{"id":63339,"date":"2023-10-21T01:05:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T08:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=63339"},"modified":"2023-10-26T22:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T05:59:29","slug":"are-the-x-men-references-in-loki-s2-intentional-director-dan-deleeuw-weighs-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=63339","title":{"rendered":"Are X-Men References In LOKI S2 Intentional? Director Dan DeLeeuw Weighs In."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LOKI<\/strong> season two had some <strong>X-Men<\/strong> fans wondering if there&#8217;s a direct connection between the Disney+ series and the future of mutants in the MCU. The show, starring <strong>Tom Hiddleston<\/strong>, featured two nods: A <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/uy1uXNxumF4?si=mRHbuscxcT854mIW\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/uy1uXNxumF4?si=mRHbuscxcT854mIW\" target=\"_blank\">sliding mechanical door<\/a> with a large &#8220;X&#8221; on it, which looks incredibly similar to the doors of <strong>CEREBRO<\/strong>, and graffiti on a wall which reads &#8220;All M are Brothers,&#8221; a <strong>Brotherhood of Mutants<\/strong> reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X-Men reference in Loki Season 2 \ud83e\udd2f\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uy1uXNxumF4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Credit: HypeVerse<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking with <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/loki-season-2-episode-2-xmen-mutants-easter-egg-director-response\/\" target=\"_blank\">Screen Rant<\/a><\/strong>, director <strong>Dan DeLeeuw<\/strong> said &#8220;it wasn&#8217;t really planned,&#8221; basically coming down to the art team having some fun behind the scenes. &#8220;That&#8217;s the art department, <strong>Kasra [Farahani]<\/strong>, our production designer, is a genius with all the sets, and then in the overall design of the filming, and you can see with the posters in the <strong>TVA<\/strong>, if you let the art department run with something, they will just come up with amazing ideas that have a story behind them,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But it&#8217;s something you never would have anticipated showing up on set. 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It was funny, I had my humanities teacher in university was talking about a book, and she had an idea that the author didn&#8217;t really agree with, so she told her class, &#8220;Well, if it&#8217;s there, it&#8217;s there. &#8220;And it&#8217;s like, &#8220;Okay, I don&#8217;t think that was the intention, but, if they wanted it to be there, sure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Loki Season 2 Episode 2&#039;s X-Men Mutants Easter Egg Cheekily Addressed By MCU Show Director\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LhkRvN9jMSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Credit: Screen Rant<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Time Variance Authority<\/strong> <em>will<\/em> play a role in <strong>DEADPOOL 3<\/strong>, however. 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