With X-Men: Apocalypse hitting on May 27, we did an edit bay visit with other press to chat with director Bryan Singer. Apocalypse and his Four Horsemen obviously have a lot of religious connotations, which is something not lost on Singer, who views both Professor X and Apocalypse as two very different religious figures.
kind of the opposite of Christ, actually. Christ would have come years after him, by the way. Our premise is he stomped around ancient Egypt, and that's when he is buried and awakens in 1983. He's kind of more the God of the Old Testament, the vengeful God who wants the world in a certain order and wants to be worshipped -- but he's also forgiving,” Singer said. “He's also a false god, which makes him kind of like a cult leader. So
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kind of the opposite of Christ, actually. Christ would have come years after him, by the way. Our premise is he stomped around ancient Egypt, and that's when he is buried and awakens in 1983. He's kind of more the God of the Old Testament, the vengeful God who wants the world in a certain order and wants to be worshipped -- but he's also forgiving,” Singer said. “He's also a false god, which makes him kind of like a cult leader. So
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