
First up, in case you missed it the first time…cast photo! And a terrible one. This looks like a bunch of cosplayers reenacting the video to “Bohemian Rhapsody” or something. But at least January Jones is mostly naked, which is always a good thing.
Anyway, Kevin Bacon sat down and offered some thoughts on Sebastian Shaw, the villain he’s playing, and mostly what we learned is that he won’t have those muttonchops or the goofy Victorian suits, which is good because it was always hard to take Shaw seriously when he looked like a character out of an Oscar Wilde play. The Baconator also confirmed that this movie will happen around the Cuban Missile Crisis, but that JFK won’t be a character.
Sadly, he did not confirm that January Jones gets completely naked, but we can hope.
[ via the Queen cover band at SlashFilm ]




What’s Kevin Bacon Doing In X-Men: First Class?
I’m sure he’s just a huge fan.. and it has nothing to do with the shit-ton of money he lost in the Madoff ponzi scheme.
Seriously he’s in 5 movies coming out this year.I think his agent just answers the phone by saying ‘yes, he’ll do it.’
Eh, he’s been doing that for years. Actors tend to paycheck-pack because you never know when work will dry up. See also: Don Cheadle, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ron Perlman.
Grr. You know, Shaw is an eccentric guy, and his ability was to absorb kinetic energies dierected his way. So the modern dress and ability to ‘adapt’ to others’ abilities (speak fluent german when someone talks german to you? WTF?) is complete horseshit. I love Kevin Bacon as the player, but they really could have stuck with the original look and mutant ability.
also, Kevin has been prolific in his movie selection.
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Also, you’re retarded. The cast photo is fantastic.