The continuous roll out of material for X-Men: Days of Future Past is pretty easy to do since there are so many characters and pieces to work with that you can see them having a long plan for it. The latest is the arrival of two more character shots that involves Halle Berry as Storm and Daniel Cudmore as Colossus. Cudmore’s not well known to most but he did take on the role in X2 and the please can we forget it X-Men: The Last Stand, though he may be more known for his work in the Twilight films as Felix.
While that’s out there as a positive, there’s asl some new bits out there in regards to director of X-Men: First Class with an interview with Empire wherein he talks about why he stepped away from directing this film.
“It didn’t excite me enough. The thing that was exciting about it was bringing all these actors together. What a cast! But I’ve worked with great actors and I just thought, ‘I’ve got to do my own thing.’”
The not exciting is certainly understandable considering the way it’s not just about the First Class characters, though it’s amusing in that he’s going on to another adapted property with The Secret Service from Mark Millar and Dave Gibbon’s comic book of the same name. Of course, when Millar’s work is adapted to film, it usually goes through some significant changes, so you can see this as being his own as well.
“The script was great for X-Men, but I had Secret Service in my head. And this has always been Bryan’s machine. It’s come full circle.”
[Source: Collider]