Split image of Neo preparing to fight in the Matrix in front of the X-Men suited up together in a promotional image
Summary Keanu Reeves has yet to join a Marvel movie, but his biggest Hollywood role still majorly influenced Fox's iconic X-Men movies nonetheless. The impact of Fox's X-Men franchise on the superhero genre is hard to overstate as it helped to trigger the modern era of superhero movies starting with 2000's X-Men.
The Matrix Movies Keanu Reeves Starred In Defined The Fox X-Men's Look For Years Close A recent interview with Marvel boss Kevin Feige revealed that The Matrix inspired the black leather costumes sported by Fox's X-Men. Feige worked as an associate producer on the early X-Men movies and divulged that the studio saw the success of The Matrix, which depicted Keanu Reeves and others clad in black leather, and decided to emulate that aestheticfor the X-Men.
Fox's Matrix-Inspired X-Men Suits Were A Blessing & A Curse For The Franchise Close The decision to wear black leather was famously highlighted in X-Men by Cyclops and Wolverine, as Cyclops responds to Wolverine's incredulity about wearing the costumes with "What would you prefer, yellow spandex?" This derisive statement is more divisive today than at the time, as X-Men was attempting to bring a certain realism to the live-action adaptation of Marvel's iconic mutant...
Why Fox's X-Men Suits Look So Different To Audiences Now Close Now 24 years later, the superhero genre has reached a zenith that fully embraces the ostentatious outfits of comic books. When it was revealed that Wolverine would finally don a comic-accurate costume in Deadpool & Wolverine, fans were sent into a frenzy.
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