ROTTEN TOMATOES: Mystique in "X-Men 4"?

Mystique in "X-Men 4"?

by Jeff Giles | January 18, 2007

You know superheroes, even when they're dead, they will find a way to come back. In the case of Mystique in the "X-Men" series, there may be a possibility of her return in the "X-Men 4" even if she's been "cured" of her mutant-ness in "X-Men: The Last Stand."

IGN Movies caught up with "X-Men" star Rebecca Romijn on the set of her latest project, the ABC series "Ugly Betty," and asked her about the possibility of reprising her role as mutant villain Mystique in any further installments of the film series.

What she will do if she doesn't return in "X-Men 4".

"I was signed on for three [movies], so my stint is more or less done at this point," she was quoted saying. When asked if she was open to appear in another installment, she replied, "Yeah, sure. We'll see if they decide to do any more."

As for her no longer having her powers? "Well, you know, they can always turn these things back around! It's not like I was dead or anything."

Click here to read the interview.

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arpeggio191 writes:
on Jan 18 2007 06:39 PM

sure but the whole point with magneto and the chess piece at the end of X3 was that the "cure" wasn't permenant. Whatever though...

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Lizard Brain writes:
on Jan 18 2007 07:00 PM

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Did you wait until after the credits rolled and see Xavier talk from the guy in the hospital's body?

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Kosmo_Kramer writes:
on Jan 18 2007 07:28 PM

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No freaking way?! Now I gotta rent it just for that (I loathed X3 when compared with 1,2)

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Mattmovies writes:
on Jan 18 2007 07:39 PM

[b]Let's just stop[/b]
Brett Ratner was the Joel Schumacher of the X-Men Series. We need Bryan Singer to come back and make a movie that pretends X-Men 3 never happened.
Complete with archived Marlon Brando footage...er...something like that.

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Thre31189 writes:
on Jan 18 2007 07:52 PM

on my 3rd time watching the other day i did by accident catch the Xavier thing in the hospital

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kungfu_sage writes:
on Jan 18 2007 08:46 PM

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I think the 2nd and 3rd Matrix movies need to be remade as if they never happened more than the x-men movie. I've been waiting for them to call foul for a long time.

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dylan21484nj writes:
on Jan 18 2007 10:34 PM

wow, i can't believe that some 8 or 9 months after the movie came out and the countless spoilers all over the internet that not everyone is already aware of the Professor X scene at the end of the credits.

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alsanali writes:
on Jan 19 2007 12:03 AM

X3 gets way more shit than it deserves. It was a hell of a lot better than than Superman Returns.

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gerke writes:
on Jan 19 2007 03:53 AM

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i thought that matrix ended quite well. the story made more sense then people say. some scene should have been eliminated from the movie off course (the zion dance, those cheesy love scenes and one or two matrix scene in reloaded)

but both movies had incredible action scene, the highway chase is one of the best ever. the story demanded attention and thought something most movies nowadays don't provide (tomb raider, MI, national treasure etc etc). and once you figured it out it is the most logical way to end the story started with the matrix.

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marcuszin writes:
on Jan 19 2007 06:22 AM

If you listen to the commentary on the X3 dvd they say that the guy in the hospital bed is patrick stewart. Story-wise Xavier had a twin at birth who xavier, with uncontrolled telepathic power, made vegetative in the womb. In the comics i think the twin was a woman but for the movie they wanted this as xaviers backup plan. That's also why Xavier didn't want any of the other x-men coming in with him to face jean - he had a second body to jump to should he lose to pheonix. Actually Ratner filmed the scene without telling Fox and only showed it to them after production was wrapped up. Pretty cool strategy from a guy who almost ruined the francise :)

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lonechicken writes:
on Jan 19 2007 06:22 AM

I had no problems with X3 as far as the storyline (except for the killing of a major character), but that may just be because that actor can't act worth anything. The directing/pacing was what made it not as good as X2. Ratner should stick with less ambitious movies.

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Ocyron writes:
on Jan 19 2007 07:31 AM

I thought X3 was pretty bad, personally, and would definitely like to see a new director if they do go ahead with a fourth. I'd also like to see the main mutant villain be someone other than Magneto for once.

As for the Matrix sequels...I liked them quite a lot, personally. They had some superfluous scenes, I'll admit, but I didn't really understand the backlash against them.

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Defmonkey writes:
on Jan 19 2007 07:52 AM

[b]Enough Already![/b]
X3 wasn't that bad. It wasn't awesome or great. But it still ranks as a good superhero movie.

I'm not understanding why people are thinking that Ratner is some deep writer. It was a bit action movie!! It had alot of action and not alot of storytelling! yeesh!

And I already knew about the Xavier thing. I seen it and my friend told me about when it came into theatres.

If there is a 4th, Mystique is coming back because that tiny little movement of that chess piece left it open for a sequel. The bit at the end of the credits showed is the san andreas fault opening for a sequel.

And In my belief, I'm not so sure if Scott is dead. Sure, Jean said that she was a murderer when she was talking to wolverine in the infirmory. But she loses somewhat consciousness when the Phoneix takes over.

We saw Cyclops skin being unraveled, but who's to say that Jean didn't take over her body and put Scott somewhere safe or something?

But if there's still no coming back for Scott. His brother can always be in the next movie, Havoc.

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dOiNk writes:
on Jan 19 2007 08:27 AM

[b]whatever[/b]
x3 was great, screw the haters. Everyone acts as if Bryan Singer's departure made that big of a difference. The movie still had the same awesome cast with tons of great scenes and battles.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jan 19 2007 08:43 AM

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I think what Singer brought more than anything was the sense not to try to do too much. That was the biggest problem I thought with X3. They just threw a ton of characters at you and didn't bother to flesh half of them out and half the characters who we already had a connection with from the first 2 were summarily killed off. Singer had the sense not to cave into fan pressure and try to bring every possible X-man into one two hour film.

P.S. Superman Returns was a much better film than X3

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SpikesInMySkull writes:
on Jan 19 2007 10:22 AM

Part of what was so incredibly stupid about X3 is that they decided to focus so hard on "Last Standing" it but where afraid to really do anything permanent:

Cyclops dies off-screen, easy take-back should they decide to

Prof. X dies, and get's a take back at the end of the credits

Mageneto loses his powers, but starts getting them back, which is not only a take-back from him, but a cascading take back for the other mutants that lost their powers in this fashion.

Jean Grey dies... again... 'nuff said

So what we get is a film entirely based around huge consequences that are of no consequence.

Also it had the kid from Ultra Violet playing the exact same part... talk about unfortunate type-casting

P.S. Superman Returns was a much better film than X3

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lrm8 writes:
on Jan 19 2007 10:35 AM

i think both movies (X3 and Superman) would have been better served if singer had stayed on X3 and they had gotten someone else for superman. x3 had some nice scenes but was ultimately too short, superman had one really nice scene (the plane) but was ultimately too long, somewhat boring, and a very close ripoff of the originals. (i know he meant them as continuation and a homage to the first two and all that, but it felt like i was watching the exact same movie as the originals.)

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Nathiest writes:
on Jan 19 2007 02:33 PM

[b]retardos[/b]
HELLO The "Cure" was temporary has proven in the last scene when magneto was shown using his powers once again by moving a small metal chess piece.

I don't want another X-Men movie from this series. Why? Because movie�s 1-3 where just plan bad. I want a new X-Men movie an "X-Men Begins" type of movie with a 200-million dollar budget and a hot sexy Rogue.

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puablo writes:
on Jan 19 2007 03:07 PM

I thought it was obvious that the cure was temporary!

(Superman < X3, X3 still flawed)

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Defmonkey writes:
on Jan 19 2007 05:27 PM

[b]Jean Grey does die[/b]
But she can still come back....
....as a clone. Her name is madalynne something. I would have to wikipedia it to find out. But basically in the comics, after phoenix is killed. They clone Jean, name her madalynne something. She marries Scott and they have a child. Maybe they can introduce that into the film or even the 5th. It would be a big "political discusion" over stem cell research and the like if they do... But thats my thoughts on that.

And have a hotter Rogue, I truly agree. Out of all the characters of each of the 3 movies... Rogue's pissed me off the most. 1. She wasn't hot, not a damn bit, Rogue has always been this sex cat vixen that you just want to get your hands on. 2. She was basically useless in all the films, Rogue is supposed to have Super Human strength almost compared to Colossus ' and she could fly. Not to mention the ability drain. Rogue was a big factor in the first, but was unapparent in the 2nd and 3rd except for that crappity cure stuff. They def. need to recast Rogue, because that is the character of most that pisses me off.

Did Colossus have a Russian accent in the movie? I can't really remember anything on that.

But the coolest thing I liked about X3 is that Ice Man finally went to his pure Ice body while fighting Pyro. It was sweet to see that, he should be a big addition to X4 if they make it. And finally....

PUT GAMBIT IN THE GODDANM MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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