About.com was able to catch up with James ‘Cyclops’ Marsden concerning the highly anticipated sequel X-Men 3. He wasn’t able to reveal a ton of info, but he did spill the beans that one of the cast members will not be returning, just not which one.
When will you do X3? I don’t know. If you find out, please let me know. I think Fox has expressed interest in bringing everybody back and I think they’re working on a story and how they’re going to pay everyone.
Were you signed for three? No, everyone as far as my knowledge, everyone signed on for two pictures, the first and second one. So now, that’s why I say how they’re going to pay everyone because I’m sure everyone’s going to go back and ask for lots of money.
How responsive will the talent be to coming back? I think everyone will be back with the exception of one person.
Who? No, I can’t.
A certain Oscar-Winner? Um.
I don’t know that for a fact though because I just spoke with the writers and they said, “Oh, it might not be the case.” So I don’t know. I have no idea. I talked to Hugh Jackman the other day and he said, “Do you know anything about X3?” And I said, “I haven’t a clue.” “All right, when they call you, tell me. Call me and tell me.”
Could it be Famke Janssen who won’t come back, since she was killed off in X2? No, I wasn’t suggesting that and she’s not really killed off. I think what’s going to happen is, I think, and this is purely speculation, is that hopefully they’ll get into the Dark Phoenix storyline from the comic book. But again, that’s purely speculation.
The writers told you this? I’ve heard hints towards going toward that storyline. It’s so hard for me to even say at this point because the writers, what people are telling them to write is changing weekly, on a weekly basis. It’s one of those things like yeah, I’ll do that movie when they’re ready but I can’t even start to even think about it at this point.
Will Bryan Singer come back? Yes, I know he really wants to. I think he’s also trying to figure out scheduling the shoot against he’s doing Logan’s Run. So he’s trying to figure that out, so there’s lots of things. Although, Fox already nabbed the weekend of May 2nd, 2006 to release X-Men 3 but that’s subject to change as well. It could go to Christmas.
But Avi Arad said it’s a go? Well, Avi’s always like, ‘It’s brilliant, the script is written and it’s going to be out in 2006.’ And he very well could be right. They just haven’t filtered that, they haven’t let that down to the cast. We don’t know.
What might be easier the third time around? The second one was pretty easy. The first one was challenging. The second one was pretty easy because we all were comfortable in the suits and the way everyone operated and worked. It was very simple, so it was easy to go back to that actually.
