X-Men: First Class - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of X-Men: First Class or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to X-Men: First Class

[miriam]

Taylor Lautner was considered to play Hank McCoy a.k.a. Beast, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Nicholas Hoult was later cast.

[gabriel]

There are actually three Summers brothers in the comics: Scott, Alex and Gabriel Summers, the brother who went rogue known as Vulcan.

[michele]

(at around 1h 50 mins) The call sign that Moira MacTaggert uses, X-Ray Bravo Seven Zero (XB-70) was the United States Air Force designation for a prototype super sonic bomber that could fly at Mach 3+ and above 70,000 feet. Two were built in 1964 with one being lost due to a mid-air collision with an F-104 in 1966. The name of the bomber was called "Valkyrie."

[jamie]

The character of Moira MacTaggert also appears in the end credit scenes for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).

[bryan]

Erik accidentally causes Charles' paralysis by diverting a bullet fired on him by Moira during his attack on the American and Russian fleets which, of course, severs the nerves in his spine that causes him to be wheelchair-bound. This more close to what happened to Charles Xavier in the Ultimate X-Men comics, where he was maimed by Magneto, than in the actual mainstream comic run of Marvel Comics, where he lost his ability to walk in an encounter with a being named Lucifer.

[francisco]

The phrase 'X-Men' is only said once, after the events at Cuba, by Moira MacTaggart in her last meeting with Charles before he wipes her mind.

[wallace]

The "Angel" who appears in this film, played by Zoë Kravitz, is an entirely different character from the Angel who appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) and whose real name is Warren Worthington III. In the comics, Warren was a founding member of the X-Men, which has led to confusion as to whether Kravitz' portrayal wasn't meant to be a reinvention of the character or just another mutant with the same name (and, in fact, in the comics her first name really IS Angel).

[bernice]

The cities of 1960s Washington and Moscow were created based on photographs of the actual cities; the Russian one in particular had its vehicles and military hardware based on videos of a 1962 Red Square, and a digital army doing an actual Soviet-style march.

[victoria]

Broadway actor Benjamin Walker was previously cast as Beast, but dropped out of the role to star in the Broadway musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson."

[melinda]

In April 2006 Zak Penn was hired to write and direct this film; he was going to make a prequel about Magneto, in a vein similar to X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009). However, the filmmakers decided to shift the focus from the early years of one mutant to those of the X-Men. Penn found this approach more interesting than what he'd come up with, and so stepped down with his blessing.