There was a lot — a lot — that break incorrect in the climax of theoriginal X - Men movie trilogy . For starter , it strain to go all - in with its own version of the iconic Phoenix saga from the comics , but did so while shunting by Famke Janssen ’s Jean Grey to supporting - role condition . Now that the next generation of X - films has start out around to the saga ( because of course they have ) , it wants to do a sound job .
That starts , according to cast and gang verbalise withEntertainment Weekly , by have sure that the film ’s primary roll of distaff characters — including Sophie Turner ’s Jean Grey , Jennifer Lawrence ’s Mystique , Alexandra Shipp ’s violent storm , andJessica Chastain ’s mysterious new exotic grapheme — in reality interact with each other in meaningful ways . Turner said :
It ’s really exciting . I conceive there ’s such a revolution in superhero picture show . I experience like this movie is a revelation because of it being like a drama but the hero is a female and she ’s also the villain . It really is about her relationship with the female person in the film , peculiarly Jessica Chastain ’s role . It ’s really interesting to have those two characters be kind of the two with child grapheme in the movie and both be distaff and so superimposed and so complex .
It also means invoking the famous Bechdel - Wallace Test , which measures if two distaff characters in a account speak to each other about something that is n’t related to a virile character . Considering what a low bar that is , it ’s depressing we still have to bring it up in 2017 . The honest news is , according to Jessica Chastain , Dark Phoenix passes with flying colors :
I ’ve always wanted to do a big comic Christian Bible franchise - y film but I had some outlet with the female character in the films I was being offered . I was really proud of with this playscript because I recall it ’s a departure from the norm . This definitely passes the Bechdel test and I do n’t lie with how many comic Quran films can say that .
gratefully , some can .
[ EW ]
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