🌀 Interesting fact: X2: X-Men United (2003) — The transformation process for the mutant characters was incredibly grueling; Alan Cumming had to endure 10 hours of makeup to become Nightcrawler, while Rebecca Romijn’s Mystique look took nine hours to apply. Romijn was kept in a windowless, isolated room between takes to maintain the secrecy of her character’s design. In a bizarre production mishap, the studio realized they no longer owned Professor Xavier’s wheelchair from the first movie. A law