Bryan Singer Responds to X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Villain Complaints, Plus New Featurette

When the first image of Oscar Isaac’s Apocalypse from X-Men: Apocalypse was released by EW, it was followed by a ton of fan complaints about the way he looked. A lot of fans were comparing the character to the look of Ivan Ooze. Since then we’ve see more of the character in the trailers and he’s looking pretty damn awesome. There have been a few other complaints regarding the film from fans, and during a recent interview with IGN, director Byran Singer addresses these complaints regarding the villain. First of all, he touches on the voice of the villain: 

"[The first X-Men: Apocalypse trailer] was simply Oscar using his normal voice -- which is wonderful; his performance is fantastic -- but that was never the intention. We just needed those words to govern the first teaser. So people thought, 'Oh, wait, is that going to be his voice during the whole movie?' It's like, no, but to tell the story of the first teaser, we needed the voice, and I hadn't recreated the voice yet." 

The filmmaker goes on to reveal that ever single line that Isaac says in the film is being redone in ADR because of his loud costume. He goes on to say that the actor will also use different voices depending on what is going on with him in the film.

"What I'm doing is something very unique. It hasn't been done before. We're rerecording his entire performance because the suit's creaky and makes all kinds of noise, you can't really use any of it anyway. But I want his performance. It ebbs and flows and moves through the movie, and changes, so he doesn't just have one single voice. He speaks with different voices depending on different moments in the film. So it's really kind of cool. It's the first time I've ever had the tools to sculpt a performance in post-production, that was already given to me on set and chosen in the cutting room."

As for that Ivan Ooze/Apocalypse image that fans hated, Singer explains what was up with that and why he would release that image:

"There was an image released on Entertainment Weekly, where the effect hadn't been put in yet, so everyone was -- the effect has a pink light on it, and everyone got lit up pink, so people thought Apocalypse was going to be pink. I was like, 'No, no, they're all pink. Take a look. Everyone in the picture is pink. It's a pink picture.' They maybe just should have taken the pink out of the picture -- I should have taken the pink out of the picture. I'm going to take some blame for that. My fault, not Entertainment Weekly's. That's the picture I gave them." 

Obviously, the character is looking very different now than what we saw in that image, thanks the completed effects work. Then there have been some fans who have fired off complaints about the size of the villain because as most of you already know, the comic book version of the character is huge. When addressing that, Singer says:

"So then people were like, 'He's small.' I'm like, 'Okay, I got the same s*** when I cast a six-foot-three actor to play five-foot-four Wolverine. I got the same s*** when Quicksilver's very sweet, 1970s costume was released on an Empire Magazine cover.' You know, every time. I could have made him a giant through the whole movie, or some muscle-bound guy who can't act -- I could always do that. But the reality is, among his many powers -- and you will see him change size -- but among his many powers is his power of persuasion, and it was very important that he'd be able to connect with his horsemen, at their level, and that he'd be played by a guy who can actually act like Oscar, who's a fantastic actor."

We’ve seen that change in size that he’s talking about in the most recent trailers that have been released for the film. In the end, Isaac is an insanely talented actor and Singer seems to have a solid handle on the X-Men franchise, so I don’t think there’s really anything to worry about. This movie looks like it’s going to turn out awesome! The movie hits theaters on May 27th.

You can also watch a new featurette that was released for the movie that focuses on the history of the villain Apocalypse. 

Following the critically acclaimed global smash hit X-Men: Days of Future Past, director Bryan Singer returns with X-MEN: APOCALYPSE. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshipped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel's X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible.

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