'X-Men: Apocalypse' trivia and fun facts

According to Simon Kinberg, this film completes the First Class trilogy which include "X-Men: First Class" and "X-Men: Days of Future Past'.

The film was to be called "Age of Apocalypse", after the comic of the same name. But this was changed to simply "Apocalypse" for a more ominous title, as well as to avoid comparison with 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' and 'Transformers: Age of Extinction'.

With this film the actor Hugh Jackman has starred as Wolverine in a total of eight movies, raising his own record for the most times a comic book character has been played by the same actor in theatrical films. It is also the only actor to appear in all 'X-Men' movies.

Elle Fanning, Chloë Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, Saoirse Ronan, Daisy Ridley, Lily Collins and Margot Robbie were considered for the role of Jean Grey, before Sophie Turner was cast.

Hugh Jackman announced that ''X-Men: Apocalypse'' and the last film of Wolverine will be his last portrayal as Wolverine. He will be retiring from the role after playing the character since 2000.

This will be the first time that the Summers brothers, Scott Summers (Cyclops) and Alex Summers (Havoc), appear together in a live-action movie. In the comics, there was another brother, Gabriel Summers (Vulcan), but he has not appeared in any shows/movies so far and the filmmakers decided two brothers in a film was enough.

Although not in the movie, Charles Xavier actor Patrick Stewart jokingly informed Bryan Singer that he would be willing to play Jennifer Lawrence's Mystique. He said: "I am so ready to be naked, painted blue, and the world is ready for it too".

Tom Hardy and Idris Elba were considered for the role of Apocalypse.

The scene in which Quicksilver run thought the X-Mansion, lasts only three minutes that took three and a half months to shoot. So, Evan Peters, the actor who plays this mutant, spent more time on the set than any other actor in the film.

For the role of Charles Xavier, James McAvoy shaved his head. It was something he had wanted to do in the previous X-Men films.

According to Simon Kinberg, Apocalypse is the darkest villain in the series: "He doesn't distinguish between mutants and humans like the other villains do, only between the weak and the strong".

Apocalypse is to make his live-action debut in 2016, the 30th anniversary of his debut in the X-Men comics (May 1986).

Simon Kinberg, screenwriter of the film, says that thanks to the time travel perform in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', the story has been altered, and, in consequence, some mutants have changed. This has allowed Kinberg to create new versions of well known characters as Jean Grey and Storm.

Bryan Singer chose Apocalypse as the antagonist to examine the origins of mutants on Earth.

It is rumored that the mutant Dazzler will make an appearance in the movie, according to writer Simon Kinberg.

Bryan Singer chose Apocalypse as the antagonist to examine the origins of mutants on Earth.