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'If I can sit down to pee, I'll come back' - Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy talk to Greg James about making X-Men: Apocalypse

12 May 2016

There are some things you just can't do with CGI...

The very lovely Jennifer Lawrence and James McAvoy came in on Sunday for an exclusive early interview about X-Men: Apocalypse.

I have to pee on myself every time I go to the bathroom.
Jennifer Lawrence

Playing Raven, Jennifer has to be covered head-to-foot in blue paint. She err, doesn't maintain any Mystique about the practical challenges...

Jennifer Lawrence: "I have to pee on myself every time I go to the bathroom. Well, I don't have to pee on myself but I have to pee out of a funnel cus I have to pee standing up, because the people who made the suit -

Greg: "Don't like you?"

Jennifer: "Yeah, exactly, they were like 'she doesn't have to go to the bathroom, she's a girl.' So I can't sit down, so I have to stand and I have to pee out of, like, a funnel and I just can never get it right. Just, there's always drips."

James McAvoy: "So when we burst into your toilet and you were carrying a-"

Jennifer: "Yeah, when you guys walk in and there's just me standing up to pee and I had like a little purple funnel!

On the second X-Men film me and Nick used to cross swords."

Days of Future (sitting down to) Pee?

Greg: "This is kind of the end of that trilogy that you've done, would you like to do some more of these films, cus they seem like they're really fun to do?

I've been really proud of playing Charles and doing like the three different versions of him that I've been lucky enough to do.

James: "If Simon keeps writing really cool stuff - and he has done so far - I'd be, of course, I'd be well up for coming back.

I love it, love the people. Like you say, it's nice to work with the same people.

I've been really proud of playing Charles and doing like the three different versions of him that I've been lucky enough to do. So yeah, I'd do more, if it was well written."

Jennifer: "I would do more - I was gonna lean more towards money first. Uhm, creativity second, timing third."

James (imitating Jennifer): "If the price is right and I get my new funnel every time"

Jennifer: "Oh god, yeah, seriously - if I can sit down to pee then I'll come back."