November 24, 2024

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Things you didn’t get to see in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (Part 1 of 2)

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From pre-production to final editing, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST went through various incarnations of characters and plot points. Certain mutants were switched for others, new relationships were formed and a sequence featuring Anna Paquin’s Rogue was left out for pacing reasons. Below are just a few (but not all) of the things that were changed, filmed and removed from the early screenplay.

SPOILERS

  • Jubilee was meant to appear as part of the future mutant team in a limited role. She has action pieces similar to Sunspot in the first act, though she dies in the third by being blasted off the wall.
  • Before Quicksilver’s epic scene, there was Juggernaut. He’s written as an 18 year old football player, a former student of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
  • Future Xavier helps his past self to look into his own mind, sharing a kind memory between himself and Raven as kids, playing in the garden.
  • Iceman suggests to Professor Xavier and Magneto that they rescue Rogue from a militarized-Xavier mansion, guarded by Sentinels. Xavier believes she’s dead because he hasn’t been able to reach her mind, but Bobby believes it’s because she’s inside Cerebro, being experimented on in a location where Xavier’s mind can’t pierce.
  • Storm watches after Kitty and Logan once Xavier, Magneto and Iceman leave to find Rogue. Both Storm…and especially Bishop have lots more dialogue in the screenplay, when compared to the final film.
  • Mystique doesn’t want to be found, so, disguised as Charles, she breaks into Cerebro and destroys its mainframe and helmet.
  • Rogue’s quick scene with Bobby at the end remains the same, though it’s questioned if she should have her white hair stripe or not.
  • An older Beast and Mystique are seen teaching a Biology class in the altered future timeline.
  • Kitty and Colossus are seen walking and holding hands in the altered future timeline, hinting at their relationship in the comics.
  • The original end credits had Apocalypse falling out of the night’s sky and combining himself with Erik.

Things you didn’t get to see in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (Part 2 of 2)