XMF's Robert brings you the latest exclusive updates on X3! X2 starlets Shauna Kain (Siryn), Bryce Hodgson (Artie), Conner Widows (Jones) and Luke Pohl (X-Kid) have joined the cast all reprising their respective roles in the sequel. The young actors are currently shooting in Victoria, Canada at the Royal Roads University.
The size of their roles is unknown at this moment and even their agents are in the dark about the script and story. It's also currently unknown if Kea Wong will be returning as Jubilee. Stay tuned for possible word on that in the future, including word on who actress Beverley Mahood is playing in the third film!
Bruce Davison's reps have told XMF that we shouldn't expect to see Senator Kelly back. Davison is currently shooting the highly anticipated mini-series The Triangle (Catherine Bell, Sam Neill) he then heads straight into a movie called The Real Catch.
Another person we shouldn't be expecting in X-Men 3 is Katie Nauta (Transport 2), her publicist has informed XMF. The actress/singer-songwriter was one of the front runners to play a sexy mutant who secretes a special pheromone to seduce men, believed to be Stacy X. Who is going to portray her or whether or not the character is still in remains to be seen.
After a quick check at some of the X3 casting offices (LA, Vancouver, New York) we've learned that all the roles (principals, supporting, cameos) have been cast which brings us to the question on at lot of fans minds - Is Gambit in and, if so, who's going to play him? At this point nothing is set in stone. Some casting and talent agents say the role has already been cast others, more recently, say the role has been cut from the film. We'll just have to wait i see with this one.
Vinnie Jones has already been in Vancouver for a costume fitting but he won't return until September to start filming his role as Juggernaut.
The Delta Film Office have confirmed that X-Men are heading to their small city for an exterior shoot in late September - October. We have exclusive details on the scenes they going to film, where it's all taking place and when. Preparations are in motion for the arrival of X3 in Tsawwassen, a subvision of South Delta which is close to Vancouver. Owners of houses on the Golf Club Drive have already been notified and some will be vacating thier homes for the duration of the shoot (2-3 weeks). A crew of up to 200 is expected not including the fire department, ambulances and other services Delta are providing.We have some details on the scenes that are set to be shot:
(NOTE: Scene Subject to change) SPOILERS AHEAD!!
In the scene a young Jean Grey, played by Haley Ramm, powers will be on awesome display. Levitating cars, rattling mailboxes - the works! They are also going to film a spectacular fight scene at the same location but this time it takes place 20 years later.
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The scene was originally going to be filmed in Surrey but that has been moved to Delta. Surrey is still in contention for some shooting days as the X3 team are still scouting locations.
Gordon Smith will NOT be returning for X-Men 3. FXSmith's only involvement in the film was going to be Mystique, Wolverine and NightCrawler. NightCrawler was cut and Spectral Motion's bid to reproduce Mystique and Wolverine for less than half of what they decided to back out. They sent Spectral Motion the moulds for Mystique and Wolverine's claws. The claws have since come back and FXSMITH's Mechanical Designer, Jim Gawley is again looking after Wolverine's claws, on and off the set.
