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charloweenJoblo.com has been running a series of installments on their visit to the set of X3. The second part has interviews with Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry and Brett Ratner, and includes the following cuteness. Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman should not be allowed to hang out. The one is giving a thoughtful answer, and the other busts in with silliness. Boys! Behave!
Ian McKellen: I don’t think my character changes. I think he stays much as he was before. It’s the eternal argument between the two people involved in civil rights, whether they are Malcolm X and Martin Luther King or Magneto and Xavier. That’s the theory, at any rate. So basically, that’s the story being re-told as it’s re-told in the comics. I think Magneto’s very much as he was: a troubled… I’ve been asked what’s it like to play a villain but I’ve never met an actor who thought of a character he was playing as a villain.
It’s boring… I feel he’s a meta-villain. There are lots of villains going around in the world, people doing stupid things. But to say they’re villainous? They might be villainous, but a villain? If there’s no motive for their behaviour…Magneto’s got plenty of motive, and attitude and political nous, you might think he’s doing the wrong thing, but you’ll probably come the worst of any argument with Magneto on this issue. Unless you were a mutant, of course.
Hugh Jackman: He’s a little sexier in this one, though.
Ian McKellen: I wanted to keep that as a surprise.
Tee hee. And then later, in response to another question:
Jackman: As an actor? Well, I hope like in anything in life, the more shots you have at it, the more you learn and the better you get. So I don’t want to set myself up for failure, but hopefully as an actor I can bring more to it. I have an interesting progression for the character in this one in that he’s archetypally the reluctant hero, and much of it has been, will he join the X-Men? Will he be part of it? And it’s not so much the case in the third one, but more of, what role will he play? Will it be an issue of leadership or not, will he be a real team player? It’s not so much, is he part of the team. That’s kind of a given here, but what role will he play? There’s a lot at stake in this movie. There’s going to be a lot of shocks in store for the fans.
McKellen: For those of us who get really close to Wolverine, we have to admit that his hair is getting even more gorgeous.
Ian McKellen: I don’t think my character changes. I think he stays much as he was before. It’s the eternal argument between the two people involved in civil rights, whether they are Malcolm X and Martin Luther King or Magneto and Xavier. That’s the theory, at any rate. So basically, that’s the story being re-told as it’s re-told in the comics. I think Magneto’s very much as he was: a troubled… I’ve been asked what’s it like to play a villain but I’ve never met an actor who thought of a character he was playing as a villain.
It’s boring… I feel he’s a meta-villain. There are lots of villains going around in the world, people doing stupid things. But to say they’re villainous? They might be villainous, but a villain? If there’s no motive for their behaviour…Magneto’s got plenty of motive, and attitude and political nous, you might think he’s doing the wrong thing, but you’ll probably come the worst of any argument with Magneto on this issue. Unless you were a mutant, of course.
Hugh Jackman: He’s a little sexier in this one, though.
Ian McKellen: I wanted to keep that as a surprise.
Tee hee. And then later, in response to another question:
Jackman: As an actor? Well, I hope like in anything in life, the more shots you have at it, the more you learn and the better you get. So I don’t want to set myself up for failure, but hopefully as an actor I can bring more to it. I have an interesting progression for the character in this one in that he’s archetypally the reluctant hero, and much of it has been, will he join the X-Men? Will he be part of it? And it’s not so much the case in the third one, but more of, what role will he play? Will it be an issue of leadership or not, will he be a real team player? It’s not so much, is he part of the team. That’s kind of a given here, but what role will he play? There’s a lot at stake in this movie. There’s going to be a lot of shocks in store for the fans.
McKellen: For those of us who get really close to Wolverine, we have to admit that his hair is getting even more gorgeous.
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Date: 2006-02-25 06:16 pm (UTC)That is hilarious!
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Date: 2006-02-25 06:33 pm (UTC)I like it when the actors have fun with each other. It comes across in the performance. And it makes for great outtakes. (And no, I didn't just rewatch the Firefly gag reel again today...)
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Date: 2006-02-25 06:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-02-25 06:42 pm (UTC)God, I love those guys.
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Date: 2006-02-25 09:01 pm (UTC)