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Character name: Logan/Wolverine
Appears in:X-Men
Date(s): 2000
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| | Character back story: | | Inspiration for character: | | Age/Occupation: | | Personality type: | | Signature look: | | Resides: | | Character connections: | Fun facts/trivia:Hugh Jackman took cold showers to help him create the character Wolverine's trademark "berserk rage.
Bryan Singer had one of his stunt men, Scott Leva, dress in a Spider-Man suit and confront actors James Marsden (Cyclops), Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), and Halle Berry (Storm) on set one day as a joke. Leva had actually dressed up in an identical Spider-Man costume once before for Marvel Comics in 1985 for the cover of "The Amazing Spider-Man" comic book, issue #262. In the outtake, Spider-Man realizes that he's in the wrong movie, backs off and runs away, with Cyclops chasing after him shortly after. This can be seen as an "Easter Egg" on the first DVD edition of the movie, but not the "X-Men 1.5" DVD.
Bryan Singer wrote the diologue between Wolverine and Cyclops when Cyclops refers to 'yellow spandex' specifically to have a dig at fans on the Internet who complained about the X-Men's costumes. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | [about his claws]
Rogue: When they come out... does it hurt?
Wolverine: Every time.
Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: Ah, Logan. I'd like you to meet Ororo Monroe, also called Storm. This is Scott Summers, also called Cyclops. They saved your life. I believe you already know Dr. Jean Grey. You are in my School for the Gifted for Mutants. You'll be safe here from Magneto.
Wolverine: What's a Magneto?
Prof. Charles Francis Xavier: A very powerful mutant. He believes that a war is brewing between mutants and the rest of humanity. I've been following his activities for some time. The man who attacked you is an associate of his called Sabertooth.
Wolverine: Sabertooth?
[looks at Storm]
Wolverine: Storm.
[looks at Xavier]
Wolverine: What do they call you? "Wheels"? This is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Students.
after getting in the car with Logan/Wolverine]
Rogue: You don't have anything to eat, do you?
[Logan reaches across her into the glove compartment and hands her something to eat]
Rogue: I'm Rogue.
[looks across the seat to look at him and spots his dog tag]
Rogue: Were you in the army? Doesn't, doesn't that mean you were in the army?
[she stops talking and looks around. She spots the trailer in the back]
Rogue: Wow.
Logan: What?
Rogue: It's just that, suddenly my life doesn't look that bad.
Logan: Well, if you prefer the road...
Rogue: [quickly] No, it looks great. It looks cozy.
[They go quiet. Rogue begins to rub her cold hand together. Logan turns on the heater]
Logan: Put your hands on the heater.
[He reaches for her hand and she pulls back]
Logan: I'm not gonna hurt you kid.
Rogue: [shakes her head and puts back on her gloves] It's nothing personal. It's just that, when people touch my skin, something happens.
Logan: What?
Rogue: I don't know, they just get hurt.
Logan: Fair enough. So, what kind of name is Rogue?
Rogue: I don't know. What kind of name is Wolverine?
Logan: My name is Logan.
Rogue: Marie.
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Character name:Dean Keaton
Appears in:The Usual Suspects
Date(s):1995
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In the movie, Kevin Spacey's character explains that his nickname is "Verbal" because he talks too much. In the DVD commentary, Bryan Singer points out that the nickname is a clue, since Keyser Soze is said to have a German mother and a Turkish father. According to Singer, in a mix of German and Turkish, "Keyser Soze" can be roughly translated as "King Blabbermouth."
When Redfoot flicks his cigarette into the face of McManus, it was originally intended to hit his chest, so McManus' reaction is actually Stephen Baldwin's real unscripted reaction that Bryan Singer decided to keep in the movie. |
| | Character Quotes & Catchphrases | [Keaton is introducing quiet Verbal to the other suspects in the cell]
Keaton: His name is Verbal. Verbal Kint.
McManus: Verbal?
Keaton: Yeah.
Verbal: Roger, really. People say I talk too much.
Hockney: Yeah, I was just gonna tell you to shut up.
Keaton: This whole thing was a shakedown.
McManus: What makes you say that?
Keaton: How many times you been in a lineup? It's always you and four dummies. PD pays homeless guys ten bucks a head sometimes.
Keaton: [after finding Fenster's body] It's not payback! It's precaution. You want payback? You wanna run? I don't care! I'm not doing this for Fenster, I'm not doing it for you... I'm doing it for me. I'm gonna finish this thing. This Kobayashi bastard is not gonna stand on me!
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