If you happen to be a big fan of the X-Men film series, then you need to soak it up as much as you can because the 🧸series is set to be integrated into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You better believe the continuity we’ve seen thus far will not be carrying forward into🐷 the MCU, so your preferred series will be ending in a few short years.

X-Men in 2000 is responsible for introducing the concept of the superhero film. It was even a precursor to The Avengers as it featured a large cast with a number of superheroes. The series has shifted upwards in popularity ever since X-Men: Days of Future Past merged continuities and brought forward a new timeline. Deadpool and Logan have highlighted just how commercially successful the series has become and there are plans to showcase more films with the releases of X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants; these films might be the final ones💃 before the MCU takes ov𓄧er.

While Marvel films may have made you think they were the first ones to make the superhero genre work, you'd be mistaken there. The X-Men films had ♑the shooting demands for a superhero film done right before it became a thing. The cast and crew have always gotten along wonderfully, which is why we have had actors playi꧂ng them for so long.

If you are a big X-Men fan, then you will love to scroll throu🐎gh these pictures that will offer you a ne📖w perspective on how the films are made.

25 ꩵ ⛄ All These Screens

It takes talent to be an actor, but it also takꦇes a special talent to be part of the production crew. The actors play the part they are supposed to play and then move on to other things. It’s the production department that makes the film in a coherent way for us to enjoy.

Here, Nicholas Hoult can be seen admiring the multiple screens around while filming takes a small pause. 🌠The cameras are on him, but they aren’t rolling just yet. The screens that will show footage in the film are blank as post-production is in charge of that.

24 Water Fight ꦗ

Now Nichol𝔍as is all-in during his performance. Clad in Beast garb and makeup, Nichol🌠as is beating down Michael Fassbender’s Magneto. Although this might look like filming is on, you can see the crew closely following the action mere inches away.

What you see on film has the crew standing nearby.

It is only because the cameras aren’t on the 🎶crew members that we feel the actors are out there by themselves, but that’s just not the case. This should also give you some appreciation for Michael, who seems to be having a tor𝕴rid time out there.

23 Cere🍌bro Room ꧅

Cerebr🦩o room is the place where Professor X goes to; usually, he can be found there all by himself. On the off chance yo💛u do see someone else accompanying him there it’s because of sensitive circumstances that require the presence of another, or because someone has gotten there forcefully.

In reality, you can see here that the Professor is never alone while filming is going on. This scene is from X-Men: Days of Future Past and everyone in the area seems to be frolicking over to James McAvoy; perhaps there was sꦫomething important😼 only he could do.

22 ꦅ ꦅ Group Huddle In The Stadium

Hugh Jackman is considered the “Nice Guy” of Hollywood, owing to him living up to that reputation every time we see him. Hugh even remembered a student he had coached in high school decades down the line and recognized him on the red carpet. So, this picture of him acknowledging the crew’s efforts in X-Men: Days of Future Past’s s💦et is not the biggest humble act we’ve s🌳een him do.

Stiꦉll, it does remind us that everyone’s efforts make the film and not just the most popular guy. ༒Considering the action to follow in the stadium, this was a sign of bigger things afoot.

21 ♐ The Fandom🤪

Bryan Singer looks to be having the time of his life directing the X-Men movies. The man directed X-Men, X2, Days of Future Past, and Apocalypse. Needless to say, he knows his X-Men very well. Singer was so comfortable on this occasion that he nerded out on another, bigger fandom: the Star Wars one.

Singer combines both Magneto and the Death Star in this picture. You could even argue he’s chiming in Pac-Man as well conꦚsidering the shirt. What we can be sure of is that none of us can read his mind with the helmet on.

20 🌟 ꦬPeter Dinklage Rehearsing

Everyone was excited when it was announced that Peter Dinklage had signed on to play the role of the villain in X-Men: Days of Future Past. The actor was known for his antagonistic attitude in Game of Thrones and this was a☂nother chance to show a different side of him.

You can see h▨is level of interest as he and Bryan Singer peruse over notes while on a plane ride. Looks like acting is a full-time job indeed as neither actor nor director waste time on the jet.

19 𒀰 ✃ Fun With Names

The cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past certainly seemed to have had a great time filming the movie. You can catch Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, and Michael Fassbender all rocking out a dance on The Graham Norton Show while in this picture Nic🐲holas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, and Pete🌳r Dinklage act childish with cast names.

Looks like the Jennifer Lawrence sticker is missing.

She has Peter’s n🧜ame on while Nicholas fools around with Michael Fa𓂃ssbender’s name. Whatever may be happening, the wide smile on Jennifer’s face and Peter’s stance shows us everyone was at ease.

18 ♔ ജ Going To The Past

X-Men: Days of Future Past brought back Kitty Pride to the team. She hadn’t been seen in 8 years since her last appearance in X-Men: The Last Stand and her return was well-received. But having been away from the character for so long must have meant that Ellen Page needed a bit more guidance to get into gear as co♋mpared to Hugh Jackman, who starred as Wolverine non-stop for 17 years.

We can find Ellen looking rather confused by Bryan Singer’s directions in this🤪 picture while Hugh patiently waits.

17 Super Selfie 𝄹

Without a doubt, with the exception of Ryan Reynolds, the three most popular actors in the X-Men series are here in this selfie. Hugh Jackman, of course, is the most popular of all, but the bromance෴ between Michael Fassbender💧 and James McAvoy ensures those two are close behind.

It was a treat for everyone to get the chance to see Wolverine interact with younger versions of Professor X and Magneto. The three got along wonde🎉rfully, as evidenced by this selfie, which was clearly taඣken during Magneto’s breakout scene.

16 Set Scope

The beginning of X-Men: Days of Future Past started with a bang by showing the Sentinels taking out the hero mutants. You got the sense the mutants were completely o🌳utmatched and the sentinels were ready to claim victory. The mutants held out in a priva༺te refuge where Kitty Pride then sent Wolverine’s conscience to the past.

In the above picture, you can see how the set looked when you didn’t have sentinels onscreen. Those sentinels weren’t actually there (but you already knew that) and the environment looks very much bar𝐆ren due to the lack of those giants.