Men Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
30th November 2011
Fact: X-Men director Bryan Singer is reportedly set to take charge of bringing The Munsters back to the small screen. The reboot of the spooky 1960s comedy will air on NBC next year (12).
11th June 2011
Quote: "I was nervous; vanity plays a huge part of her make-up, and I was supposed to look amazing. I really had to work out!" Actress January Jones felt under pressure to look good in the skimpy outfits worn by her X-Men: First Class character Emma Frost.
10th June 2011
Quote: "Anyone who does these extreme diets, like gain 100 pounds then lose 100 pounds for the next movie... it's just not healthy. It's a role. At the end of the day it's acting. It's your body and your health... I've told someone I'm not going to lose any more weight... I'm probably going to get in trouble for that." X-Men: First Class star Jennifer Lawrence has a healthy outlook on acting roles.
1st June 2011
Quote: "I got really into the pub culture. Fish and chips and a pint! It had a nice community feel." Actress Zoe Kravitz indulged in the local specialities while filming new action movie X-Men: First Class in London.
29th May 2011
Quote: "It was mostly just fun. I don't remember us working. I just remember us cracking up on set." Actress Jennifer Lawrence had a ball while filming X-Men: First Class with co-stars James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender.
15th April 2011
Quote: "There are a lot of young American actors right now who haven't got any technique... And, to be blunt, a lot of these kids assume that just by having a good set of teeth and t**s, smiling for the camera is gonna be enough. I needed someone who could act." X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn defends his decision to cast actress Jennifer Lawrence in the new film.
8th April 2011
Quote: "He shouts and tells you to stop being f**ing bad. Matthew is very ready to tell you in no uncertain terms, with expletives added, that you're being f**king s**t." James McAvoy was on the receiving end of director Matthew Vaughn's rants on the set of new blockbuster X-Men: First Class.
1st April 2011
Fact: X-Men star James Marsden got his big break at 16 as a news anchor on his local TV news channel breakfast show Good Morning Oklahoma.
25th January 2011
Quote: "Professor X is not too combat-savvy in this film, it has to be said. He doesn't do too much, he's sort of a consultant with the combat guys. But he does get involved in a few little bits of fisticuffs. I wouldn't say that he comes out well but I wouldn't say that he gets his a** kicked either." Actor James McAvoy stayed away from the fight scenes in X-Men: FIRST CLASS as mutant leader Professor Xavier.
18th August 2010
Fact: January Jones has become the latest addition to the all-star cast of upcoming comic book prequel X-Men: FIRST CLASS. The MAD MEN star will play super-mutant Emma Frost opposite actors including Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon and Zoe Kravitz.
29th June 2010
Fact: British actress Alice Eve is in talks to join James McAvoy the upcoming X-Men prequel. The Sex and the City 2 star has her sights set on playing Emma Frost in X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, which will follow the Marvel comic book superheros in their younger days.
5th May 2010
Fact: KICK-ASS filmmaker Matthew Vaughn has been put in charge of directing X-Men: FIRST CLASS, which is due in cinemas next summer (Jun11).
4th January 2010
Fact: Shareholders at entertainment powerhouse Walt Disney have finalised a multi-billion dollar deal to buy Marvel Entertainment. The $4.24 billion sale, which was agreed on Thursday (31Dec09) will give Disney the rights to superheroes including IRON MAN, Spider-Man and the X-Men.
27th August 2009
Fact: Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman has thrown his support behind a dance organisation in his native Australia. The X-Men star has become patron of the Bangarra dance company.
15th June 2009
Quote: "My goal at the beginning of X-Men (Origins: Wolverine) was to get in better shape than Madonna." Ryan Reynolds on his super-fit new look.
24th April 2009
Quote: "Let's face it: with all the protein shakes, the farts are pretty bad." Hugh Jackman reveals the down side to bulking up to play X-Men superhero Wolverine.
24th April 2009
Quote: "(I have ) four sets: plastic, wood, aluminium and metal. One time I forgot that I was wearing the metal ones and tried to scratch myself. I got a puncture wound in my leg which didn't heal for weeks." Hugh Jackman on the claws he wears as X-Men superhero Wolverine.
10th March 2009
Quote: "Filming X-Men was amazing. Can you imagine what it was like starting your day walking into the make-up room and giving a good morning kiss to Halle Berry, Rebecca Romijn and Anna Paquin? Can you imagine how good that felt?" Patrick Stewart had great fun on the set of X-Men.
23rd February 2009
Quote: "There's so many... I'd have to say being in Hugh Jackman's arms and him carrying me on stage!" Anne Hathaway on her favourite moment of the Academy Awards on Sunday (22Feb09). The actress joined the X-Men star on stage for a song and dance number as part of the night's musical entertainment.
19th November 2008
Fact: GOSSIP GIRL creator JOSH SCHWARTZ has signed up to pen a new prequel to the X-Men movies. Schwartz was also offered the chance to direct the film, X-Men: First Class, but he declined, according to Daily Variety.
14th October 2008
Quote: "I was the second choice to play Daniel Day Lewis' part in THERE WILL BE BLOOD and they said it's because I'm too attractive. I think, by now, I'd have at least five or six Oscars so, yeah, it has definitely hindered me." X-Men star James Marsden jokes about the curse of good looks.
30th June 2008
Quote: "I think they're prostituting the whole thing. We felt like they cut a lot of corners that didn't have to be cut and X-Men did the same exact thing. I'm very mad and disappointed at the way the comic book movies are being done." Comic book fanatic Method Man isn't happy with the current batch of blockbusters like IRON MAN and THE Incredible Hulk.
13th May 2008
Fact: X-Men star Shawn Ashmore has stripped to show off his patriotism to his native Canada. The sexy 28-year-old star wears nothing but a Canadian flag, carefully draped over his naked body for a new Cosmopolitan magazine photoshoot.
25th April 2008
Quote: "I'd take hanging out at home with my wife and kids over a party any day. You can get caught up in a bubble in Hollywood. We lead a normal life - we just hang out, eat dinner. I go to the grocery store." X-Men actor James Marsden insists he's a family man at heart.
11th February 2008
Quote: "I'm hoping to be STORM from X-Men for Halloween this year." Singer Jill Scott has one more thing to tick off her wish list for 2008 after winning a Grammy and making a film in Africa.
29th October 2007
Fact: Rocker GLENN DANZIG was offered the part of Wolverine in the X-Men movie. He turned it down and the role went to Hugh Jackman instead.
15th October 2007
Quote: "Angelina Jolie does nothing for me... I'll just stick with Jessica Alba." X-Men star James Marsden reveals a crush for FANTASIC FOUR's Invisible Woman.
30th August 2007
Quote: "Getting in costume is really fun. JERRY and I actually have a costume closet. It's important to let your imagination run a little wild." X-Men star Rebecca Romijn admits marriage to playful JERRY O'CONNELL is never dull.
30th July 2007
Quote: "Hugh Jackman can sing and dance for real and actually Halle Berry, Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen are all very good singers, so X-Men 4 could be THE MUSICAL." X-MEN star James Marsden hopes to follow his HAIRSPRAY success with another quirky movie musical.
20th June 2007
Fact: X-Men star James Marsden is the cabaret crooner featured in the background of the TV commercial for actress Sarah Jessica Parker's new fragrance Lovely.
22nd March 2007
Fact: Spider-Man, The Hulk and the X-Men are set for a new home in Dubai as part of a $1 billion theme park. Marvel comics and the United Arab Emirates-based Al Ahili Group have joined forces to plan the park, which they hope to open in 2011.
29th January 2007
Quote: "She had a ranch in the 50s... out near where I live. Now I'm obsessed with trying to find it... It's out in Chatsworth somewhere." X-Men star Rebecca Romijn is hunting for her comedy heroine Lucille Ball's lost ranch.
24th January 2007
Quote: "You have to laugh at yourself sometimes." Carmen Electra on lampooning Rebecca Romijn's all-blue X-Men character MYSTIQUE in new comedy EPIC MOVIE.
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