X-Men screenwriter David Hayter has revealed a raft of surprising stars who auditioned for roles in the first 2000 film. As Hugh Jackman takes his final bow as Wolverine in new Marvel movie Logan, the writer has opened up about tryouts from musical megastars such as Mariah Carey, and Janet and Michael Jackson.
It seems Mariah tried out for the role of Storm, which was eventually won by Halle Berry; whilst the late King of Pop could have challenged Sir Patrick Stewart. "I was writing X-Men for the comic book characters," Hayter told The Hollywood Reporter. "I was brought on as they were casting, so I was lucky enough to be there for some of the people who came in like Terence Stamp for Xavier and Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey for Storm."
"Michael Jackson came in because he wanted to play Professor X. It was amazing." He added: "Shaq came in for Bishop. Viggo Mortensen came in. I really liked Viggo for Wolverine, but it didn't come together for whatever reason. Angela Bassett was our first choice for Storm, but her agents wanted more money than we had at the time. Same with Rachael Leigh Cook for Rogue." Rogue was, of course, eventually landed by Anna Paquin.
Hayter also reaffirmed claims that Dougray Scott was meant to play Wolverine until it transpired that he had been in an accident. He recalled: "He was pretty messed up. It was a real shame he couldn't do it. And Hugh had been somebody who had been in the mix earlier and it was executive producer Lauren Shuler Donner who said 'Why don't we bring him?'"
(Express)
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