X-Men (2000), and how it changed superhero cinema

No two ways about it, 2000's X-Men movie was a massive gamble. At a time when studios needed movie star vehicles, 20th Century Fox found itself without a summer blockbuster due to a delay on a Tom Cruise film. It'd already greenlit and backtracked on X-Men once. When the film finally got going? Well, there'd be well-reported behind the scenes problems. A star who wasn't cast until shooting began. And a story that requires a fair amount of use of the word 'allegedly'... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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X-Men (2000), and how it changed superhero cinema is an episode from Film Stories with Simon Brew by Simon Brew.

This episode is 52:47 long.

This episode was published on Mar 23, 2026.

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