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64-699: Famke Beumer Janssen ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈfɑmkə ˈbøːmər ˈjɑnsə(n)] ; born 5 November 1964) is a Dutch actress and former model. She played Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995), Jean Grey / Phoenix in the X-Men film series (2000–2014), and Lenore Mills in the Taken film trilogy (2008–2014). In 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity by the United Nations. She made her directorial debut with Bringing Up Bobby in 2011. She
128-449: A "slightly-too-obvious pun." In 2015, The Telegraph suggested that "in the stolid Brosnan years, former Soviet fighter pilot Onatopp was a breath of fresh air." Paul Simpson argues that with Onatopp, the femme fatale made a "welcome reappearance" after the role had previously fallen out of fashion. The Faculty The Faculty is a 1998 American science fiction horror film directed and edited by Robert Rodriguez with
192-424: A 1988 commercial for the perfume Exclamation by Coty . Her looks have been compared to 1940s movie stars like Hedy Lamarr . After retiring from modelling in the early 1990s, Janssen had guest roles on several television series, including a starring role in the 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " The Perfect Mate ", as empathic metamorph Kamala, opposite Patrick Stewart , with whom she later starred in
256-768: A 2007 PETA campaign to raise awareness for animal rights. The campaign used the slogan "Be an Angel for Animals." On 28 January 2008, she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime at a United Nations anticorruption conference held in Nusa Dua , Bali . In 1995, Janssen married writer and director Kip Williams , son of architect Tod Williams . They divorced in 2000. She has stated that she does not want to have children. Xenia Onatopp Xenia Zaragevna Onatopp ( Russian : Ксения Сергеевна Онатопп , romanized : Kseniya Sergeevna Onatopp )
320-454: A better title." He also added: "I think they didn't know how to sell it, which is why I think so many people discovered it later and are now coming out and being like, 'Hey, this movie is pretty good!'" Elijah Wood is also fond of the movie: "That was a really formative experience. And it was so fun getting a chance to work with Robert, who had a very different approach than any other director that I'd worked with." Clea Duvall also acknowledged
384-433: A broadly defined sexual act in which she gets to dominate and ultimately decide people's fates," and argues that she "poses a threat to Bond's status as a dominant male as she consistently outdoes him in all his favourite activities: driving, killing, risk-taking and having sex with multiple partners." In this way, she "has to be eventually killed by him because not only is she ruthless and unstoppable but also metaphorically as
448-546: A helicopter and again attempts to crush him between her legs. Bond uses her assault rifle to damage the helicopter, entangling her rope, which pulls her off him, crushing her to death against a tree trunk. Her first appearance in a video game was in the 1997 video game adaptation of GoldenEye , GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 . She is with Trevelyan on the train stage of the game. If the player quickly shoots her after eliminating Ourumov, she will yell to Trevelyan that she
512-556: A lot. Like I've never heard people talk so enthusiastically about The Faculty until the last couple of years. I hear about that movie so much now. Co-star Clea Duvall has also expressed a similar experience: "It was a surprisingly popular movie among people my age and a little younger. I have one friend that, every time I see her, she brings it up. And sometimes she calls me Stokely. She thinks that's funny." In subsequent years, various critics have written about The Faculty 's impact. Aliya Whiteley wrote, "It's all about examining
576-614: A meeting arranged by Bond's dealings with Valentin Zukovsky ( Robbie Coltrane ), a Russian arms dealer and former KGB agent, Onatopp arrives to meet Bond as he swims in a Turkish Bath . The two indulge in aggressive foreplay where Onatopp attempts to crush Bond between her thighs, he finally draws his Walther PPK on her and demands to be taken to Janus. In her final encounter with Bond in Cuba , she ambushes him and Severnaya programmer Natalya Simonova ( Izabella Scorupco ) by rappeling from
640-486: A metaphor for those concepts, reflecting the fear of losing one's nascent individuality to a crowd. The alien queen encapsulates this by offering the heroes a world without alienation or differences, in which "everything that is both wonderful and awful about being a teenager is done away in favor of blind allegiance". Experts also noted in The Faculty a reinvention of the fear of female sexuality often found in
704-702: A movie. But if you love all things sci-fi, it's a good mess." Keith Phipps described the film as "a Kevin Williamson-scripted high-school variation on Invasion Of The Body Snatchers ." Haleigh Foutch considered it one of the most iconic 1990s teen horror films: "Yet another win from 90s teen screenwriter in chief Kevin Williamson, The Faculty fused Williamson's knack for snappy teen drama with Robert Rodriguez's subversive camp to fantastic results. It's smart without ever taking itself too seriously and campy without ever losing its cool, drawing proudly from
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#1732797180515768-494: A pulp classic". Charles Taylor of Salon called the film "subversive" and said "its honest, good-natured junkiness… feels like a relief". He appreciated the film's homages to genre movies including Carrie (1976), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Blue Velvet (1986) while also citing the character of Stokely as the standout amongst the teen archetypes. Michael Sauter of Entertainment Weekly gave
832-417: A punishment for refusing to admire him." Bassil-Morosow concludes that "Onatopp's character, masculinised, independent, domineering and sexually liberated, can be read as a bitter parody of feminism." Xenia Onatopp has appeared in several lists of the top 10 Bond girls , including by Entertainment Weekly . Yahoo! Movies had her name included in the list of the best Bond girl names, even while calling it
896-403: A review for Variety , Dennis Harvey wrote, " The Faculty works hard at mixing a canny cocktail of cineastic in-jokes, affectionate teenploitation and high-octane suspense that's as enjoyable as it is impossible to take seriously." Harvey added that Williamson and Robert Rodriguez combine to "make a complete lack of socially redeeming value seem so much fun that ' The Faculty ' might well become
960-592: A screenplay by Kevin Williamson . It stars Jordana Brewster , Clea DuVall , Laura Harris , Josh Hartnett , Shawn Hatosy , Famke Janssen , Piper Laurie , Bebe Neuwirth , Robert Patrick , Usher Raymond , Jon Stewart , and Elijah Wood . The film was theatrically released on December 25, 1998, by Miramax Films through Dimension Films . It grossed $ 63.2 million and has developed a cult following since its release. One evening at Herrington High School in Ohio , teachers and Principal Drake leave after discussing
1024-657: A starring role in the NBC crime thriller, The Blacklist: Redemption , a spin-off of the NBC series The Blacklist , in March 2016; it was picked up to series in May 2016. The following month, Janssen expressed frustration in not being cast in X-Men: Apocalypse , saying Hollywood was sexist toward older women. She said, "Women, it's interesting because they're replaced, and the older versions are never to be seen again... whereas
1088-428: A yacht moored off Monte Carlo and kills him during sex ( honey trapping ) by crushing his ribs with her thighs, achieving orgasm in the process. Meanwhile, Trevelyan's henchman General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov ( Gottfried John ) steals the dead admiral's NATO ID, granting him and Onatopp access to a prototype EMP-hardened Eurocopter Tiger aboard a French warship anchored off Monte Carlo. Onatopp then hijacks
1152-592: A year at the University of Amsterdam , which she later called "the stupidest idea I ever had." In the early 1990s, she enrolled at Columbia University 's School of General Studies to study creative writing and literature. In 1984, Janssen moved to the United States to begin her professional career as a fashion model. She signed with Elite Model Management and worked for Yves Saint Laurent , Giorgio Armani , Chanel , and Victoria's Secret . She starred in
1216-468: Is a fictional character and Bond girl in the James Bond film GoldenEye , played by actress Famke Janssen . She is a fighter pilot and assassin who crushes her enemies with her thighs to get sexual satisfaction , working for the renegade MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan ( Sean Bean ). Onatopp has appeared in a number of James Bond video games as a playable multiplayer character. Onatopp, born in
1280-408: Is a lesbian though she has a crush on Stan. Marybeth develops a crush on Zeke which is reciprocated. Casey finds a strange creature on the football field and takes it to science teacher Mr. Furlong, who believes it is a new species of cephalopod -specific parasite called a mesozoan . Delilah and Casey hide in the teachers' lounge to find a story. They witness Coach Willis and Ms. Olson forcing one of
1344-904: Is also known for her roles in the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove (2013–2015), FX 's Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), and ABC 's How to Get Away with Murder (2014–2020). Janssen starred in the 2017 NBC crime thriller The Blacklist: Redemption . Famke Beumer Janssen was born 1964 in Amstelveen , the Netherlands. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer , both of whom changed their surnames to Beumer after their parents divorced. In addition to her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and French. She learned German, but has not kept up with it. Following her high school graduation, Janssen studied economics for
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#17327971805151408-409: Is composed by Marco Beltrami , who had previously scored the teen-slasher-horror film, Scream , as well as Mimic (1997). Both Beltrami's score and songs by various artists used in the film were released as albums. The "music from the motion picture" album features songs by various indie and alternative rock groups. On March 7, 2023, the label Intrada released Beltrami's complete score for
1472-454: Is defeated when Bond launches a missile at her helicopter while she is strangling him, the helicopter crashing into a nearby gorge and dragging her down with it. She is voiced by and modeled after Kate Magowan . Anna Katherine Amacker and Donna Ashley Moore suggest that Onatopp is a "direct throwback to the earlier style of Bond girl, complete with an innuendo-laden name and a blatant sexuality." Robert A. Saunders suggests that she "personifies
1536-435: Is underlined by the sharp teeth of her species, which evoke a vagina dentata , and their association to water, the archaic, womb-like female element. As the monstrous mother of her race, she tries to seduce the heroes by offering them a symbolic return to the womb. As Sharon Packer and Jody Pennington put it: The image on the screen is dual: we see the beautiful, young, naked Marybeth strolling around looking for Casey, and
1600-403: Is wounded and to wait up for her; this buys the player more time to escape from the train. She later reappears in the jungle stage. Similar to the film, she is killed in the jungles of Cuba in a firefight with Bond. Killing Onatopp is the only way for the player to dual-wield two different guns in the game without a complex series of button presses; she uses an RC- P90 and a grenade launcher at
1664-688: The Dutch language narration for the Studio Tram Tour at all Disney theme parks. In 2011, Janssen made her directorial debut with the drama Bringing Up Bobby . She wrote the screenplay to the film, which stars Milla Jovovich , Bill Pullman , and Marcia Cross . She reprised her role as Lenore Mills in Taken 2 (2012) and Taken 3 (2014). She starred as the main villain Muriel in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). Janssen starred in
1728-473: The Freudian Medusa head . The monstrous feminine is therefore used in the film to reflect the teenage characters entering adult world, where they are forced to "come to terms with female sexuality and overcome their fear of its 'monstrous' aspects in order to become fully functioning adults". Casey, the male character closest to his softer, feminine side, is the final hero of the film. The film
1792-660: The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic , is a former officer and fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force . After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she joins the crime syndicate Janus, led by traitorous MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan. Early in the movie, Bond ( Pierce Brosnan ) gets into a car chase with her, meets her at a casino , and places her under surveillance. She lures a Canadian admiral , Chuck Farrell ( Billy J. Mitchell ), onto
1856-571: The Hoover Dam . She is killed after being thrown off of the Hoover Dam while fighting Goldeneye. In the game, her likeness was based on Famke Janssen but was voiced by actress Jenya Lano . She appears in the GoldenEye remake as a former Russian general who served under Ouromov during the Russian invasion of Georgia . Her plot arc is significantly changed for the remake. She appears in
1920-1149: The X-Men film series. That same year, Janssen was offered the role of Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , but turned it down to pursue film roles. Her first film role was alongside Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 crime drama film Fathers & Sons . In 1995, Janssen appeared in Pierce Brosnan 's debut James Bond film, GoldenEye , as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. She appeared in Lord of Illusions with Scott Bakula . In an attempt to fight against typecasting after her Bond girl performance, Janssen began seeking out more intriguing support roles, appearing in John Irvin 's City of Industry , Woody Allen 's Celebrity , Robert Altman 's The Gingerbread Man , and Ted Demme 's Monument Ave. Denis Leary , her co-star in Monument Ave. ,
1984-425: The horror genre . The character of Marybeth, the alien queen, is "a complex imbrication of woman, alien and power" that acts beyond the role of femme fatale . She masquerades as a virginal, unassuming girl clad in floral dresses, but at the final battle she reveals her true sexual threat, becoming nude by her alien transformation and turning confident and flirtatious. Her role as a threatening, castrating agent
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2048-435: The hypersexualized archetype of the post-Soviet Russian woman ." Helena Bassil-Morosow suggests that Onatopp is "visually coded as a stereotypical dominatrix : dark hair, bright red lipstick, smoky eyeshadow and sharply defined eyebrows," while Monica Germanà suggests that "Xenia's glamour encapsulates the sadistic quality of her excessive appetite". Bassil-Morosow goes on to note that Onatopp "also sees violence as
2112-518: The live action adaptation of Saint Seiya , a popular anime and manga. Janssen declared that filming was supposed to take place in Europe the previous year, but production had been postponed twice due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She also hinted that she will play one of the main characters, but did not specify their name. Janssen appeared with her dog, Licorice, a brindle Boston Terrier , in
2176-678: The "new species" in the aquarium. The Faculty was released in several countries on Blu-ray, such as Canada, on October 6, 2009, by Alliance ; in Australia on September 1, 2011, by Reel ; in the United Kingdom on October 3, 2011, by Lionsgate , in Germany on October 6, 2011, by Studio Canal ; in France on January 10, 2012, by Studio Canal; and in the United States on July 31, 2012, by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment . Lionsgate re-issued
2240-512: The Blu-ray version in the United States on October 7, 2014, after Echo Bridge lost the rights to the Miramax films. Home media for The Faculty do not include traditional extras provided for other Robert Rodriguez films, such as a "10 Minute Film School" feature, audio commentary , and making-of featurettes. The Faculty was viewed on 2,365 screens on its opening weekend, debuting at No. 5 in
2304-502: The Netflix original horror thriller television series Hemlock Grove , wherein she plays the role of family matriarch Olivia Godfrey. Janssen had a recurring role in the ABC crime thriller television series How To Get Away With Murder , appearing in 10 episodes throughout the series, beginning her role in season two of the show and concluding it in the series finale. Janssen was cast in
2368-491: The Nightclub level (where Bond first meets her) disguised as a waitress, and assassinates Valentin Zukovsky after he gives vital information about Janus to Bond - the man is framed for the murder of Zukovsky. She betrays and assassinates Ouromov in the train level in which she appears. During her final confrontation with Bond, she is lowered down to him from a helicopter and proceeds to engage in hand-to-hand combat with him. She
2432-466: The US and making $ 11,633,495. Its eventual US gross was $ 40.3 million. Its debut below commercial expectations has been partly credited to the studio's decision to release the movie on Christmas Day, a time when audiences are likelier to watch traditional dramas or feel-good fare. In retrospect, Jordana Brewster said: It was sort of the inverse of Fast and Furious , right? So with The Fast and Furious , I
2496-468: The alien queen will revert everyone to normal, the group returns to the school, where their football team is playing and infecting opposing players. Believing Principal Drake to be the queen, they isolate her in the gym and fatally shoot her. Stan confronts the coach and team to see if the plan worked, but becomes infected himself. Zeke and Casey retrieve more of Zeke's drugs from his car. Casey leads infected students away from Zeke, who encounters Miss Burke in
2560-479: The cult status of the film: "It's cool to see the legs that movie has had. I feel like that is the number one thing that people come up to me and say or recognize me from still, which is so wild. But it's cool." The film has been praised for its portrayal of teenage alienation , especially within the high school environment and its system of cliques and social roles . In particular, the alien invasion through parasitized bodies has been recognized as functioning as
2624-548: The end of the film, she is presumably killed. Janssen returns as Jean, whose death in X2 awoke her dark alternate personality, Phoenix , in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). For that role, she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress . She returned as Jean in the 2013 film The Wolverine as a hallucination of Wolverine, followed by a brief cameo for X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). In 2002, Janssen landed
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2688-535: The film 3.5 stars and said, "While it may suffer a bit from excess character clutter (nearly 10 major characters throughout), it's nonetheless a slam-bang, sci-fi actioner, relentlessly paced and edited, with a pounding soundtrack and some ingenious aliens courtesy of Bernie Wrightson and KNB Effects." Since its release, The Faculty has acquired a strong cult following, something acknowledged by director Robert Rodriguez in May 2023: I personally like mixed-genre movies, and I found that over time people respond to them
2752-445: The film a "Rip-off of other sci-fi thrillers." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100 based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Positive reviews at the time praised Kevin Williamson's self-aware script and trademark meta humor that included references to iconic science-fiction films. In
2816-477: The film a grade of B− and expressed a wish that the film had used the faculty characters more. In contrast, Tom Sinclair, also of EW , gave the film a C+ and said Williamson has become "too invested in the earnestness of teen angst to portray it in the scathing parodistic terms a hip horror movie demands". The New York Times gave a mostly negative review but praised the cast. The Austin Chronicle awarded
2880-472: The film instead. The Faculty takes place in the fictional town of Herrington, Ohio, but was shot in Austin , San Marcos , Dallas , and Lockhart, Texas . In a retrospective interview, Clea Duvall said the making of the film "was so much fun. It was mostly night shoots, so it was like we were in this alternate universe. Working all night long and making this fun sci-fi horror movie. I loved it." The score
2944-537: The five to his house, where he experiments on a specimen retrieved by Casey. He discovers it needs water to survive and can be killed by his "drug", revealed to actually be raw, powdered caffeine (as caffeine acts to dehydrate the user, and the aliens are hyper-sensitive to hydration of both themselves and their host). Zeke makes everyone take his drug to prove they are uninfected. Delilah is revealed as infected and she destroys Zeke's lab and most of his drug supply before escaping. Acting on Stokely's speculation that killing
3008-460: The football team, while Miss Burke affectionately watches him practice. Delilah, no longer vindictive, is now dating Casey, who is considered a local hero as various news media reveal the attempted alien invasion is now public knowledge, even as the FBI denies it. In 1990, David Wechter and Bruce Kimmel wrote their first draft of the script and sent it out, but there were no buyers. It wasn't until after
3072-581: The helicopter by killing the two pilots. Later, she and Ourumov use the hijacked Tiger in an attack on the Severnaya satellite control center in central Siberia , where they steal the controller for the GoldenEye satellite weapon. During the attack, she kills all the military personnel and civilian technicians present and is visibly aroused by the killing. She then appears as Bond's link to the Janus group. In
3136-627: The men are allowed to be both ages." In 2019, she served as a juror for the Tribeca Film Festival . Also in 2019, Janssen joined Jeffrey Dean Morgan in The Postcard Killings , which was released in 2020. In 2021, Janssen starred in the Christian romantic drama film Redeeming Love and the action-thriller Dangerous . In a March 2021 interview, she revealed to Forbes some details about her involvement with
3200-573: The movie. Several scenes involving an additional character named Venus, played by Kidada Jones , were shown in TV previews for the film, as well as in Tommy Hilfiger promotional commercials for the movie, but her scenes were cut from the final film. She is visible in a scene in the theatrical version, standing next to Gabe ( Usher ) in Mr. Furlong's ( Jon Stewart ) science class when they are looking at
3264-592: The paper's editor-in-chief and head cheerleader. Delilah's mistreated boyfriend Stan Rosado is contemplating quitting the football team to pursue academics. Zeke Tyler is an intelligent yet rebellious student repeating his senior year. Zeke sells, among other illegal items, a powdery ecstasy -like drug he distributes hidden in ballpoint pens. He is confronted by teacher Elizabeth Burke, who expresses concern for him over his illegal activities. Naive transfer student Marybeth Louise Hutchinson befriends self-styled outcast Stokely Mitchell, who has deliberately spread rumors that she
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#17327971805153328-467: The parasites into the ear of the school nurse. They also find the body of another teacher, Mrs. Brummel. Casey and Delilah flee, and Casey calls the police, but his claims are dismissed. The next day, Casey tells Delilah, Stan, and Stokely he believes the teachers are being controlled by aliens. After Zeke and Marybeth tease them about their theory, Mr. Furlong attempts to infect them. Zeke injects his homemade drugs into Furlong's eye, killing him. Zeke takes
3392-450: The parking lot and incapacitates her. At the gym, Marybeth reveals herself to be the alien queen; earlier on, she faked taking the drug. Casey and Stokely flee to the swimming pool, where Stokely is injured and becomes infected. Zeke and Casey hide in the locker room, where Marybeth reverts to her human disguise. She explains she is taking over Earth because her planet is dying. Marybeth transforms back into her true form and hurls Zeke across
3456-577: The role of villainess Serleena in Men in Black II , but had to abandon the film due to a death in her family and was replaced by Lara Flynn Boyle . Janssen had a prominent role in the second season of the TV series Nip/Tuck , as the seductive and manipulative life coach Ava Moore, which earned her Hollywood Life's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award. She reprised her role in the final two episodes of
3520-435: The room into the lockers, knocking him out. Casey seizes the drug and traps the queen behind retracting bleachers. Just as the queen infects him, he stabs the drug into her eye, killing her and halting his infection. Casey returns to the locker room and finds Stokely and Zeke alive. One month later, everyone has returned to normal. Stan and Stokely, who has shed her Goth girl image, are now dating. Zeke has taken Stan's place on
3584-468: The same time. In the James Bond game Nightfire , Onatopp also appears as a multiplayer character. She can be unlocked by a cheat on the cheats menu as Janus, the organization she works for in the movie. She appeared in the spinoff Bond game GoldenEye: Rogue Agent where she works for Dr. Julius No and is Agent GoldenEye's alluring opponent. She is commander of No's army, which has taken over
3648-425: The school's budget. When Drake returns to retrieve her keys, she is attacked by the school's football coach, Joe Willis. Drama teacher Mrs. Olson emotionlessly stabs Drake with scissors as she flees the school. The following morning, the students arrive, including Casey Connor, the dedicated but perpetually harassed photographer for the school newspaper. Casey is the unappreciated assistant to spiteful Delilah Profitt,
3712-824: The series. In 2007, she starred in Turn the River , for which she was awarded the Special Recognition Best Actress Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival . The following year, she starred in Luc Besson 's Taken . Janssen continued to work in television, appearing in TV pilots for NBC 's police drama Winters and Showtime 's The Farm , a spinoff of The L Word set in a women's prison. Both pilots were rejected by their networks. Janssen provided
3776-465: The shadow of the monstrous form in the walls. Marybeth delivers a speech which ties the elements of the movie together. It is about the "world" she came from and its promises of " paradise " for lost and lonely humans, trapped in high-school " hell ". The character of Miss Burke precedes Marybeth in the same line, revealing her hidden sexuality only after being infected and turned into a monster. The scene of her detached, tentacled head in particular echoes
3840-619: The success of Scream (1996) that Miramax Films bought the script and rushed it into production. Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein brought in Kevin Williamson to do rewrites, keeping the basic story, but rewriting the dialogue and adding new characters to make it more "hip". Originally, Williamson was set to direct the film, but he chose not to so he could direct his self-penned script Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999). The Weinsteins brought in Robert Rodriguez to direct
3904-434: The tradition of classic alien invasion movies and casting them in the 90s teen tradition." In hindsight, director Robert Rodriguez said: "Making The Faculty was just a blast. There was so much young energy and the actors were just so into it. I will say, I was worried it wouldn't do well though. I wanted them to use a different title because our target audience wasn't gonna want to see a movie about teachers. So I fought for
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#17327971805153968-463: The tropes of science fiction with a smart, funny angle. Half of the fun in this film is in identifying where you first came across a certain character's name or saw a particular special effect. For instance, there's a brilliant moment with a head on legs that I defy you to watch and not think of a certain John Carpenter film ." Whiteley concluded, " The Faculty is very definitely a big mess of
4032-490: Was impressed by how easily she blended in, initially not recognizing her, as she was already in character. In the late 1990s, she appeared in The Faculty , Rounders , Deep Rising , and House on Haunted Hill . In 2000, Janssen played superhero Dr. Jean Grey in the 20th Century Fox film X-Men . She later reprised the role in the 2003 sequel, X2 , where her character shows signs of increasing powers, but at
4096-570: Was like, "This is a small movie about cars. It's a really fun summer project." ... With The Faculty it was like, "You guys, this is gonna be huge. Look at all these successes around us," like She's All That and Scream . ... And then it turned out it wasn't so huge. We thought it was gonna be massive ... But it was a cult classic so that's really cool. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , The Faculty holds an approval rating of 58% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 5.70/10. The site's critics consensus called
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