The X3 Cast Thread

[Kira]

Sounds exciting.

There is an article about this show in Novembers SFX.

Shows writer Stephen Gallagher describes Stewart´s character as a mixture of Professor Challenger and Bernard Quatermass. He´s an emeritus Professor of Physics working as Special Advisor to the government´s Joint Science Committee.

Sadly, no aliens.

 

[LMason]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/jira/159660.html

Had to add one more thing...The other night when Casey was here she said she saw Famke Janssen (Jean Grey in X-Men, House on Haunted Hill, Nip/Tuck, etc.) walking out of my uncle's building with her dog. I was like, "are you sure? I don't think I've ever seen her here before." So I just went down to the laundry room in the building and was putting my stuff in the washer, when she walks in. And it was absolutely unmistakeable. Like, you couldn't even say like oh it kind of looked like her...no it was definitely her. And she is freakin' tall. Anyway, she was all confusified because someone took her sheets out of the dryer and folded them so she thought someone might have taken them. She was like, "Would someone really steal your sheets?" I was like, "I hope not." But then she figured out they were hers and took them. It was strange. And no I did not say, oh I know who you are, or, can I have your autograph. Thats like way rude when you're living in their building. So that was my adventure of the day. Just wanted to share that

 

[Electrix]

Thats cool

Dark Phoenix losing her sheets...

 

[cookiva]

Sweeeet

 

[Iceman]

You could raise a few $s here on SHype if you had Famke's sheets

 

[WorthyStevens]

Thats cool

Dark Phoenix losing her sheets...

Now we know why she joins with Magneto...

It wasn't because of Scott, it was because Xavier stole her sheets...

 

[LMason]

http://spaces.msn.com/members/dishdiva/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c01_blogpart=blogmgmt&_c=blogpart

You can hear the most interesting things on movie sets. I like talking with the stars about their craft but I also really love hanging with the crew. When I was up in Vancouver a few weeks ago for "X3" I hung out with the director, Brett Ratner and his enthusiasm for his film was so uninhibited that I wanted him to edit the film then and there so I could see it. I don't have the patience to wait until this summer. I also like sharing lunch at Craft Services with the guys who handle the dolly cranes and fetch the stars their double shot with whip espressos. They have seen it, done it, and still love the business. They just want to make a movie and hopefully a good one at that.

 

[Electrix]

Cool

 

[narrows101]

Pumping up:

http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Entertainment/2006/01/11/1388382-sun.html

X-Men 3 star Hugh Jackman is leaving Vancouver in top shape, thanks to five months of hard training in Burnaby.

Jackman was recently spied pumping iron at the Performance Institute gym, in preparation for his next big movie role, the spin-off feature Wolverine.

Trainer Steve Ramsbottom says the Aussie actor worked out an hour and a half daily to gain 15 pounds of muscle for his super hero role.
Jackman has also been spotted sweating through the grueling Grouse Grind hike during breaks from his workouts.

X-Men 3 is wrapping up filming this month.

 

[LMason]

Figured we could use this in the Cast thread too.

http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=105&ArticleID=1308890

There's been drama behind the camera as well as in front with X-Men 3, with the original director, Bryan Singer, bowing out to do Superman Returns. Then his replacement, Matthew Vaughn, dropped out because of "family conflicts", to be replaced by Brett Ratner.
"There's no reason this should worry the fans," says Stewart. "It's true, by the time Brett came on board it was almost too late to start pre-production. You can imagine a film like this requires a lot of preparation.
"But Brett, in every possible way, hit the ground running with this project. I do know that everybody is working just 48 hours ahead of what's being prepped, and the pressure on them is enormous. But the script, I believe, is the best of the three."

 

[LMason]

Trailer for "The Alibi" costarring Rebecca Romijn (someone should tell the trailer department that she doesn't have the "Stamos" anymore) and James Marsden
http://www.propagandagem.com/thealibi/alibi.html

 

[newwaveboy87]

i think she did when they filmed that movie.

 

[Retroman]

From Omahyra fansite forums:

Donteh_jenson 24-11-2005 7:31


She's in Van shooting x-men3.

I saw here in flesh she's ****ing gorgeous

Source: http://groups.msn.com/Omahyra/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=1&ID_Message=60

 

[Retroman]

From deviantART: syberpat (SPOILERS!):

just another night with the stars

Journal Entry: Sun Dec 11, 2005, 10:33 PM

I have been working as a first and second unit extra on the new X men 3 movie for a couple months now and it's awesome!!! I'm not allowed to tell you guys anything about the plot and stuff, but I could tell you some stuff that happened on set. Like Kelsey Grammer, he plays Beast in this movie and he looks pretty cool covered in blue fur, last night we were doing a scene where I was a soldier and I was on the ground with other soldiers and stunned mutants after an attack, and Kelsey was showing us the proper way to straddle an inatimate object, so funny ^_^. Haha, earlier that night he had to put elbow pads on under his outfit, so he took off his leather vest and his blue furry arms, but while he was stripping I had to yell out "Take it off you sexay beast!!!", got a good chuckle outta everyone.

Well, thats aboot it for now eh. Peace out.

Source: http://syberpat.deviantart.com/

 

[Retroman]

From Democrat & Chronicle:

December 15, 2005

If you go
What: Grand opening of Medley Kids soft play center, featuring child actor Cameron Bright, who is currently filming X-Men 3; cartoon characters from the Veggie Tales, Dora the Explorer, Scooby Doo and Frosty the Snowman; carousel rides; face-painting; and more.
When: 4:30 p.m. today
Admission: $2.
Where: Medley Centre in Irondequoit.

Source: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051215/NEWS01/512150351/-1/ARCHIVE4

 

[Retroman]

From P3 Production Update:

Illinois

• Joliet prison, one of the last of its type, has been closed for years, but it is now seeing some activity as a location for the Fox TV drama Prison Break. The production obtained permission to film exteriors there-- mainly prison yard footage. There is also filming at a studio in Chicago. The producers felt there was "a certain grit and authenticity at Joliet that couldn’t be duplicated on a sound stage in Burbank, California."

Coincidentally, one of the producers, Brett Ratner, is in Vancouver filming X-Men 3, but he has a live feed on his set to communicate with Prison Break creator-producer Paul Scheuring. Ratner is available for opinions and advice, and says "I love watching the dailies this way."

Joliet will be seen in every episode, and producer Dawn Parouse says "half our shoot takes place in Joliet because it is so great to work there. We have a stage that we use there and we are going to build more. It’s so hard to reproduce what has that authenticity."

Prison Break is an eight-day shoot, with half of them filmed in Joliet, and production will be there all year. As expected, the producers received great assistance from the Chicago film office, which noted that the prison has been cabled for use as a set. The State of Illinois has also put the facility up for sale.

Source: http://www.p3update.com/content/454

 

[Retroman]

From A Golden World (Crew member on X3):

Friday, January 06, 2006
*Update*
Four places you'd rather be:
Well, I am rather happy being here in Vancouver, BC, though it rains nearly every day here during the winter. I know I can deal with it, because it is both so beautiful here, and also there is so much work in film here. Though there is a subset I'll make to give four answers. Where would I rather be than Best Buy.

1. Vancouver Film Studios. Shooting X-Men 3, which typically is way behind schedule.

Source: http://agoldenworld.blogspot.com/2006/01/it-appears-i-am-it.html

 

[Electrix]

I doubt it is way behind schedule...maybe a few scenes left to do but I think they have filmed most of it.

 

[narrows101]

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=34187

Romijn Praises X3's Ratner Rebecca Romijn, who reprises the role of the blue mutant Mystique in the upcoming third X-Men film, told SCI FI Wire that director Brett Ratner had a completely different directing style from the franchise's previous director, Bryan Singer. "[They had] different energy levels," Romijn said in an interview at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, Calif., where she was promoting her new WB series, Pepper Dennis. "Bryan sort of quietly orchestrates how the scenes work, and Brett is very exuberant and over-the-top. A lot of energy."

X3 wrapped filming last month in Vancouver, Canada, and Romijn said that she hasn't yet seen any of the finished footage. But she added that she is looking forward to seeing how Ratner's vision will translate to the big screen. "These movies are so interesting, because when you read computer graphics and special effects or fight scenes on the page, you never have any idea what it's going to look like," she said. "So I'm going to be just as curious as everyone else to see the result."

Romijn said that her character, a shape-shifting mutant who serves the villainous Magneto (Ian McKellen), will have about the same amount of screen time and action scenes in the third film as she had in the first and second. "With the costume, there's only so much I can do in any of these movies," she said. "There are always 15 or 16 principal cast members, and so when you break it down, I never had that much to do. And I'd say I have about the same as I've always [had]." X3 is scheduled to open on May 26.

 

[Electrix]

The trailer for Vinnie Jones's latest film is out. He plays a coach in 'She's the man'

http://www.apple.com/trailers/dreamworks/shestheman/

 

[TNC9852002]

Yeah!...I noticed that when I was at work..We have a poster up for "She's the Man" and I looked at the credits at the bottom (like I normally do) and I said, "Vinnie Jones?...WTF?"

Like Kelsey Grammer, he plays Beast in this movie and he looks pretty cool covered in blue fur, last night we were doing a scene where I was a soldier and I was on the ground with other soldiers and stunned mutants after an attack, and Kelsey was showing us the proper way to straddle an inatimate object, so funny ^_^.

That sounds like something straight out of the old cartoon...

-TNC

 

[Landis-Wolf]

^

Lol

 

[Landis-Wolf]

Does anyone think Vinnie is starting to get typecast as the "tough-as-nails-football hooligan/coach"?

 

[TNC9852002]

"STARTING" to get typecast?..

-TNC

 

[cookiva]

Does anyone think Vinnie is starting to get typecast as the "tough-as-nails-football hooligan/coach"?

????

What else could he play?