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Lauren Shuler Donner Reveals That 'The Hellfire Club' Very Nearly Got Their Own Movie! |
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Thursday, 08 September 2011 12:42 |
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Talking to Total Film about the use of the villainous Hellfire Club in X-Men: First Class, producer Lauren Shuler Donner has revealed just how close they came to getting their own movie. "Bryan wanted to bring another element into it. I had always wanted to do the Hellfire Club because they're really fascinating. I almost wanted to spin them off into another movie. So I mentioned the Hellfire Club to him and he grabbed and said, 'That is a great idea.'"
So, that's how they ended up being included in the critically acclaimed movie from Matthew Vaughn, but whatever happened to that spin off?! "It didn't get to script," she continued. "It got to formulating who we would use and which story we would use because there's the whole Jean Grey part of the Hellfire story."
"I like the whole Jean Grey involvement. I thought that was really interesting." Wow, Jean Grey, Read more: |
