In the first minutes of the broadcast, the author showed a preliminary view of the opening scene of the film, when Logan is fighting with bandits near the limo.
Concept Art for the First Scenes
In preparation for the filming, the director along with Hugh Jackman were looking for the right image for X-24 (young double superhero), which Logan eventually has to fight with. One version even had a beard.
But in the end, Mangold most liked the option, which got into the final picture. True, because of this, Jackman had to act in a wig, since his younger version had practically no hair.
Mangold generally actively filmed portrait photographs of actors and various subjects on the set. By the way, the glasses that wears in the film Laura, the actress herself chose Daphne Keane.
Mangold initially suggested that Charles Xavier Logan and they would live in a Kentucky plant, and Professor X himself would be kept in a special empty water tank. But later, the characters were moved south of the border so that traveling north made more sense.
There, the idea of shelter came in the form of a water tower.
Early location concept art
According to the director, the designers of the tape assembled the tower and the environment from scratch.
And this is how the storyboard of the shelter attack scene looked like
And some more concept art
Mangold also talked about the symbolism of the film and plot development.
The director planned to humanize familiar heroes – from his point of view, characters who in superhero films rise above ordinary people turned into cliches. So this was a film not only “about the gods, but also about their inherent humanity.”
In the final, Mangold wanted the current version of Logan to be weaker than the X-24. The reason was the character’s emotions that arose, and the strongest version of the hero is the one in which he does not feel anything and does not feel regret.
It is Laura who shoots the villain, since the director wanted the last word to remain with her, because after the death of Logan himself, it will already be her world.
Moreover, in this battle, Logan actually tried to kill his past and all the pain that he caused – for this he needed to become the best version of himself that embodied in the image of his daughter.
Mangold did not think that he would be allowed to realize the idea of the aged Professor X, who, due to his illness, himself caused the death of many X-Men.
The scenes when the professor’s abilities “fly off the bat” were shot without special effects due to budget restrictions. The filmmakers shook the camera with all their might and then reduced this effect in a special program.
Early version of the casino scene
By the way, the scene of the dialogue between Charles and Logan regarding the “apprentice and student” on the farm was an improvisation of actors.
The idea of the X-Men comics inside the film partly reflects the director’s attitude to the superhero movie, which balances between love and hate.
On the one hand, he likes the mystical aspects of these stories, but the director is annoyed by the concept of the gods who will come and save mere mortals. Because of this, it seems that ordinary people are not responsible for their fate.
In the film, he tried to put the viewer in the place of these god-like heroes, who turn out to be quite fragile and have living features.
Including therefore there was no version of the story in which Logan would put on a suit again – taking into account his past, such a decision would be simply disgusting for him.
For Mangold, the film is largely political, because it reflects the idea of an era when people hide behind consumption and fantasies, while the world around them burns in flames.
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