Today’s X-Men 3 special centers on Cyclops, played by James Marsden. The american actor has appeared on Ally McBeal and in films such as Zoolander, The 24th Day, The Notebook and The Alibi. Marsden won recognition through his role on X-Men and X-Men 2 and will next be seen in Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns (as Lois Lane’s love interest Richard White) and Disney animated/live action hybrid Enchanted.

James Marsden (Scott Summers/Cyclops)

…on the relationship with Jean
Scott’s in mourning because Jean’s gone. After the second film, you know but there’s this undeniable sense of homecoming if you will with Jean’s character. Scott’s mind is elsewhere, he’s not even thinking about the cure, he’s not thinking about anything other than Jean and he’s feeling like this isn’t over yet.

…on the cure
The idea of the cure is the humans way of a not so radical solution to the mutant problem, much less radical than the Mutant Registration Act from the first film which is basically like tagging animals, tracking them and placing restrictions on them. This is their way of saying we won’t have an all out holocaust, we’ll give you an opportunity to be us, we’ll cure you of your mutancy. I think the reaction of most mutants is that [the offer] is a slap in the face because most of them view their mutancy as a good thing.

…the relationship with Wolverine
Scott’s still in a place where it’s difficult to take steps forward in a relationship with regards to Wolverine but I think that the time between when they met on the first film and now, they may not hang out with each other outside of the mansion but I do think that there’s an underlying respect for each other. I think that Scott and Logan both look at each other like just two different animals.

Stay tuned for our final two installments with Patrick Stewart (Professor X) and director Brett Ratner talking X-Men 3 in the next two days!

Official film synopsis: In X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, the final chapter in the “X-Men” motion picture trilogy, a “cure” for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance, and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test - triggering the war to end all wars.

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