Quicksilver saves his friends in a scene of "X-Men: Days of Future Past." (Photo : YouTube / Zekarias Hailu)
Evan Peters plays the super-fast mutant Quicksilver from the "X-Men" comics. His goal and that of Director Bryan Singer was to do more than what the mutant did in "Days of Future Past" where he raced to save his friends while kitchen utensils were suspended in air. The scene made Quicksilver become an instant fan favorite in the film.
Singer brought Peters again to the latest "X-Men" movie where he got another break to steal the show. He shone in his slow-moving running sequence in a Pentagon kitchen, and the new franchise levels that up with a rescue via the X-Mansion that naturally blew up.
One scene for Quicksilver that is a two-minute film took a month-and-a-half to shoot and Peters worked 17 days doing wire works. There were some physical effects being used, including old fashioned explosions, CGI and explosive algorithm.
"It can be difficult to shoot those sequences. It took 17 days for two minutes of film," Peters said in interview on AOL. That is one of the dazzling action scenes they have done in the film. The production did not want to let the fans down and hoped the output would be just as good.
The 29-year-old actor is among the standouts. He had proven his worth in the acting sphere with many roles. He starred in "The Lazarus Effect," as a merciless killer in "American Horror Story" and portrayed Dwight Chapin in "Elvis and Nixon."
Peters approached the scope of his role in the "X-Men" movies the way he did smaller projects. He focused on the character and tried to have fun. Instead of screwing it up, he would think of how to do more.
The young actor likewise reconnected with the child in him, who wants to be a superhero. Hence, he wanted to feign he could run fast.
The Quicksilver actor did dwell on the expectations that surround the Marvel film, which made him feel nervous and difficulty at times. He knew though that his role was easier than Apocalypse, who was played by Oscar Isaac in full costume - four hours of makeup, wardrobe and a 50-pound suit the whole time.
H.G. Wells inspired Singer to visually bring the super speed of Peter's character to life. The director read a story about a great accelerator, a person who takes a potion which makes him move fast that everything seems to just stand still. Singer had always wanted to put that on the big screen and realized the dream with Quicksilver, according to Movie Fone.
Watch the making of Quicksilver in the following video.
