The Women of X-Men
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The AP scored an interview with the femme fatales of the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand at the Cannes film fest. The interview was rather entertaining ... although not always intentionally so. Allow me to share the salient points with you summed up into nifty bullet points.- When asked if they envied each others' groovy powers, the actresses mostly seized upon the question as an opportunity to complain about how lame they were -- especially Halle Berry. In an answer which made negative sense, Halle in fact indicated that "I envied that I never really got to do my powers until the third movie. Fly and do electricity and spin and make a tornado like I got to do now. I envied that I never got to do what I do." So ... she envied her own inability to be awesome, apparently. Go ahead and follow that logic, I dare you. Anna Paquin, the actress who plays mutant Rogue, complained (probably fairly) that her character survived three full-on action movies without really seeing any action whatsoever, because her character has no combat ability. This is obviously because she has yet to meet and leech Ms. Marvel, but I doubt that would mean anything to Anna Paquin.
- When asked who would win in a fight, the actresses were all right on the money and admitted Jean (as the Phoenix, anyway) was more or less unstoppable. There were some weird arguments about Storm creating a mist for Rogue to use as cover while she snuck up to sap power, but they still agreed Phoenix would triumph. Points for wisdom there, gang.
- There was a discussion about hairstyles. I don't want to talk about it.
- They also each answered a trite question about their individual characters, and gave ridiculously predictable answers. For example, Anna Paquin was asked why Rogue viewed her powers as a curse, and Paquin answered because of the complete isolation it causes. If this is insightful character analysis to anyone I'd be really surprised. He also asked Berry what she thought about Storm's new sense of assertion. I bet dollars to donuts you can predict her answer nearly word for word.
- The interview closed with a quaint little discussion about what sort of super-boy their mothers would like to see them bring home. I swear I'm not kidding you when they decided "Love Man, Honesty Man, Happy Man!" Well, except Famke Janssen, who qualified "No, not Happy Man. Me to be happy. Not a happy man. God, no." Why she wants her man to be unhappy I have no idea, but I suppose that's her prerogative.
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5-24-2006 @ 3:28PM
Finished.Law.School said...
Berry keeps confirming that she was the wrong person for this role and knew absolutely nothing about it while simultaneously ruining the film for fans.
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5-24-2006 @ 6:22PM
Crod said...
I cant blame them for the interview. Its not like they read the comics growing up or were into them. If they did then I would be worried. These woman the actresses portray are not about who has the best kick ass powers. Xmen and most of the characters of comics is about the characters and their development. Not every issue of who can win an arm wrestling match. (which is why the xmen movies were successful as well as the spiderman movies). We didnt read the next issue of Xmen/Spiderman etc etc to see what new powers were unleashed or who kicked whose butt (well ok we did but not just for that ^_^). But to see if Wolverine it going to lose control again and become more beast than man. Or if Rogue will ever be with someone she can love. Or how Storm was portrayed a strong black woman (a leader even *gasp*)in a time where that was sorely lacking in the media and society with regards to recognition. Powers were the escapism if you will the glamour but to know these characters is to know their lives and thats what made them interesting and brought you back month to month. How does Rogue cope with her inability to interact physcially with others. Cyclops who can never look into someone eyes. The Beast who would be seen as well a beast and not the eloquent genius he is.
So yeah. They just see it as an action flick and what about the action how come they didnt get any. Be glad ladies that they actually tried to develop you as characters instead of just slap a bunch of action sequences and calling it a day. Which IMO is why they were as successful as theyve been.
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5-27-2006 @ 5:36PM
Anna Paquin said...
X-Men 3 is the best done of the 3. The women in X-men 3 all rock!
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5-30-2006 @ 10:17AM
DAB said...
Why the condescending attitude about the ladies responses. FYI, it's the fans who complain about the hairstyles. And the interviewers ask the dumb questions, is that a surprise. Why get on the actresses for answering the questions.
Did you really expect Berry or Janssen or to say "I'd like to bring home a guy who can who eat planets" or some crap like that?? Lighten up.
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