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Oscar Isaac: I Dont Disown X-Men: Apocalypse, but I Wish It Wouldve Been a Finer Film
Oscar Isaac has said in previous interviews that making X-Men: Apocalypse was an excruciating experience, but dont assume the actor to completely disown Bryan Singers superhero misfire. Isaac donned azure makeup and prosthetics to play the eponymous villain in the film, which is widely regarded as the worst X-Men feature to date.
No, I don’t disown it, Isaac recently told The New York Times about the motion picture. I know exactly what I went in there wanting to do and the reasons why. There were these amazing actors involved that I really wanted to work with, [James] McAvoy and [Michael] Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. I collected X-Men growing up, and I loved Apocalypse, I just create him such a freaky, weird character. And then you get there and you’re like, Oh my God, I’ve got all these prosthetics on. I’ve got a suit on. I can’t move. I can’t see anybody. All these actors I wanted to work with — I can’t even watch who they are.'
I still think back to that time with fondness, Isaac
Oscar Isaac Explains Why Filming X-Men: Apocalypse Was Excruciating
For fans who didnt love X-Men: Apocalypsein theaters, well, Oscar Isaacs time playing the titular character was apparently just as loathsome.
Isaac revealed the costume and makeup effects needed to participate the villain on-screen led to an excruciating life, which feels similar to Jennifer Lawrences past complaints about getting into costume to play Mystique over four X-Men movies.
“Apocalypse, that was excruciating, he said to GQ. I didnt know when I said yes that that was what was going to be happening. That I was going to be encased in glue, latex and a pound suit that I had to wear a cooling mechanism at all times.
Isaac revealed he had restrictions in moving his head, which left him isolated from fellow cast members such as Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy; all of whom he wanted to interact with more to help create better chemistry.
I was like, ‘oh, I get to work with these great actors that I like so much,’ but I couldn’t even see them because I couldn’t move my head, said Isaac. And I had to sit on a specially designed saddle, because
Oscar Isaac Describes Excruciating Time on X-Men Apocalypse, Is All of Us
Actors, they’re just prefer you and I. We all have expectations when we get into something. We all just signal on to multimillion-dollar superhero blockbusters hoping to acquire a fun time with interesting co-workers. And sometimes, what we wind up with instead is organism trapped in a watch akin to Ivan Ooze from Power Rangers: The Movie. Relatable, right?
Speaking to GQ as part of a retrospective of all his roles, the ever-relatable Oscar Isaac recounted his time working on the most recent X-Men motion picture releaseand didn’t exactly mince words when it came to how he really felt about being transformed into the film’s titular villain:
Apocalypse, that was excruciating. I didn’t know when I said yes that that was what was going to be happening. That I was going to be encased in glue, latex and a pound suit—that I had to wear a cooling mechanism at all times. I couldn’t move my head, ever.
You’d think at some point someone might have actually shown Isaac a picture of what Apocalypse looked like, but hey! First time for everything, including working with full body makeup and prosthetics. But Isaac had be
Oscar Isaac Recalls "Excruciating" Second Making X-Men: Apocalypse
Making X-Men: Apocalypse was no picnic for Oscar Isaac.
As the year-old performer recalls in a recent video for GQ, suiting up as the movie's titular villain was a labor-intensive process that made his job considerably more difficult. "Apocalypse, that was excruciating. I didn't grasp when I said 'yes' that that was what was going to be happening—that I was going to be encased in glue, latex and a pound suit," Isaac lamented to the magazine. "I had to wear a cooling mechanism at all times and I couldn't move my head. Ever."
Isaac signed on to celebrity in director Bryan Singer's blockbuster for the opportunity to share the screen with Rose Byrne, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, JamesMcAvoy, Olivia Munn, Sophie Turner and other stars. Unfortunately, he didn't get to interact with them when Singer called cut. "I was fancy , 'Oh, I get to work with these wonderful actors that I fancy so much.' But I couldn't even see them because I couldn't relocate my head. I had to sit on
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