Notes made by James Cameron gave X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST a clearer, more satisfying ending.

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST presented fans with a new form of time travel, in which Kitty Pryde uses her powers to “phase” others through time, sending their conciousness back into the body of their younger selves. For director Bryan Singer, a major factor in understanding the concept behind time travel came through collaborations with “The Terminator” helmer James Cameron.

While on the Montreal set for this year’s X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, Singer gave Superhero Hype some insight into how their collaboration worked and how the film’s ending almost became very different in tone.

“Originally my editor [John Ottman] was obsessed with this visual blurriness,” Singer revealed. “So when Wolverine is walking around he’s seeing things in kind of a blurriness. So I sent that to Jim and Jim called me up and goes ‘Bryan, that blurry thing made me think that the wool was going to be pulled out from under me and I was not satisfied. I thought it was going to be a lie and it had failed and it would all be dark, and then suddenly it was okay.’ It was the only note Jim gave me. He said ‘Oh I love the movie, it’s going to be great,’ but he said ‘Let the audience enjoy the fact that it all turned out okay… in that future.’” So I pulled the effect off and my editor was like ‘Oh I like it, it’s so cool and weird!’ and I’m like ‘Shut up, it’s coming off!'”

Singer then revealed that the version Cameron saw didn’t include the three surprise cameos as seen in the theatrical cut.

“I explained that to Jim and I said ‘By the way, it didnt have these three cameos’ and he goes “OH Why didn’t you tell me that? That makes a big difference dude in letting me enjoy the ending of the g***amn f***ing movie!’ and I’m like ‘Sorry, I’m keeping that so secret I didn’t even want to let that go to New Zealand.’”

Are you satisfied with the film’s ending? Or would you have preferred it to be a bit more mysterious?

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