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BY AARON TAVENA
MPM’s Aaron Tavena tracked down
Marvel Studios president and CEO, Avi Arad, for
the extreme close-up on X-Men 3: the last
stand:
Moving Pictures Magazine:
In recent interviews, you’ve said that this
X-Men will be the most controversial
of the series. How do you think that will play
with fans of the comic and the movie?
Avi Arad: I think the fans will
go crazy for it. One of the main issues in this
movie is the “cure.” This movie is
quite philosophical: What is a Mutant? What does
it mean to be different? Movie one had the pretty
jarring welcoming in the concentration camp; it
was the easiest way to explain who we are, what
we are, and what it all means. [The Last Stand]
takes it further, takes it to, “Well, do
you want to be a mutant?” Let’s say
we can find something that eliminates that —
you take a pill and you are so-called “normal.”
What should Rogue do? As a member
of the audience, what do you want her to do? Do
you want her to be normal again, be able to have
a normal life, be touched, and have everything
she wants and deserves? Or, on the other side,
do you say, “That’s who you are and
it gives you something unique and special”?
The difference between someone like Professor
X and the X-Men is, for the first time,
going to create a debate within the team.
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