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| Rogue portrayed by Anna Paquin |
Things that make you go Hmmm was a early 90's pop music (dance) hit be C+C Music Factory but the title seems appropriate here.
For the film X-Men: Days of Future Past the creative team of Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg amongst others created a subplot for the popular character Rogue / Marie. They went so far to bring back Anna Paquin (Star of HBO's True Blood) and film at least ten minutes of additional footage including what has been described as a great fight scene for it.
However Bryan Singer announced a few months ago the sequence(s) were cut from the film because it was considered an appendage to the film rather than a part of the films body. Okay I can buy that.
In talking to the Daily Beast Simon Kinberg adds some more detail.
The Rogue/Anna Paquin scene was by far the biggest cut we made, and that was more my fault than anything. When I was crafting the script, I wanted to create a subplot for old Charles and old Eric—Patrick and Ian—to have a mini-mission together, one final adventure. And that’s what the Rogue sequence was—that they went to retrieve Rogue. But it felt like it didn’t come from the spine of the film, it was an appendage where I just wanted to see the old guys get in the X-Jet for one last ride. It was a narrative detour, and in a film with this much momentum and narrative flow, you can’t afford any detours.
Hmmm?
Okay the weakest points of the film are .... ummmm ... mostly addressed by this subplot and you cut it from the film?
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| Kitty Pryde portrayed by Ellen Page |
This sub plot also addresses the weird Kitty Pryde sequence where she is losing strength that meant nothing to the final cut of the film.
It addresses how the Sentinels are morphing their power to match the mutants they are fighting.
It gives Ian McKellan something to do... it ...
Really you cut it?
And word from someone who has seen the fight scene "Awesome"... and you Cut it?
There has to be a better explanation:
- It added another Mutant to the Story and it was too difficult for the non-comic book readers to keep them all straight.
- The film reached a time length we were told to not exceed.
- We had budget/time constraints that kept us from completing the CGI...
I feel kind of cheated at the moment.
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