Daniel Cudmore Confirms He Was Offered Colossus In Deadpool

For those that didn't follow the filming of Deadpool, it must've been a surprise when they saw Colossus (aka Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) in the trailer and he wasn't being played by Daniel Cudmore, who had played the metal-skinned mutant in X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

"I did actually call Daniel Cudmore to ask him if he wanted to do this, even though he’d be entirely CG the whole time," director Tim Miller told Empire. "He was very nice about it. He was like, 'I appreciate your offering, but nah.'"

After Cudmore passed, the role eventually went to 6' 10½" actor Andre Tricoteux, who is best known for his roles in ABC's Once Upon A Time and the fantasy-adventure film Seventh Son.


Cudmore responded to Miller's comments by revealing that he didn't just turn down the role because Colossus would be entirely computer-generated throughout — they wanted to use someone else's voice too.

Tim Miller also told Empire, 

"We were never going to be able to keep Colossus as a secret. He was in the script that leaked and all that. I wasn't actually sure, until we were standing there shooting it, that at some point Fox was going to say, 'Hold on a second; we can’t put Colossus from our treasured X-Men franchise in this movie to be made fun of!' But they did, and not only that, but also they let me change the look of him. As a fanboy I’ve always been like, 'That dude with the shiny skin is not ****ing Colossus.' He should be this monstrous guy, and they actually let me make him seven-and-a-half feet tall."

We sure hope to our Colossus, Daniel Cudmore in another movie soon. I am biased though, he is and always will be the ONLY Colossus for me!
What do you guys think?

Man We Burn For: X-Men’s Daniel Cudmore

Daniel Cudmore is NBA-tall (6’6”!) and almost too Harlequin-cover handsome. It’s a rare combination among notoriously bijou action stars and one that made him a natural fit for the role of Colossus, the supersized supermutant of the X-Men franchise.

In X-Men: Days of Future Past (out today), the Squamish, B.C. native reprises his strongman role and joins his fellow mutants—including Ellen Page, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender—in an epic battle to save the species from obliteration.

The hulking hunk filled out our FLARE questionnaire and revealed what what makes him weak in the knees (hint: it goes vroom).

My friends say I’m… Taller than the rest of their friends.

I think I’m… Shorter then I really am.

My greatest fear is…Not reaching my full potential

My favourite TV show is: Game of Thrones

The last great book I read was: The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt

The song that always makes me tear up is: “Biko” by Bloc Party

The song that makes me dance like no one’s watching is: “Anything” by Outkast

The best meal I can cook is: Steak on the BBQ, with twice-baked potatoes and brussels sprouts with pancetta.

The one thing I can’t live without is: Wine

My favourite junk food is: Kettle chips cheddar and sour candies

My greatest indulgence is: Cars

My greatest weakness is: Cars!

My favourite cologne is: Tom Ford Noir

My favourite accessory is: I love a nice watch—Hublot, Bell & Ross, Panerai…

My favourite men’s designer is: Tom Ford, again

The worst thing about being an actor is: Losing your privacy

My worst habit is: Social media! (Follow him @danielcudmore)

The human quality I’d like to eradicate is: Greed

The human quality I’d like to see more of is: Empathy

My first job was: Pumping gas

What I miss most about Squamish: Being close to Whistler

The superpower I would like most to possess: Flight! So I don’t have to deal with small planes

Now tell us a little about your latest project: You play Colossus in X-Men: Days of Future Past. What’s new about the character in this sequel? Colossus is now at the point where he has to fight for his life and for his fellow mutants, which makes him a bit colder and battle-hardened.

What’s your favourite scene to film and why? I always love the physical scenes and some of the fight scenes were a blast to film.

How did you prepare for the role? I had to get back to a physical shape that I wanted for the character with only a short amount of time to do it in. I only had two-and-a-half weeks to train. To get in shape, I did two workouts a day—one cardio, one strength—and kept to a very strict diet.

Source

From Rugby To Rasputin: Daniel Cudmore Has Become A Full-Fledged Superhero

There might be some auditions where a black eye or some rake marks on the cheek helps an actor get the role. But after a while, Daniel Cudmore had to give up rugby to get roles in major films.

  

It proved to be a smart move for the former lock on the storied Capilano club of West Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, Cudmore is one of three rugby-playing brothers. Younger sibling Luke was an age-grade player for Canada, while older brother Jamie suited up for Canada's senior team and played in three Rugby World Cups as well as being a ferocious presence as a pro, most notably for Clermont-Auvergne in France.

Daniel was in the middle, a 6-foot-7 forward with power who eventually chose the screen over the field. A quiet tower of strength as a player, he now embraces a similar role in X-Men: Days of Future Past, opening May 23, as Colossus (aka Piotr Rasputin), the reluctant Russian mutant who can turn his body into iron, but fears the destruction his own strength can bring. Cudmore started in film as a stunt performer, and he sometimes flitted between acting roles and stunt roles.

"The film industry is an extremely hard industry," he said, not adding that it helps to be 6-foot-7, strong and handsome. “You take any work you can get and with the stunt work I was very happy to get it. I have always wanted to be an actor. I wanted to play complex characters, and in a perfect world you get to do a bit of everything. You work and work and work and you're ecstatic when you get jobs. I guess now it’s nice as an actor to be able to do some of my own stunts."

Cudmore made his debut as Colossus in X-Men 2 back in 2003, but the role was a quiet one. He reprised the role in 2006 in X-Men: The Last Stand, while appearing in a number of films and TV shows as both an actor and stunt performer. He was also part of the Twilight Saga films as Felix.

But this time around, in Days of Future Past, he gets to stretch his acting chops a bit more. Colossus is the alter ego of Piotr Rasputin, a Russian farm boy and descendent of Grigori Rasputin, the power-hungry monk who (we’re talking real history here) had a role in the fall of the Russian Empire in 1917. He is reluctant to fight, to unleash his full power, and as a result often uses his iron body to protect others.

Anyone who has played lock on a rugby field can understand that world view.

"Anyone who has played a contact sport understands that rugby is a very emotion-filled sport,” Cudmore explained. "It's easy to fly off the handle, but you also play mind games. If you laugh it off you can make the other guy more mad and that takes him off his game. You can use that to your advantage. With Rasputin, he's afraid of how strong he is, but in this iteration, you're going to see that he has gotten to the last resort. He is losing friends left and right and whereas in the past you’ve seen him not want to go down the road of violence, here it’s the only option and it’s survival mode."

One can see the parallel to his older brother, Jamie (below), a fearsome player for Canada, who became well-known in French league play for the many confrontations with opposing players, and the yellow and red cards he accumulated. When the brothers get together, they don’t talk much about rugby, but Daniel says he sees a parallel between his Rasputin/Colossus character and his hard-nosed brother.

"I know they were in the playoffs and they lost," Daniel said. "I don't bring it up -- he lives it. We don't really talk about our careers; we just basically rip on each other most of the time. But Jamie -- he's matured and has Rasputin's attitude rubbed off on him? [laughs] I don't know, maybe. I think he just realized it’s a good idea to play more on the field and not be sent to the sideline."

That speaks to Daniel’s attitude as an actor, too. He wants to be there, and in his latest film, he's not only there, he is there among a host of pretty famous people, such as Jennifer Lawrence, Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman (not a big rugby guy, who knew?), and Ian McKellen.

"I am just so proud that we got the whole team back for the film," he said. "It's tough when you have as many great characters as we have, but you have to play those characters and play them to a story that makes sense. I think this is the best X-Men yet. I have been working on my craft and learning, and I felt great about how this film worked out. I got to have some fun with it."

Source

Daniel Cudmore at the NYC World Premiere of X-Men: Days of Future Past

We were very fortunate or just plain crazy for camping out all night and day to get a glimpse of Dan on the carpet at the X-Men premiere. 

Please give us credit and DO NOT remove our watermarks from our pictures

Video: SI Now: 'X-Men' star @danielcudmore on the Vancouver Canucks

On Monday's SI Now, Canadian actor Daniel Cudmore discusses the disappointing season for the Vancouver Canucks and which team his is rooting for in the 2014 NHL Playoffs.

'X-Men' Star Daniel Cudmore Talks His Role as 'Colossus'

ABC US News | ABC Entertainment News

New Colossus poster released

How awesome is this new poster of Daniel Cudmore as Colossus? 

A 'Colssus' Size man

Daniel as Colossus in a promo pic from the X-Men website. 

Colossus & The Western X-tra Bacon Thickburger

There's a colossus amount of bacon on the new Western X-Tra Bacon Thickburger. Served with onion rings, cheese, BBQ Sauce and 2X the bacon on a Fresh Baked Bun. Only at Carl's Jr. #EatLikeYouMeanIt. Watch X-Men: Days of Future Past in theaters.



The real question is: How many burgers do you think Dan had to eat  to make this spot? Let us know what you think. 

Video: Official X-Men: Days of Future Past Trailer 3

Bonded by war. United by hope. See the X-Men face their greatest challenge together in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "X-Men: First Class," in an epic battle that must change the past -- to save our future.

Video: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Did you catch this clip on MTV at the Movie awards? It features @danielcudmore our Colossus!
Take a look! 



The next generation of mutants fight against the extinction of their kind as a deadly new enemy draws near.

The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "X-Men: First Class," in an epic battle that must change the past -- to save our future.

SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/X-MenSubscribe

Connect with X-Men: Days of Future Past Online:
Visit the X-Men WEBSITE: http://www.x-menmovies.com/
Like X-Men on FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/xmenmovies
Follow X-Men on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/xmenmovies
Follow X-Men on INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/xmenmovies
Follow X-Men on TUMBLR: http://xmenmovies.tumblr.com/
+1 X-Men on GOOGLE PLUS:https://plus.google.com/+xmenmovies

About 20th Century FOX:
Official YouTube Channel for 20th Century Fox. Home of Avatar, Aliens, X-Men, Die Hard, Ice Age, Night at the Museum, Rio, Percy Jackson, Maze Runner, Planet of the Apes and many more.

Connect with 20th Century FOX Online:
Visit the 20th Century FOX WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/FOXMovie
Like 20th Century FOX on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/FOXFacebook
Follow 20th Century FOX on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/TwitterFOX

X-Men: Days of Future Past | "Opening Battle" Clip [HD] | 20th Century FOX
https://www.youtube.com/user/xmenmovies

Colossus poster revealed!

I've been a huge Daniel Cudmore fan forever, since his debut as the amazing Colossus in the X-men series. To finally see him get a poster, I am floored. I am so happy he got it! Colossus is a HUGE part of the X-Men franchise and I am happy they are finally realizing it and kept Dan as Colossus. 

Congrats Big Guy!

Daniel Cudmore, Evan Peters pose as 'X-Men' characters for new Carl's Jr. campaign

The ‘X-Men’ actors have teamed up with the restaurant chain for a new ‘X-Tra Bacon’ ad campaign.

Evan Peters poses as his character Quicksilver in a promo shot for the new Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s ‘X-Tra Bacon’ campaign.

A month before "X-Men: Days of Future Past" comes out, two of the movie’s stars are beefing up for the big release.

Evan Peters and Daniel Cudmore, who will play Quicksilver and Colossus in the Marvel franchise — have teamed up with Carl's Jr. and Hardee's for their latest campaign for two new “X-Tra Bacon” sandwiches, which debut at the restaurants on Monday.



Peters, 26, appears in costume and sports silver hair for the Carl’s Jr. shoot featuring the "X-Men" fast-moving mutant character. He holds the restaurants' new bacon-packed egg and cheese biscuit breakfast sandwich.

Daniel Cudmore, who plays Colossus in the ‘X-Men’ franchise, poses with a Carl’s Jr. beverage.

In another promo photo Cudmore, 33, who reprises his role as the steely mutant Colossus in "Days of Future Past," represents the restaurant chains by enjoying a Carl's Jr. drink.

‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ also stars (L-R) Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.

The movie, which also stars Jennifer Lawrence, Hugh Jackman, Michael Fassbender, Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart and Halle Berry, opens nationwide on May 23.

Source: nydailynews

X-Men Days of Future Past

We've been waiting patiently and it finally happened. Daniel Cudmore our Colossus is on the movie poster in Colossus mode!

And have you seen the amazing trailer?

Comic Con Q&A Panel: Daniel Cudmore; Evan Peters

Our First Glimpse of X-Men: Days of Future Past

Just when we think Empire is done with their surprises, they release another look at X-Men: Days of Future Past, and look who's in the pic none other then Daniel Cudmore, aka Piotr Rasputin/Colossus. 

Photo courtesy of Empire Magazine.

Here is hoping that we get more Dan all though the new movie which is out in theaters this May.


Source: empireonline

A Colossus cover for a colossus size man!

X-Men fans, we waited a long time to see this. The wait is over.. Colossus has his cover! 

I've been a fan of Daniel's since first seeing him on the big screen in X-men carrying the TV on his hip in 2003 as Peter Rasputin/Colossus and there has been no looking back. To see him finally get a cover is so huge! I am so happy and excited, I cannot contain myself. I am so looking forward to seeing this movie X-men : Days of Future Past more so than ever before!

Congrats big guy you deserve this!

DANIEL CUDMORE COMPLETES WORK ON ‘X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST’ AND TWEETS PHOTO.

Daniel Cudmore tweeted out this photo of him with mo-cap markers on his face, for his CGI-heavy character Colossus in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The actor finished his work on the film Thursday night in Montreal, close to a week after principal photography completed in the city.

Source: x-menfilms.com

Days Of Future Past Tidbits: That’s A Wrap On Daniel Cudmore And Shawn Ashmore Talks Iceman

No set pics today, but we have a couple pieces of Days of Future Past news to hold you over until the next batch of photos hit the web. Colossus and Iceman will be teaming-up for this double shot of info. Daniel Cudmore took to his Twitter to announce he was finished filming his part for Bryan Singer‘s inbetweenquel and Shawn Ashmore revealed in a recent interview that we would be seeing a different Bobby Drake this time around.

First up is the big man from Russia, Colossus. Daniel Cudmore Tweeted that he had wrapped filming on Days of Future Past and was now off to do other things in France. While a few weeks of filming happened indoors and the production is just now starting to go out in the open in Montreal, that seems like a pretty short time for Cudmore to have filmed scenes. Colossus wasn't treated too kindly in the first three X-Men films, so a lot of fans were hoping to see a lot more of the big shiny brute this time. Hopefully Cudmore has some big scenes and a few moments in the spotlight. He seems to be happy with his part according to another Tweet. It’s worth pointing out there are over 18 major mutants in the film already, so hopefully Cudmore doesn't get the short end of the stick yet again.

daniel cudmore        ✔ @danielcudmore

Well that was one hell of a fun last day on #DaysOfFuturePast ! Thanks to @BryanSinger and the rest of the cast and crew!! #XMen #Colossus

daniel cudmore        ✔ @danielcudmore

“@Aye_Dreee_In: @danielcudmore Be honest, are you proud of your role compared to the other x-men films? A simple yes or no will suffice.”Yes

4:07 PM - 31 May 2013

Shawn Ashmore recently spoke with LehighValleyLive.com about Days of Future Past as well as his new TV show The Following with  First Class alumn Kevin Bacon. Ashmore teased a new, more mature Bobby Drake. After Ashmore talked about coming back to the role, what he said about the upcoming movie made it sound like the majority of his screen time will be based in the apocalyptic Sentinel controlled future:

What’s so great about being part of a franchise is every couple of years, or in our case, every five or six years, you get to come back and work with the filmmakers and actors. I just turned 19 when I shot the first movie. I was still a teenager, but it feels like a lifetime ago. Everyone’s grown up. Bryan has grown as a filmmaker as well, so it’s really exciting. Bryan has grown as a filmmaker as well, so it’s really exciting

Some of our characters in the film are facing a far, dark future and that continues with Bobby as well. It’s an intense storyline and pretty exciting. He’s changed from who you saw in ‘X-3.’

We saw a teaser pic of Ellen Page with Ashmore‘s face slightly visible. They definitely looked to be in the gritty future, so it’s not a big surprise Iceman may be only in the future section of the storyline. Hopefully Cudmore gets his due in Days of Future Past. Colossus plays a pretty big role in the comic book, so maybe his rather short time doesn’t tell the whole story. What do you think?



Source

More from the set of 'Days of Future Past'

Bryan Singer is no stranger to sneak peeks. His latest sneak of 'X-men: Days of Future Past' has paired up beast and Wolverine.

Looking good and loving the sneak peeks. The only question we have here is, "when do we get a tease of Colossus?"

We hope we get a look soon.