X-Men: Days of Future Past

Trivia: When Magneto is pushing the steel rebar into Wolverine, it is twisted into a shape resembling the comic depiction of when he used his powers to remove the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton in the comic X-Men #25.

Trivia: When Quicksilver is breaking Magneto out of prison he states that his mom used to know a guy that could control metal, implying that Magneto is Quicksilver's father, just like in the comics.

Phaneron

Trivia: Magneto's line "I don't know karate, but I know crazy" comes from James Brown's 1973 hit "The Payback." Although the actual lyrics are "I don't know karate, but I know ka-razor."

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Trivia: Director Bryan Singer has a cameo as one of the photographers on hand when Mystique jumps out of the building after she attempts to kill Bolivar Trask.

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Trivia: Stan Lee didn't make his customary cameo as he was in Toronto at the Fan Expo and couldn't attend the filming in Montreal. He joked that the producers thought it would boost box office figures to omit his cameo, because viewers would think they must have missed it and go watch the film again to check.

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Trivia: Although it's not explained in the movie, it was revealed in behind-the-scenes interviews that Magneto was the one that reapplied the adamantium to Wolverine's claws. In the comics, Magneto actually removed the adamantium from Wolverine's skeleton.

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Trivia: As the 20th Century Fox logo disappears at the start, the X in FOX stays on screen for a few extra seconds.

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Trivia: An alternate version of the film, titled "The Rogue Cut," was released several months after the film debuted on DVD and Blu-Ray. This version of the film reinstates several key deleted scenes that were removed for pacing reasons. It is also notable for featuring the character Rogue in a larger role than seen in the theatrical version.

Trivia: When Hank takes Logan and Charles into his secret room with multiple televisions, an episode from the original 'Star Trek' can be seen playing. The episode is called 'The Naked Time' and featured time travel. (01:29:20)

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Trivia: This film sees Wolverine travelling to the distant past instead of Bishop, as Wolverine is determined to be the only suitable candidate. In the 90s animated series that similarly adapted this storyline from the comics, Bishop is the one who ends up travelling to the distant past, as he is determined to be a better candidate than Wolverine.

Phaneron

Trivia: Peter Dinklage was cast partially because of his dwarfism. Dinklage has also stated that it informs the character, as Trask is a bit of a "mutant" himself because of his height, and he hates how it makes him different... thus furthering his hatred of the mutants.

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Trivia: Getting the character Quicksilver into the film was a bit of a legal minefield. Both Marvel Studios and Fox wanted to use the character in their own projects, but there wasn't any sort of formal agreement over him. Eventually, a resolution was reached - Quicksilver could appear in "Days of Future Past," but with no references to "The Avengers" or the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And he could similarly appear in "Avengers: Age of Ultron," so long as there were no references to mutants or the X-Men.

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Trivia: This was the first X-Men film to be Oscar nominated, for Best Visual Effects at the 2015 Academy Awards.

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Trivia: When Magneto takes back his helmet from the Department of Defence, to its left you can also see the coin he executed Sebastian Shaw with.

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Trivia: Halle Berry was originally going to have a larger role but as she was pregnant during filming her scenes had to be limited to predominantly head shots.

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Factual error: Charles, Eric, Logan and Hank are seen flying in a Gulfstream II, tail number N540EA. This aircraft was manufactured in 1975. It didn't exist in 1973.

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Chosen answer: Quicksilver in the comics listens to music at super speed because his mind always works that fast. Presumably, it's the same here.

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