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Trivia: Spoilers: Director William Eubank has confirmed that the enormous monster seen at the end of the film is indeed meant to be Cthulu from the stories of H.P. Lovecraft.

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Trivia: The priest in the story "KKK Comeuppance" is played by director Rusty Cundieff's father. Additionally, the woman who briefly plays Miss Cobbs at the end of the same story is played by Cundieff's mother.

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Trivia: "It" director Andy Muschietti reportedly helped give the production tips and advice on how to put together a horror movie during pre-production.

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Trivia: The final film released under the "20th Century Fox" banner, which was redubbed "20th Century Studios" after Disney bought the studio from Fox.

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Trivia: The man who opens the safe at the beginning of the film was played by Weston Nathanson... however, his voice was provided by director Joss Whedon. As is often the case, Nathanson's lines had to be re-recorded in post-production, but Nathanson wasn't available. Joss stepped in and dubbed the lines himself.

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Trivia: Reportedly, both the PG-13 theatrical and unrated cut of the film were screened for test-audiences, but it was ultimately decided that the PG-13 version would be released in theaters. The unrated cut was eventually released on Blu-ray, featuring a bit more violence and more visible bloodshed.

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Trivia: Liev Schreiber was originally supposed to wear a fake muscle-suit to look physically imposing. He begged the filmmakers to give him time to train and try to gain more muscle mass, as he felt humiliated wearing the suit. His request was granted, and he ended up gaining nearly forty pounds of muscle after months of training, and no longer needed the muscle suit.

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Trivia: Guillermo del Toro originally wanted to direct the film and had talks with Hugh Jackman and the producers, but ultimately dropped out due to the massive time commitment the film required.

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Trivia: Nightcrawler was meant to have a cameo in the film to explain his absence, but the producers and director unfortunately decided it wasn't worth the cost of rehiring Alan Cumming and doing a day's worth of prosthetic work with him.

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Trivia: Hugh Jackman wouldn't drink any liquid for a day-and-a-half before any of his shirtless scenes in order to take off any water-weight and give his physique an exaggerated "ripped" look. He said that the process was unpleasant and made him light-headed, but he was pleased with the results on-screen.

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Trivia: This was meant to be the start of an on-going "X-Men Origins" series of films, but the idea was dropped after this film was met with a mixed reception from critics and fans.

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Trivia: The only X-Men film to feature fan-favorite character Gambit. He was meant to appear in the previous films, but his part was always written out during pre-production. He was also meant to have a spin-off movie after this film with Channing Tatum taking over the role, but it never got off the ground.

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Trivia: A DVD-quality version of a rough cut of the film was leaked online only about one month before the film was released in theaters. With the exception of unfinished sound and effects, and a different font in the opening credits, the workprint was nearly identical to the finished film.

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Trivia: Matthew Vaughn was originally slated to direct, but dropped out of the project because of the rushed schedule, feeling that he couldn't make a movie up to the standard of the first two with the time allotted. Several of his decisions did make it to the final film, though, including the casting of Kelsey Grammer. Vaughn later went on to direct the prequel "X-Men: First Class."

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Trivia: Ellen Page alleged that director Brett Ratner was inappropriate on set, including outing her as a lesbian at a cast event eight years before she actually came out publicly, and suggesting that another woman should have sex with her to make her "realise she's gay." Co-star Anna Paquin backed up her claims.

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Trivia: Bryan Singer's original vision in the film involved Jean coming back to life as the Dark Phoenix and being manipulated into joining the Hellfire Club, led by Emma Frost. The film would be about the struggle between the X-Men, the Hellfire Club and the Brotherhood, who all seek to control Jean for their own purposes. In the end, Jean would have killed herself to save the X-Men, and transcended a higher plane of existence, which one of the writers compared to the ending of "2001: A Space Odyssey."

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Trivia: Peter Dinklage was cast partially because of his dwarfism. Dinklage has also stated that it informs the character, as Trask is a bit of a "mutant" himself because of his height, and he hates how it makes him different... thus furthering his hatred of the mutants.

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Trivia: Originally, the store Buddy and Jovie work in was supposed to be a Macy's. However, Macy's quickly dropped out of the project when they got the script and saw that there was a scene where Buddy confronts a fake mall-Santa in the store for not being the real Santa. Reportedly, Macy's representatives indignantly told the studio that "Macy's Santa is the REAL Santa!"

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Trivia: The character Jovie originally didn't sing in the script. Her singing was added after director Jon Favreau found out that actress Zooey Deschanel was a talented singer/songwriter.

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Trivia: Hugh Jackman's line "What do they call you... 'wheels'?" was ad-libbed.

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