Not only did they kill him off at the beginning of the movie, they didn’t even show it onscreen. Wolverine saying that Jean Grey may have killed Cyclops is the first hint you get dude’s even dead. Pretty crummy way for a superhero to go out.
Cracked – The 5 Worst Deaths Written for Great Characters (And Why):
What Really Happened:
[Cyclops actor James] Marsden was being unfaithful. He was cheating on the X-Men with another comic book franchise, Superman. He didn’t have much time on the set of X-Men: The Last Stand because he was cast in Superman Returns, which was shooting at the same time.
Rumors floated around the Internet that Cyclops’ death was intentionally bad, as Fox was upset over Marsden’s choice (Superman Returns was owned by another studio and helmed by X-Men 1 and 2 director Bryan Singer). While we are not ones to indulge in unconfirmed Internet rumors, yeah, that’s what probably happened.
The bigger question is, why would Marsden do it? Keep in mind, he didn’t leave to play Superman, or Lex Luthor (possibly the only two characters in the Superman universe worth playing). No, he bailed on being Cyclops just to play the guy who bones Superman’s girlfriend when Supe’s is out of town. There can’t be much job security in stealing Superman’s girlfriend.
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Cyclops bores the everliving crap out of me. I was so very, very pleased when he died. He has no personality, and eye-lasers do not make up for basically being a robot.
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He’s a tightass, allright, even moreso in the books than in the movies.