Trivia: Chris Potter, who voiced Gambit in the animated series, was brought in to audition for the role of Cyclops. By his own admission, he didn't want to play the character, and wanted to hold out and play Gambit in a live action role, feeling that Gambit would finally appear in the next installment following the release of every film. Potter for his part admitted he was too old to play the character by the time he was finally adapted to live action in 2009.
Trivia: Hugh Jackman's line "What do they call you... 'wheels'?" was ad-libbed.
Trivia: Patrick Stewart has said preparing for the role of Xavier was the most fun he's ever had preparing for a role, because the studio was constantly sending him comic books to read.
Trivia: While they look great on-screen, reportedly the leather costumes the cast wore were a massive pain behind the scenes. They were so stiff at the start of the shoot, the cast could barely move in them. The first day of shooting, the cast was supposed to hop over a small ledge, and none of them could do it because the suits weren't flexible enough. Thankfully, the suits eventually began to loosen up the more the cast wore them.
Trivia: Hugh Jackman would start getting into character by taking ice-cold showers every morning the instant he woke up. They put him into an angry mood that he would then use for the character. He reportedly continued the tradition with every sequel.
Trivia: Alicia Silverstone, Drew Barrymore, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Christina Ricci were all considered for the part of Rogue.
Trivia: Russell Crowe, Dougray Scott, Keanu Reeves, Mel Gibson, Jean Claude Van Damme, Edward Norton, Gary Sinise, Aaron Eckhart and Viggo Mortensen were all considered for Wolverine.
Trivia: Mystique's initial appearance required Rebecca Romijn-Stamos to wear yellow contact lenses, dozens of rubber "scales" strategically placed on her body, blue paint and not much else.
Chosen answer: It comes down to the simple fact that Halle Berry can't do accents worth squat. Storm comes from Kenya, so Berry is attempting some form of Kenyan accent in this first movie, but even here it is uneven and inconsistent. The decision was apparently made in 2 and 3 not to use the accent at all.
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