If you were looking forward to seeing True Blood star Anna Paquin reprise her role as Rogue in the upcoming X-Men: First Class sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past, there’s a bit of bad news.
As it turns out, Paquin only shot one scene for the movie—a rescue sequence featuring Rogue, Iceman (Shawn Ashmore), and best buddies Magneto (Ian McKellen) and Professor X (Patrick Stewart). In the end, director Bryan Singer simply had too much good content (never a bad thing), and had to sacrifice the scene.
Singer explained:
Paquin was on hand at this past summer’s San Diego Comic-Con as the massive collection of actors from Singer’s previous X-Men flicks and the prequel movie First Class gathered to promote the latest entry in the series.
But Singer was sure to praise Paquin’s work and assure people she understood the decision:
She completely understood. It’s very disappointing, but she’s very professional and she knows that stuff happens, particularly with material you shoot early on in production. Films evolve.”
X-Men: Days of Future Past will be released on May 23, 2014.
[Source: EW]
http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2013/12/21/anna-paquins-rogue-cut-x-men-days-future-past
