My friends, I think we can all agree that if there’s a movie that most of the internet can agree upon disliking, it’s 2007’s Epic Movie . However, I’m not her to talk about how universally panned that particular time capsule is, but rather to praise something that it seems to have gotten right. At least, that’s what I’d assume after reading Carmen Electra’s account of spoofing legendary X-Men movie character Mystique.
You see, the Baywatch cast member admitted she didn’t know what she was getting into when agreeing to the gig. For a collection of movies that didn’t seem to invest much time in the stories it was trying to rip off, apparently the one thing that directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer didn’t skimp on was the prosthetic makeup. This leads us to Ms.
Electra’s fond remembrance of this fact, shared to her Instagram page, as seen below: A post shared by Carmen Electra (@carmenelectra) A photo posted by on I honestly have to give the Epic Movie crew credit for makeup effects that look that good, especially in a parody movie that doesn’t depend on a character being in full makeup. While the superhero franchise it was spoofing certainly needed to keep leads like Jennifer Lawrence and Rebecca Romijn blue from head to toe, Ms. Electra’s time in the part wasn’t nearly as extensive.
And admittedly, Carmen Electra’s Mystique makeup looks miles better than what was shown in 2019’s Dark Phoenix . Which only further pushes that official X-Men.
