KnightWing Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Who the hell is Azazel anyway? And will he be banging the teenage Mystique there? A demon, and yeah, probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Moviefone got a chance to talk to Kevin Bacon about playing villain Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: First Class. Here are excerpts from the interview: What can you tell us about your character, Sebastian Shaw, and how he figures into the plot? You don't see much [of his backstory] in the movie, but he's kind of a self-made man. He lost his father as a young man, made his first million by the time he was 30 and first billion by time he was 40. He's a very powerful billionaire and also, as it turns out, a mutant. He's the leader of the Hellfire Club, which is a nightclub for the rich and extremely powerful. And he has a plot to take over the world, so that's really fun. He's incredibly good at manipulating people and at taking whatever kind of energy or ability they have and using it to his advantage, like if he's talking to a German, he's fluent in German. He's very charming and able to get whatever he wants. Is your look changing for the film? My look is very different from the guy in the comic books. We decided pretty early on that that was not going to translate to film. But there's a certain kind of style to the suits that I wear, but I don't have anything extreme in the makeup department. When you first meet me -- I don't want to spoil it -- but when you first meet me, I look a little different. Are you signed on to more than one film? I am, but whether or not I end up in any more remains to be seen. Matthew Vaughn was planning a big action scene in a rotating room, but scrapped it after he saw 'Inception,' and said he needed to go bigger. How has he topped it? I'm trying to think what scene that was. I remember hearing something about that, but I'm not sure if that was online or actually from Matthew. But we do have a really, really super cool scene in a hall of mirrors and that's going to be really spectacular. What's the craziest-looking mutant or mutant power that will get audiences talking? That's hard to say because when you do a movie like this, so much of this stuff is happening in post. There were some practical things, like it's no secret that Magneto has the power to move and bend metal and the way that's handled right from the first scene in the movie is going to be really cool. It's something we haven't seen in any other movie so far. The movie is set in the '60s: Is Vaughn going for a swinging '60s, James Bond look? There is an element of that, certainly to my character. I've got some pretty nice pads and I'm kind of slick in that way. I don't think it's visually, in terms of camera moves, it's not trying to recreate that. But it has an element of that. The set design is fantastic. I've only seen the sets that I've been on and they are really interesting and very '60s modern and super cool, and beautiful. I have one set that's kind of like an inner sanctum and then I also have a submarine; the inside of the sub has elements of my other set. I have my own set of style and wanted to translate it over to my board room and stuff. It's great. I love the way it looks. What's the coolest part of the film? That's hard for me to say, not having seen the movie. But I think the youth of the movie, that is really exciting. You've got Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Zoƫ Kravitz (Angel) and James McAvoy (Professor Xavier) and all these young actors who are about to explode. When you see them become what we know of as the X-Men, to me, that's really cool. The visual stuff, I can't say, until I've seen the effects. But from a plot standpoint, watching the creation of that kind of elite squad and yet they're all in this college dorm room kind of atmosphere, where there's romances and drunken parties and people become friends and then they have a falling out. I think all that stuff is going to be really cool. All of these movies deliver something other than just another airplane blowing up because there's interesting stuff going on between the characters. What was the most fun part of playing this character? I have a really newfound appreciation for those actors, Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr., and Hugh Jackman, that are able to work within this kind of genre with all the green screen and create great, memorable performances. It's very difficult; for me the most fun is always connecting on a scene and working with another actor to try to make that scene work. There was a scene near the end of the film between me and Michael Fassbender (Magneto) and the scene was okay, but I don't think either one of us was figuring it out. So Matthew let us spend a weekend up at his house and really figured it out from an acting standpoint, what this moment really means between these two. And that's the fun stuff. Hanging from a crane is fun too, but not as fun as actually connecting with another actor. http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/113988-kevin-bacon-talks-x-men-first-class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Is anyone actually thinking this isn't going to suck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 o/ There were some practical things, like it's no secret that Magneto has the power to move and bend metal and the way that's handled right from the first scene in the movie is going to be really cool. It's something we haven't seen in any other movie so far. I can think of three other movies... Who the hell is Azazel anyway? And will he be banging the teenage Mystique there? A demon, and yeah, probably. But I think the youth of the movie, that is really exciting. You've got Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Zoƫ Kravitz (Angel) and James McAvoy (Professor Xavier) and all these young actors who are about to explode. (As I swim in my gutter...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 It's Matthew Vaughn, everything he's done so far has been great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Is anyone actually thinking this isn't going to suck? Hush, cynic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I don't think it'll be a masterpiece, but it looks to be better than X-Men 3 and Wolverine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 So we're setting the bar high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Eh, if nothing else, I have a good pair of boobs to look at for a few hours with Emma Frost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Eh, if nothing else, I have a good pair of boobs to look at for a few hours with Emma Frost. Whose boobs are you and Emma looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Eh, if nothing else, I have a good pair of boobs to look at for a few hours with Emma Frost. Whose boobs are you and Emma looking at? Is The Blob in this movie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Should've put IN there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I don't really have a bar. You could give me a bar if you wanted, only candy though. Or a B.A.R., that would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 A bigger pic so we can stare at Emma's costume. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Also, epically huge versions of those photos. 1, 2, 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Teaser poster: New stills: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I think McAvoy has the perfect Xavier eyebrow-raise. That's even something Patrick Stewart never had. Also, notice pre-fur Beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Fassbender consistently looks ten years older than everyone else. EDIT: After checking IMDB, Fassbender is only two years older than McAvoy. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Kevin Bacon looks almost perfect with the sideburns and suit. I just with he was bigger. Who's the guy on the left in the last still? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Oh, WOW! Provided he actually changes over to a red costume instead of the X-Men one, Magneto looks near-perfect! And Xavier's got the "I'M DOING SOMETHING WITH MY MIND!" pose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 That Magneto pic is hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 What's with the harness he's wearing? It doesn't look functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaunKL Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Somebody's been watching Psych... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 What's with the harness he's wearing? It doesn't look functional. I'm guessing it's from a parachute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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