Directors like to keep their movies running for only a certain amount of time so as not to bore audiences, but "X-Men: Apocalypse" director Bryan Singer has gone out of the norm and made the next installment to the "X-Men" franchise just a wee bit longer because there's so many things that need to be told in its story.
"I think it's gonna be a longer X-Men movie. The X-Men movies, I usually keep under two hours, but this one I may actually let be a longer movie because it's sort of a wrap-up of six movies," he told Collider. "There's even an homage at the end. There's a scene - it's gonna get spoiled because that decided to use it in the trailer which comes out, like six months, but it's a really cool trailer - but the (homage) is kind of a wrap up of six movies. So, it might run a little bit long, but it's not boring."
Singer himself got so emotional while making the movie that he hopes that their work will move fans in the same way. He did not reveal what happened to get him so teary eyed, but the director said that it was all because of Michael Fassbender, who portrays a younger version of Magneto.
"Michael Fassbender did something so wonderful in this movie... We're at the end of the scene, and he asked me not to call cut and when the scene was over, he continued and did something that made me cry in the tent; I've never done that before. The head of my company grabbed a Kleenex. Simon Kinberg, the writer who has no emotions at all, actually became emotional. It was so beautiful, I've never seen an actor do this for me and (Fassbender) just took the scene to a whole 'nother level," Singer gushed. "It's a heartbreaking scene, not a typical comic book movie scene at all, so let's hope it makes the cut."
After Fassbender did the scene, Singer came up to the actor, hugged him, and even asked him to do the scene again. And Fassbender "rocked it again... with full emotion," said Singer.
The director cannot help but rave about his stars, who are able to deliver "emotionally devastating" scenes from one moment to dancing happily to "Blurred Lines" next.
As far as Singer is concerned, Fassbender, James McAvoy (Charles Xavier) and Oscar Isaac (Apocalypse)are "among the three greatest living actors in cinema, in their age category by far."
"They will not be lauded, or rewarded, because they're in an X-Men movie and comic book movies just don't get that kind of (expletive). But they deliver some extraordinary performances particularly in 'X-Men: Apocalypse.' The movie is very emotional. I love the pathos of the characters and their relationships," he said.
