix, but you know what I mean. Shes got so many powers, and hes like, but he doesnt even know what her powers are when he meets her. He can just sense the level and thats what attracts him to them.
So what he is attracted to is their level and their magnitude of power. I think that his plan for her in the movie is to protect him. Protect him with fog. Protect him with lightening. Blow away a missile. Blow away a plane. There is so much that she can do, and what hes looking for is protection because he just woke up after a couple thousands and thousand years. Hes weak and hes alone, and hes been betrayed, you know. Hes kind of like a girlfriend who just got cheated on, who wants to date the nerdy guy who can take care of her.
Does she know how powerful she is?
SHIPP: She doesnt and yet she does. I feel like everybody knows their potential. Like yeah, if I tried really hard, Id be really good at that. This is her moment to try really hard and be really good at it. She doesnt know that shes really good at being evil because she can be really good at anything with those powers. I think initially, thats her whole thing is like, I guess Im great, and hes like, No, youre wonderful! Shes like, Oh my god, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, wonderful, wonderful. Its cool.
Do you ever stand around with Tye and Sophie and say we could be doing this for the next twenty years?
SHIPP: Yeah, weve had those conversations, especially at dinner. Where Im like, You guys are great, and then Im like, We really are. The last cast of the X-Men, the original cast for X-Men, they were together for so long and they had such a really great bond and Im just excited to have that. Ive been on shows before, and shows, you kind of on it for a year or a couple years and youre back and forth with all the same people, and you have this friendship. We all genuinely like each other on this movie, and thats a huge rarity.
The fact that we all like each other and we all get to play epic people. I kind of already am epic, but I get to play an epic person, which is awesome. I get to work with amazing people and amazing actors. They just have so many beautiful moments and beautiful things coming through. Im excited to actually work with Ty and Sophie. Rather than just fighting them and like throwing stuff. Itd be really cool to have a conversation, kind of have those moments. Im excited to see where it goes because it does have the potential to be for however long because were starting young so I guess I could do it for a couple, right?
I had a really scary dream last night that, I dont know, something happened and I wasnt able to do the next one after and they had to hire another girl. I literally was like, Ah! I screamed myself out of sleep. Then I was like, No! My dogs were looking at my face, Im like, Im good, Im good, Im good. The idea of not being able to do it, you know? Im so happy to be doing it now, and Im so grateful that I get to do it now but the idea of not being able to in the future just kind of sucks.