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THE WOLVERINE co-writer Mark Bomback revealed to Creative Screenwriting that Anna Paquin’s Rogue was originally a character he wanted in the film, although he couldn’t fully justify her place in the film. Calling her inclusion “very goofy,” the writer explains why he ultimately decided to leave her out of his script.
“I love Rogue and I just think that there’s something about this idea that Rogue is tremendously empathetic but incapable of safe human contact,” said Bomback. “That always moved me and I thought that’s what really got to the heart of what makes the X-Men franchise so unique. So I was trying to do something with Rogue in the script. I even had a set of ideas that the old man possessed a version of Rogue’s power and that was going to be indicated by a white stripe in his hair. Eventually it became very goofy, and I threw it out because I started realizing throughout the script that it became more problematic than cool.
“It’s no accident to me that in the first X-Men film the first two mutants that you really see who have a connection are Wolverine and Rogue. There’s something special between them, so I was trying to bring Rogue into it, but it just didn’t get there. I regretted there wasn’t a way to figure it out, but when I look at the film now, it would have stuck out if we tried to shoehorn her in there just because it was another character from the universe.”
Is this picture from Days of Future Past or from X3?
It’s from X-Men: The Last Stand (X3)
Nice try, this is clearly a fake interview.
nah, i’ve seen it reported in more than one place. and while i see the thought process i am SO glad this didn’t happen! hardcore fans would’ve gone nuts and i agree it would almost seem silly and seem like just a character for the sake of more xmen
Love Rogue and Wolverine’s relationship in the films, but I agree…it would have seemed a bit silly. Jean’s inclusion was perfect for the story at hand. Having Rogue there would have been pushing it.
But I can see the film like an episode in Wolverine and the X-men were Rogue and Logan battle the Yakuza. 😀
I HOPE THEY DIDN’T POSTED THIS NOW THAT ITS TOO LATE.. I hate them for this.. I love Anna Paquin as Rogue and they just cut her role in THE WOLVERINE! It hurts me big time..
I think that will be a big shot for Rogue to show her ultimate power but it was all throw away.
NOW IT MAKE THE WOLVERINE 2 AND BRING ROGUE IN IT!
i love the idea of Wolvie and Rogue as a possible couple. i can”t see them with anyone else after watching x-men 1. i hope someday they take a chance and make them a couple.
The older both get the less awkward it seems. Logan was uncomfortable with it in X2 (the scene when Mystique turned into Rogue), but it would be interesting if they became a couple in the future. Ultimately I want to see Rogue with Gambit though.