Bryan Singer Says Surprise Hugh Jackman Is Not In X Men First Class

Bryan Singer Says (Surprise!) Hugh Jackman Is Not In ‘X-Men: First Class’

By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2010 1:55 pm EST

The rumor kicked off when a Facebook status message filtered over to CBM. The status update said “I drove Hugh Jackman from X-Men To the Airport this morning. They are filming on Jekyll…Cool guy!”

The idea that the character would show up didn’t make sense, but the X-Men timeline is convoluted enough that the rumor took hold anyway.

The producer also helpfully recapped the ideas behind X-Men: First Class, saying

We’ve set First Class in a time when the X-Men were conceived in the early 60s, up against political events that were happening – the early civil rights movement – and we have these kinds of events at a time when the world didn’t know mutants existed.

It takes place in the early 60s and it incorporates some characters I was able to bring back in time that are familiar, as well as some new characters, new mutants… Also, there’s a new villain component, a really cool villain and villain group… It’s a really cool and fun story. It will be the first Silver Age Marvel movie.

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