#it’s strange to thing back and realise this incredibly charged scene was their introduction #no flash backs #no explanations #no descriptions #no ‘well as you know’ exposition #it’s just 2 very very subtle actors with decade of experience and a very spare very short scene #but you KNOW #you KNOW IMMEDIATELY #you know a) these two have oceans of history between them #b) they hold diametrically opposed viewpoints #c) they have probably tried to kill each other at some point #d) they retain enough loyalty to an earlier version of their friendship that they talk amiably about that fact #e) you know shits going to hit the fan as a result of their opposition but you know they cannot do otherwise #and f) they both regret it in a way #THISE SCENE GOES FOR ABOUT 25 SECONDS #you get a cast iron sense of their dynamic with no backstory AT ALL
[Gifset ID: Gifset from the first X-Men film. Charles says, “I’m looking for hope.”
Erik looks back at him. “I will bring you hope, old friend,” he says, “and I ask you only one thing in return. Don’t get in my way.” With a fond, sad smiles, Erik tips his hat. End ID]
This is by far my favorite thing in the blooper reel.
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[ID: a screenshot of an article from PinkNews. the article title reads “Ian McKellen calls asking for birth name “as irrelevant as asking for one’s birth weight” and “as inappropriate as demanding details on past trauma”.“ the article is written by Kevyn Penn and dated June 14, 2022. /end ID.]
The Fellowship at 98% strength
When I tell you I snorted!
legolas:
gimli:
aragorn:
gandalf:
Lord of the Rings - Legend of Zelda.
MY HEART
’I don’t know why I’m not in [Logan]’ - Sir Ian McKellen
Sir Ian McKellen marching in London today with a special sign (x)
The fact that Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian Mckellen are best friends in real life makes me so happy
HOW ARE THEY REAL
#squadgoals
Never stops making me smile. I want someone like this in my life. 💜
Okay so the best thing,the best thing about Sirs Patrick & Ian being best friends is that they met because of the X-Men movie.
I saw Sir Patrick speak a year or so ago and someone asked him about their friendship. He told this story about how I think they’d once or twice worked on the same production but had had very little interaction, and that when he’d been a kid, he’d utterly looked up to Sir Ian, who had had an established theater career at a very young age.
People assume that they’ve been friends since they were young, which makes sense given the sort of work they’ve done and their career trajectories, but no. Sir Patrick basically had a giant hero-crush-from-a-distance on Sir Ian for most of his life AND THEN on the set of X-Men, their trailers were put next to each other and they were significantly older than anyone else on the set, so they started spending their downtime together.
And became inseparable. And this is amazing.
So everyone who wants a friend like this, you have time. <3
There is no lie here.
“ezra miller is going to be the first lgbt+ person to play a superhero!!”
i mean yes he’s going to be the first to get a solo movie but
oh, and:
all im getting from this post are that the x-men are really gay