X-Men the movie facts

  In X-Men the movie, after Senator Kelly escapes from Magneto's lair, when he emerges from the water, look at the hot dog vendor, its   Stan Lee (The original X-Men creator).

  In X-Men the movie, the trucker that gives Rogue a ride, also plays the voice of Beast in X-Men Evolution.

  It took nearly $75 million dollars to make X-Men the movie.

  It took 8 to 15 hours to apply the body paint and prosthetics that Rebecca Romijn-Stamos wore as Mystique in X-Men the movie.

  The makers of the X-Men movies, used Casa Loma, for interior shots of the X-Mansion. Casa Loma is located in Toronto, Canada. And   is a landmark and tourist attraction for Toronto.

  Director Bryan Singer initially wanted Russell Crowe to play Wolverine.

  Hugh Jackman, took cold showers to get that trademark Wolverine rage.

  The visor worn by James Marsden in his role as Cyclops apparently impaired his vision so severely that he sometimes had to be led   around the movie set. -Source EntertainmentNuts.com

  Along with Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, and Wolverine, a blue-furred character called The Beast was going to be included in the X-Men's   roster. However, because the make-up for the character would be extensive, the character was cut and his scientist persona was grafted   onto Jean Grey, who became "Doctor" Jean Grey.

  Many of the X-Men from the comics who don't have major roles in the film still appear as minor characters in the school. Among them in   X-Men the Movie: Jubilee, the Asian-American girl wearing a yellow jacket, hoop earrings with sunglasses above her forehead (seen in   Professor X's class room when Wolverine first enters, and again sitting next to Rogue in Storm's class), Shadowcat, also known as Kitty   Pryde (she walks through the door in Professor X's physics class), Iceman, aka Bobby (the one who makes the ice rose for Rogue).

  In X-Men the movie, when Wolverine complains about their outfits, Cyclops asks him if he'd prefer yellow spandex. This joke refers to   the fact that there is at least a little of yellow in each of Wolverine's uniforms in the X-Men comics.

  Most of the eye effects were done by using special contact lenses that the actors found very uncomfortable to wear. Rebecca Romijn-  stamos (Mystique) could only wear her lenses for an hour at a time and had only 10% vision. Halle Berry (Storm) was supposed to wear   opaque white lenses for the scenes where she uses her weather-control powers. However, she found the lenses unbearable, so her eye   effects had to be done entirely through CGI. -Source SciFlicks.com

  In X-Men the movie, Toad does a little dance.

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