I am – Hercules!! A cab driver in Georgia reports he gave Hugh Jackman a ride back from the set of “X-Men: First Class,” a prequel that focuses on Charles Xavier, Erik “Magneto” Lehnsherr and the earliest days of the X-Men back in the 1960s. Since the ageless Wolverine, who is well over a century old and didn’t join the X-Men until the 1960s were over (in both Fox’s movie series and the funnybooks), the presumption is Jackman is supplying a cameo. If true, I endorse this nod to continuity. "X-Men hasn't started shooting in Georgia yet and if Hugh was in Georgia, it wasn't for this movie," Fox said in a Tuesday statement. “First Class” comes to us from the "Kick-Ass" team of writer-director Matthew Vaughn ("Layer Cake") and screenwriter Jane Goldman. Bryan Singer (“Valkyrie”), who directed the first two X-movies, is producing. If Jackman is in the movie, he could be the only familiar face from the franchise. The “First Class” cast:
Young Charles Xavier: James McAvoy (“Wanted”) Young Eric Lehnsherr: Michael Fassbender (“Inglourious Basterds”) Young Moira MacTaggert: Rose Byrne (“Damages”) Young Raven Darkholme: Jennifer Lawrence (“The Bill Engvall Show”) Younger Raven Darkholme: Morgan Lily ("2012") Young Hank McCoy: Nicholas Hoult (“Clash of the Titans”) Alex Summers: Lucas Till (“Hannah Montana: The Movie”) Emma Frost: January Jones (“Mad Men”) Sebastian Shaw: Kevin Bacon (“The Hollow Man”) Sean Cassidy: Caleb Landry Jones (“No Country For Old Men”) Angel Salvadore: Zoe Kravitz (“It’s Kind of a Funny Story”) Armando Munoz: Edi Gathegi (the “Twilight” movies) Azazel: Jason Flemyng (“Clash of the Titans”) The Man In Black: Oliver Platt (“2012”)
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