In that film, actor James Marsden starred as the leader of the X-Men Scott Summers, but he didn’t get the role right away.
James Marsden had several callbacks and had to audition multiple times to win the part of Cyclops in the popular franchise.
This July marks the 20-year anniversary of 2000’s X-Men, the first domino to fall and the film that really ushered in the comic book movie age we still find ourselves in the throes of two decades later.