On The Drew Barrymore Show, Janet Jackson shared a curiosity that could have left us with very different X-Men movies than the ones we knew. “It was… this is horrible,” explained the ‘Escapade’ singer. “I can’t remember the movie, but Halle Berry played Storm.” When Barrymore pointed out that the movie was X-Men, Jackson explained, “I couldn’t because the Janet tour had just started.” So that could have happened, which also complements very well with the already known detail that Michael Jackson himself actively applied to play the role of Professor Charles Xavier, a role that would finally be played by Patrick Stewart (with all the sense in the world , besides).
The scriptwriter himself, David Hayter (yes, Solid Snake himself in his English version, until Kojima wanted to) was the one who revealed a few years ago what had to be a fascinating casting process due to the names that appeared. For the role of Storm The name of “Fantasy” singer Mariah Carey was consideredas was Boyz n the Hood actress Angela Bassett, who was the filmmaker’s first choice to play the mutant goddess.
Hayter recounted the process: “I was writing it for comic book characters. I joined while they were casting, so I was lucky enough to be there for some of the people who came in like Terence Stamp for Xavier and Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey for Storm. Michael Jackson came because he wanted to play Professor” Hayter told The Hollywood Reporter. “It was incredible. Shaq came. Viggo Mortensen came. I really liked Viggo for Wolverine, but it fell through for some reason. Angela Bassett was our first choice for Storm, but her agents wanted more money than we had at the time. Same with Rachael Leigh Cook for Rogue.”
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