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"I just was not prepared for a hero to do villainous things." 1 / 17
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Directed and written by Simon Kinberg, Dark Phoenix is now in theaters. 2 / 17
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"...was really intriguing, you know, as someone... thinking about those issues." 3 / 17
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"...starting to lose control, sort of the question of what you do when someone loses control..." 4 / 17
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"...someone that you know that you love, who's part of your family..." 5 / 17
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"I think the idea of someone from the outside looking at Jean... 6 / 17
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"...just felt so much more real and sort of tangible and visceral than other comics." 7 / 17
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"The level of emotion, like real tragic, traumatic struggle turmoil, raw emotion in the comic..." 8 / 17
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"That was so radical, and I still think it's pretty radical as an idea." 9 / 17
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Dark Phoenix writer Simon Kinberg explained why he shifted away from world-ending stakes for Fox's final X-Men film. 10 / 17
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He also addressed why the comic book storyline's popularity endures today, almost 40 years later. 11 / 17
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"It happened to match the needs of the story." 12 / 17
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"I felt as though it was time for a little bit of a freshening up of the tone." 13 / 17
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"...where we could really let the performances be showcased." 14 / 17
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"The focus for me was on making a grittier, edgier, more raw film..." 15 / 17
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"...maybe than we've done before in these X-Men movies." 16 / 17
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"I wanted to make it more intimate, more raw, more dramatic..." 17 / 17
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