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Watch a VFX breakdown for the Quicksilver scene in X-Men: Days of Future Past

October 14, 2014 by Gary Collinson

It’s fair to say that fans weren’t exactly impressed by the first look at Evan Peters’ Quicksilver in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but the character managed to overcome early criticism to steal the show with his super speed sequence during Magneto’s escape from the Pentagon. Ahead of the film’s home entertainment release, a new featurette has arrived online, breaking down the VFX of the sequence…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wxubxeHdftc

X-Men: Days of Future Past hits DVD and Blu-ray in the States on October 14th and in the UK on November 10th. Featuring in the cast are are X-Men veterans Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Lucas Till (Havok), Halle Berry (Storm), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ellen Page (Kitty Pryde), Shawn Ashmore (Iceman) and Daniel Cudmore (Colossus) alongside franchise newcomers Evan Peters (American Horror Story) as Quicksilver, Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) as Warpath, Omar Sy (The Intouchables) as Bishop, Fan Bingbing (Iron Man 3) as Blink, Adan Canto (The Following) as Sunspot, Evan Jonigkeit (The Following) as Toad, Josh Helman (Mad Max: Fury Road) as William Stryker and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) as Bolivar Trask.

 

Originally published October 14, 2014. Updated October 24, 2022.

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About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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