Bryan Singer regrets not filming X-Men 3; Would “love” to reunite with original cast.

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE director Bryan Singer tells Fandango that he regrets not being able to film THE LAST STAND, the third film in the ever-growing X-Men franchise (he directed the first two films).

“I like finishing things,” he says. “I like finishing this particular iteration. I know X-Men 3 was quite rushed and I didn’t complete it, and I felt a little like it was probably my responsibility to do that as a filmmaker, and I didn’t.”

What would’ve he done different from Brett Ratner’s version? “I might not have killed all those characters,” he reveals to us. “But that’s what was so fun about Days of Future Past. We had a joke on set: ‘Hey Brian, you’re not only directing Days of Future Past — you’re actually living it!’ I was going back and making changes in history. [With X3], I don’t fault anyone, including myself. It was just that circumstances didn’t allow for it to happen.”

Even though the ‘Apocalypse’ cast is getting praise, many fans are still hoping to see more of the original cast. Will that day ever come? “I hope so,” he says.

“The night we had a little screening for the cast, I went and saw Patrick Stewart’s wife sing at a local venue with Ian McKellen. The two of us were sitting there watching Patrick’s lovely wife sing — she has a great voice — and I was thinking, yeah, at some point it would be lovely to see them all again. They’re all great actors and great people, and I had great experiences with them. I’d love to see that happen — it’s just you have to figure it out. How do you do that? You can’t do it for the sake of doing it — you have to do it right. Or else it’s just one of those cobbled-together things.”

Source: Fandango