Oscar Isaac on creating a new look for En Sabah Nur.

“I grew up reading the comics and I actually collected X Factor when I was younger and that was when Apocalypse first showed up,” said actor Oscar Isaac to Entertainment Weekly during a visit on the set of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. “And I was particularly freaked out with like the second coming and the end of the world, the apocalypse, so when there was a character that embodied that, and even from Sunday school, I remember the four horsemen and all that kind of imagery that’s still to this day some of the scariest imagery I can think of.”

On the character’s new look compared to that of the comics, “We had to do some adjustments here and there and be like, alright, maybe this is too alien,” says Isaac, who endures two hours of makeup for the look. “He also is someone who people would want to follow and not just be terrified of. So the balance, and then making sure that there’s some great elements from the comic but also making our own thing as well. In the comic, he generally is like 12 feet, 600 pounds.”

Nothing is known of the film’s third act, but Isaac reveals a tidbit of what to expect in the final battle. “I mean that last battle is going to be pretty insane. I mean, it’s like freaking Apocalypse fighting all of the X-Men. It’s pretty cool.”