Actors star in quite a lot of films that they think are going to be hit, but end up having disappointing performances. This is one of the biggest and most common parts of the film industry and there are very few actors who haven’t experienced something like it, be it early in their career or at the peak of it. Moonknight actor, Oscar Isaac is no different in this.
Isaac has been part of so many massively successful franchises, like playing three different characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as being part of the Star Wars franchise and the Dune franchise to name a few. Despite being so successful, he still regrets working on a massive project that was a box-office bomb.
Oscar Isaac Was Surprised On The Set Of X-Men: Apocalypse
Oscar Isaac opened up about his experience working on Bryan Singer’s 2016 movie, X-Men: Apocalypse. Though in previous interviews, he has called the entire experience excruciating, he revealed that he actually looked forward to playing the character of Apocalypse as he was a big fan of the character as well as the X-Men comics growing up.
“There were these amazing actors involved that I really wanted to work with, [James] McAvoy and [Michael] Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence. I collected X-Men growing up, and I loved Apocalypse, I just found him such a freaky, weird character.” he said, “And then you get there and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I’ve got all these prosthetics on. I’ve got a suit on. I can’t move. I can’t see anybody. All these actors I wanted to work with – I can’t even see who they are.’”
He also added that was quite excited to work with James McAvoy, Micheal Fassbender, and Jennifer Lawrence but when he came on set, he was quite disappointed. Isaac revealed that the fact he was covered in make-up and wearing delicate prosthetics to play the character of Apocalypse, he was unable to see the people he wanted to work with, making the experience bad for him.
Oscar Isaac Does Not Regret Working On X-Men: Apocalypse
Oscar Isaac then went on to say that even though these things happened and the movie did very poorly at the box office, he does not regret or ‘disown’ the movie. He elaborated, stating that he knew what he would be getting into when he agreed to be part of the movie and the reasons why joined in the first place.
“No, I don’t disown it,” Isaac said, “I know exactly what I went in there wanting to do and the reasons why.” he added, stating that he “still thinks back to that time with fondness,” stating “I wish it would have been a better film and that they would have taken care of the character a little better, but those are the risks.”
He then added that despite all of this, he is still upset that they didn’t make a better movie than they did. He added that even though he looks back at that time with fondness, he wishes things were done differently, lesser risks were taken, and the characters were taken better care of.
Source: Independent
