Post by Admin on Apr 12, 2011 19:09:03 GMT -5
King's Speech lead actor Colin Firth was almost a part of the Hellfire club! When speaking with Total Film, X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) says Firth was one of the few he wanted to play X-Men villain Sebastian Shaw.
As you likely know, Kevin Bacon took the role of Shaw. The director explains why he thought the two were great options.
“There were only two people I wanted for Shaw. It was between Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon."
"The reason I thought Firth would be interesting was purely because you’ve never seen him play a villain and I think he would’ve done something really special with it. “So I said [to the studio] if you’re willing to go with a European actor, I want Firth – and if it has to be American, I want Bacon because I think both those guys are such great actors.”
James McAvoy (Wanted), playing as a younger version of Professor Xavier, says Bacon is one the movie's "greatest assets" and claims he has a "Bond Villian" aspect, but isn't "campy" about it.
What do you think, Ledgers? Do you think one of the biggest stars in film this year would have been a good choice for Shaw, or are you happy Kevin Bacon has the role?
