{"id":36572,"date":"2016-01-21T19:23:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T03:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=36572"},"modified":"2016-01-21T21:55:21","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T05:55:21","slug":"bryan-singer-kodi-smit-mcphee-and-james-mcavoy-talk-xmenapocalypse-which-characters-are-on-the-verge-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=36572","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Singer, Kodi Smit-McPhee and James McAvoy talk X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Which characters are on “the verge of death?”"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Apocalypse <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

X-MEN: APOCALYPSE<\/a> director Bryan Singer<\/strong> and cast members James McAvoy<\/strong> (Professor Xavier) and Kodi Smit-McPhee<\/strong> (Nightcrawler) spoke with Yahoo! Movies UK<\/a> about making the film and connectng with their characters on an emotional level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a crossover between \u2018X-Men\u2019 and \u2018Game Of Thrones\u2019,” Singer said, when comparing the HBO show with his film and explaining where the characters are at in this phase of their life. “They\u2019re both about a younger generation finding their powers, finding out who they are, and what their place in the world is. I like how the show\u2019s about different groups of people moving towards a common goal. They don\u2019t even know if that\u2019s the right goal, who wants to sit on that uncomfortable throne? I don\u2019t! Everyone in King\u2019s Landing is miserable. But for some reason they want that power.\u201d<\/p>\n

On “concluding” the character story arcs which began with FIRST CLASS<\/a> and continued through DAYS OF FUTURE PAST<\/a>, James McAvoy said that the “emotional” connection is what sets the X-Men apart from traditional superhero fare.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the end of three stories. Raven is on the verge of death,” he revealed about the film’s high stakes and how he portrays that emotion on screen. “For me [when performing a scene] , I see Jennifer [Lawrence] on the verge of death. And I\u2019ve known Jennifer and Raven for five years now, and I love them both. Peter [Maximoff] is on the verge of torture and death, and I feel that too. Erik and Michael, they\u2019re on the edge of this pivotal moment in their life, and I feel all this. I\u2019ve got a good enough imagination that I can place my friends and these characters I\u2019ve shared five years with in these situations, and it\u2019s f***ing horrible.<\/p>\n

What sets \u2018X-Men\u2019 apart for me is that it is fun, it is a glib, flippant and throwaway popcorn movie sometimes, but the relationships are so strong it creates this emotional space in which big things are felt. It wasn\u2019t just the weight of the world I was feeling [when acting out a scene]. It was the death of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Nightcrawler’s new introduction to the world of the X-Men, Singer says \u201cWe discover Nightcrawler in East Berlin, where he has to queue to get a loaf of bread. Through happenstance, merely because Raven needs him as a kind of taxi service because he can move really fast, he finds himself in America, in the X-Mansion, which to him is a paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t keep up with my excitement, it hits you so fast,” Smit-McPhee said about working on the film set. “I\u2019m trying to be in professional mode, but looking around Xavier\u2019s School made me realise what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read much more at Yahoo! Movies UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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