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Eric J. Moreels
Jan 30, 2002, 03:00 am
{Originally posted at X-Fan v3.1 on January 21, 2002}

<a href="http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/images/movies/hatleycastle.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://x-mencomics.com/xfan/images/movies/hatleycastle-t.jpg" align=left alt="Hatley Castle at Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada"></a>According to a recent report in the Victoria Times-Colonist newspaper the crew of the X-Men movie sequel X² have apparently been searching the British Columbian region for a mansion to replace Toronto's Casa Loma, which was used for exterior shots of the Xavier Institute in the original film.

The Coming Attractions (http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/x-men2.html) Web site went on to speculate that the most obvious choice in the region would be stately Hatley Castle at Royal Roads University. Coincidentally, that same location was also used in Patrick Stewart's 1996 film Masterminds.

xtremexman
Feb 1, 2002, 10:25 pm
First of all, I would like to ask why the X Men 2 crew are choosing a different location for the mansion. I am sure there must be some reasonable explanation for it. It doesn't really matter to me what location is used, I am just curious as to why the film's crew decided to go with a change of scenery. As for the fact that the new location was previously used in Masterminds starring Patrick Stewart, I find that to be more than just a coincidence.