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'X-Men' Stars Pick Class Clown & Best Smile

'X-Men' Stars Pick Class Clown & Best Smile

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The YH Studio welcomes the next generation of world-saving mutants, the stars of 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Evan Peters (Quicksilver), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), and Lana Condor (Jubilee)! The three newcomers talk about the unorthodox way they found out they'd gotten their roles, and Tye and Alexandra discuss what it was like to step into superhero shoes previously worn by James Marsden and Halle Berry! Plus the cast reveal their picks for actor superlatives, including who was the class clown and who had the best smile on set!

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Young Hollywood

So I thought I would throw out a couple superlatives and I wanted you guys to give your commentary.

Young Hollywood

Most likely to succeed.

Evan Peters

Most likely to succeed. Oh my God, none of us. Of course.

Young Hollywood

You're gonna join them, aren't you?

Evan Peters

You wanted me to get out of the house more, right?

Alexandra Shipp

It's all of us against a god.

Young Hollywood

We have got a full couch in the Young Hollywood studio today. How much muted power, I cannot even handle it. From X-Men Apocalypse. We got Ty Sheridan, Lana Condor, Alexandra Shipp, and Evan Peters. Uh, welcome. Are you guys comfortable? Like how are you feeling? Yeah? Just sit back, relax. We just chat about oh, you know, this little movie X-Men Apocalypse.

Evan Peters

Yeah. This is nice.

Alexandra Shipp

If I'm going to teach your kids something, I'm going to teach them how to fight. Follow me.

Lana Condor

To her.

Alexandra Shipp

I'm not afraid of him. Amido, he's my father. What? Him and my mom, they did. I know.

Young Hollywood

Take me back to to when your agent, you know, called you up and said, you know what? You landed X-Men.

Evan Peters

When you got the call, like I was super super stoked. I mean, Brian was like, you want to be in the movie. So small little thing, he's in his mom's basement, he's kind of crazy. If you give him caffeine, forget about it. I was like, yeah, that sounds awesome. And then, you know, I was jumping up and down on the couch and super excited because I love the X-Men movies.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. And what what about for you, Alexandra?

Alexandra Shipp

Um, well, we all got announced on Twitter that we had received X-Men. So it wasn't necessarily like a call, more of a tweet.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Yeah. Were you just like instant retweet right away?

Alexandra Shipp

Like right away. Right. Right away. And then it was like, what does this mean?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. I'm like, is this is this real? Like, did your Did your agent call you before and say, hey, you should You know Look at your Twitter?

Alexandra Shipp

Uh, no, mine mine called me and they they said, um, did you did you know that

Evan Peters

Know what? What are you talking about? spit it out, guys. I don't understand what it's called. But I was about they were trying to get me. Oh.

Young Hollywood

So when it came to actually stepping into these roles, especially for for Ty and Alexandra, did you guys go back and and watch the previous X-Men movies? Kind of see, you know, how Halle Berry did Storm and and how James Marsden did Cyclops.

Ty Sheridan

I hadn't seen an X-Men film until Day of Future Past. And this was like, a few weeks before I found out that I was gonna be auditioning. I thought, I got an audition. And then I thought, like, I was I was so blown away by the film because I'd never seen an X-Men film before. I was so thrilled to become a part of the franchise and honored. And uh, grateful to play the younger version of James Marsden.

Young Hollywood

And what about you? For for you, Alexandra? I mean, taking on Storm.

Alexandra Shipp

Yeah. Well, it was really nerve-wracking. I was like a big fan of like the X-Men franchise so I grew up like reading the comic books and watching the cartoons.

Young Hollywood

Yeah. A true fan.

Alexandra Shipp

Like a true fan. Like someone's like, what's your favorite song? And I'm just like,

Young Hollywood

And Did she do this on set? All day? Did she do this?

Evan Peters

No, we didn't paintball. There was no paintballing. We didn't go skydiving. That's so that's so against insurance and like producers.

Alexandra Shipp

Were there skydiving too? I believe we didn't do that. Which we didn't. We were just like.

Evan Peters

No, no. No. It was like I can't. I mean, it would be fun. There was paintballing. I didn't get zip lining. I didn't get to zip line. I got stuck in the middle. It was humiliating. I was stuck like dangling in the middle cuz I guess like my small stature wasn't like enough enough to keep going.

Young Hollywood

You couldn't like Jubilee your way out of that, Lana?

Lana Condor

No.

Young Hollywood

Okay, so who would win for best smile? I think you guys all win for best smile. You guys have got great smiles.

Alexandra Shipp

Thank you.

Lana Condor

Thank you.

Evan Peters

I'm I think I think Lucas. I'm gonna throw it out there guys. He's got great smiles. I'm just gonna lay this on the table right now. I think Fassbender has a great smile.

Alexandra Shipp

Oh, that's true.

Evan Peters

Yeah. Like I met him and I was like

Alexandra Shipp

Oh, yeah. Yeah. You're like, you can smile on me all day. Keep smiling.

Evan Peters

Here. Here you go. There you go. Keep on smiling, Michael.

Alexandra Shipp

Yeah. We're full service here right now.

Evan Peters

Yeah. I like that.

Young Hollywood

All right. Well, thank you so much, you guys. Should we do I don't know what's like what's like an X-Men appropriate uh outro?

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Evan Peters

    Plays Quicksilver in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and is interviewed

  • Alexandra Shipp

    Plays Storm in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and is interviewed

  • Tye Sheridan

    Plays Cyclops in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and is interviewed

  • Lana Condor

    Plays Jubilee in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and is interviewed

  • James Marsden

    Previously played Cyclops, discussed by Tye Sheridan

  • Halle Berry

    Previously played Storm, discussed by Alexandra Shipp

  • Michael Fassbender

    Mentioned by the cast for having a great smile

  • Brian

    Mentioned by Evan Peters as the director

FAQ

How did Alexandra Shipp find out she got the role of Storm?+
Alexandra Shipp found out she was cast as Storm in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' through a tweet, rather than a traditional phone call.
Who plays Cyclops in 'X-Men: Apocalypse'?+
Tye Sheridan plays Cyclops in 'X-Men: Apocalypse', taking over the role previously held by James Marsden.
Did the cast watch previous X-Men films before filming 'Apocalypse'?+
Tye Sheridan had only seen 'Day of Future Past' a few weeks before his audition, while Alexandra Shipp grew up reading the comic books and watching the cartoons.
Who did the cast say had the best smile?+
The cast members, specifically Lana Condor, mentioned Michael Fassbender as having a great smile.
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