I remember watching this when it aired and going, “Ahhh, why did you interrupt her Barry?” I wanted her to say it!”
At least in the comic book version of this scene, Gideon went as far as saying “Just…” before Barry cut her off.
What if they went with the first take of Sarah’s death? Would it have the same impact? Ultimately, the one they went with was the best because you could see Joel desperately trying to reassure Sarah while she was dying only to then break down when she passed.
The first X-Men film came out during a time where producers didn’t think audiences would take superhero films seriously if they had comic accurate suits so they went with the all black leather look, which was really popular at the time due to Blade and the Matrix.
I have a lot of nostalgia for the black leather suits and think they still look cool but I’m glad superhero movies are no longer afraid to be comic accurate after the success of the MCU. I can’t wait to see Cyclops in his comic accurate suit in Avengers: Doomsday.
Did you like the live action X-Men suits when you first saw them or did you hate them at first but grew to love them over time?
“It’s a tragic thing that happened. I remember I was in Corpus Christi with my Mom. We were at the arena, everyone was waiting on him to show up. It was hard. But my interactions with Chris were great.
My Dad really made sure that wrestlers felt safe around him, and that they could relax. And I feel like that’s what really tore him apart, was not having that safe space anymore.
For how long they’d known each other, even before I was born, Chris and Nancy, they were family. So I always talk about Chris because I have my personal experiences, like anybody does on this earth, and has the right to talk about their experiences.
I get, with the business, it hits hard, it’s not something they highlight because of what he did and where that all came from. That business was wild back then. It was a wild business. Luckily they reeled it in a bit.
Chris Benoit was an uncle to me truly. I never had any bad experiences. He was a joy to be around, run around with the kids.
Daniel, little Daniel, he was an angel. Nancy was my Mom’s best friend, and she’d come on her own just to hang out at the house. They did love each other from what I saw, and Chris loved us so much, and we loved him, truly.
That’s how hard it was, and shocking, because we just had these interactions that truly I don’t think a lot of people saw or knew about, or could even understand.
A lot of people, like on my dad, they speak on what they feel they know. ‘Oh, your Dad died on steroids.’ No, my Dad died from heart failure because he got sober and all the heavy drugs he did catches up.
Chris went through a lot after my dad passed away and I just feel like it just shows the safe space that my dad was for a lot of people, to where they really respected him to say, ‘Eddie really showed us God, he showed us love.’
I never have an issue talking about Chris because I think that the media and people will always amplify what they feel they know. And if I can share that he loved me and he really did, and I had nothing but good interactions, then I’m gonna do that.
Just because it was a tragedy and it’s sad and it breaks my heart, but I had nothing but love.”
They’d lock eyes for a split second and recognize one another.
Instead of stopping and greeting, they would just give each other a nod and a smile and go about their day.