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‘X-Men ’97’ and ‘The Animated Series’ Creators — Then and Now — Talk Revival, Playing With ‘Disney Money’ and Morph’s Nonbinary Backlash (EXCLUSIVE)
The 'X-Men '97' creators talk reviving 'The Animated Series,' the backlash to Morph being nonbinary and Beau DeMayo's firing.
Over 30 years ago, Canadian voice actor Cal Dodd auditioned for Project X, an animated show at the now-defunct Fox Kids – a children’s programming block known in the ‘90s for Saturday morning cartoons. Dodd voiced Wolverine, a stocky Canadian with adamantium claws; Sealy-Smith was Storm, a regal African woman who could control the weather; and Zann played Rogue, a Southern belle with a power-absorbing touch. Castorena’s “X-Men ‘97” philosophy was to “use mutant abilities in ways we’ve never seen before.” He came up with the idea of Gambit charging up Wolverine’s adamantium claws with purple kinetic energy, seen during a battle with massive robot Sentinels in the show’s first trailer.
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