Most of my stuff was with James McAvoy, who is very funny and took to hurting me quite a lot on this film. But being hit in the testes is not something that helps me focus!


so it was fun. Tere was lots of messing around and trying not to laugh too much. Most of my stuff was with James McAvoy, who is very funny and took to hurting me quite a lot on this film. He hit me in the testicles; he shot me in the face with a BB gun and one day I went in with bite marks... [laughs]


James has claimed that all of the abuse was to help you focus. Abuse doesn't help me! I don't know what kind of films he's been working on and which actors need that stuff, but being hit in the testes is not something that helps me focus [laughs].


Has the design of Beast changed at all from the last movie to this one? Yeah, it has changed a little bit. It's become slightly smaller makeup, and you can see more of my face underneath it.


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together before, it was like a school reunion.


Was it good to get the gang back together? You've got to work, but you can hang out as well? Everyone is brilliant in their roles, but because there are so many people in the cast, there's not a lot of pressure on one person specifically… the cast is more relaxed. Everyone understands their characters, since they've played them before. It's much more laid back and Bryan had everything under control with the script in a good place,


Do you tune out while you're in the makeup chair? Normally it's very early in the morning, so it's too early for my brain to really have kicked into action. Te guys who do the makeup are great and made it as comfortable as possible, but it's a bit of a challenge during the day – you have to focus and drink plenty of water because you sweat through places you didn't know it was possible to sweat, and occasionally it'll drip out of an eyehole or an earhole or a nostril, so it's not the best thing. But sometimes you forget you're wearing it and you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror doing something human and normal and then it's very entertaining. Whether I was eating lunch or roaming around in the trailer or making little dance videos, I made sure to have a lot of fun with it.


Are the dance videos going to be on the Blu-ray? Bryan might have one or two, but I'm not sure! I'm certainly not allowed to release them.


Let's face it – Bryan did enough shooting on set with his iPhone camera to please anyone... Bryan was such a fan, but it's so great to have someone who is so excited about what they're making. He wanted to invite people in, to show off the Sentinels and share the exciting


elements.


Is there a particular scene that you were most excited about shooting? I remember seeing the first X-Men movie when I was 11; I grew up with those guys, so the chance to be in one with the old cast and have some scenes with Hugh playing Wolverine was something I looked forward to. I remember the first day of shooting with him, walking along and looking across at him and thinking to myself, ‘Tat's Wolverine!’


Jennifer has talked about her first me - eting with Peter Dinklage, while wearing her full Mystique makeup. Was meeting Peter an experience for you? Meeting Peter is obviously an experience, but you know what? Te first time he walked out in character and in the best blow-dried hair I've ever seen and a quality moustache as well, that really made it for me. Te moustache was unbelievable. It's a character of itself! I'm supposed to be playing Beast and I can't grow facial hair at all!


10 years have passed since the time of First Class. What state do we find Hank in? He's damaged a little, much like Charles. Tere was the blossoming romance between him and Mystique that all got squandered in the last film; plus he's had to deal with his mutation and not feeling comfortable in his own skin. Charles has become a recluse and Hank is keeping it together enough to try and take care of him and keep things on track. He's also withdrawn into himself a little, not experiencing life.


Was there something you wanted to achieve with Hank this time? Tere's always that thing with Hank, the battle for him to become comfortable with his Beast side. In a couple of scenes, he does start to understand it and not be as scared of it as he was in the first film. Before, he was very worried about what he was capable of, whereas in this one, there are occasions where he uses it for good to help out. But that is the progression for Hank: accepting and owning the skin he's in.


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