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Three More Familiar Faces Joining 'X-Men: Days Of Future Past'
Presently, 'Days of Future Past' is coming together nicely. Bryan Singer is back in the director's chair, Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart are returning as Magneto and Professor X respectively, Hugh Jackman will be reprising his role as Wolverine, and January Jones may not be coming back as Emma Frost. So yeah, good news all around. Now we can add three more franchise veterans to the cast list. Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, and Shawn Ashmore are all set to make a series comeback in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past.' Paquin played Rogue in the first three films, with Ashmore taking on the role of Iceman for the initial trilogy. Page was actually the third actress to play Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), but that character was not made prominent until her turn in 'X-Men III: The Last Stand.' Singer announced these pieces of casting directly through his Twitter account.
Not terribly surprising that once again Singer is hiring people he has worked with in the past to reclaim franchise roles. Well, at least that's the case with Paquin and Ashmore. He's yet to direct Page in an X-Men film, but again, Kitty wasn't made a central character until Brett Ratner's 'X-Men: The Last Stand.' The relationship between the past and the alternate future is a central component of this particular story arc, and it's nice to see that being reflected in the casting. It does however seem like more of the "future" is being nailed down than is the "past." That is, the news payload has been skewed toward returning cast members of the contemporary storylines and less in the direction of the roster of 'X-Men: First Class.' We don't know for certain how many graduates of the 'First Class' will be transitioning to 'Days of Future Past.' I suppose it makes sense that Singer's first priority would be securing the performers from his universe. I found Paquin to be a little flat as Rogue, but beyond that I have no complaints about this trio's return to the series.
What do you guys think? Happy Paquin, Page, and Ashmore are returning? If you had your druthers, would you have recast any of these parts?
Source: Twitter
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Comment by mjtfreeze on January 28, 2013 at 8:59pm -
This feels like two universes merging together. Even if you discount Last Stand. The continuity in XMEN 1 & 2 is completely different from First Class. Hopefully Singer will see this, and make sense out of it.
Also I'm cool with them returning. I hope we see alternate versions of their characters or more development.
Eg bad ass confident Rogue.
And I loved Bobby and Kitty in the previous films. Can't wait for to see them again. Especially Ellen Page.
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Comment by TheGSXR on January 28, 2013 at 8:51pm -
I'm skeptical. My cynical side is screaming that this might try to be a possible remake of Last Stand, since Singer abandoned it for Superman Returns. Guess I'll see soon enough...
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Comment by C on January 28, 2013 at 8:50pm -
This is a good thing. The characters in First Class besides Magneto and Xavier were pretty uninteresting, the only way you'll see the other members of the First Class will be in flashbacks or sequences in the 60's/70's. I'm fine with that due to the continuity, just like I'm fine with Paquin, Ashmore and Page coming back to reprise their roles. The more the merrier!
I'm hoping, along with many, that Days of Future Past will find a way to totally erase the events of the awful Last Stand.
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Comment by Mr.Blond on January 28, 2013 at 8:37pm -
I'm really confused at all the old cast coming in for this new film. I'm excited to see it but really interested on what the story will be. But I guess thats a good thing.
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Comment by Arnulfo Rojas on January 28, 2013 at 8:29pm -
Anything with Ellen page i will watch it.
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Comment by Black Snow on January 28, 2013 at 7:52pm -
What! What !Last Stand Crew Represent
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Comment by Eric Turpel on January 28, 2013 at 7:22pm -
awesome!
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Comment by THE Don THE SHO 'GUN OF SPILL on January 28, 2013 at 6:01pm -
Isnt ellen page going to be the main character & WHERES NEWS OF KELSEY GRAMMAR RETURNS OF THE PINNACLE ROLE OF BEAST
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Comment by pyranova on January 28, 2013 at 6:01pm -
This was one of the biggest problems with the previous x-men movies. Too many characters without them being developed The more I hear about the new movie the less excited I get. Many people have said this already, and here I thought that bar couldn't drop any lower.
Oh well, I'll see anything with James McAvoy in it really. He's all I'm looking forward now.
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Comment by Ezmeraldo15 on January 28, 2013 at 5:24pm -
This is great news, they just got to learn from their mistakes from X- Men 3, which I'm sure they will.
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