Interview with Rebecca Romijn about the movie X-Men (41 seconds, only sound)

For Rebecca Romijn, having the looks of a model wasn't as important as having the patience of a model on the set of X-Men, opening July 14, 2000.

The former MTV House of Style host, who plays the mutant villain Mystique in the action film, endured makeup sessions that lasted six to eight hours, which was how long it took to apply about 70 self-sticking silicon scales to her body and paint her bright blue.

Cast: Halle Berry (Storm, Ororo Munroe), Bruce Davison (Senator Robert Kelly), Hugh Jackman (Wolverine, Logan), Famke Jansen (Jean Grey), Tyler Mane (Sabretooth, Victor Creed), James Marsden (Cyclops, Scott Summers), Ian McKellen (Magneto, Eric Lehnsherr), Anna Paquin (Rogue, Marie), Ray Park (Toad, Mortimer Toynbee), Patrick Stewart (Professor X, Charles Xavier), Rebecca Romijn (Mystique, Raven Darkholm)

Take it from us, Mystique is going to wreak all kinds of havoc in the X-MEN movie. Without giving anything away, Mystique -- played by supermodel Rebecca Romijn -- will be doing lots of morphing, and her character's changes should provide a lot of the film's surprises.

In fact, Mystique is already getting a buzz as the summer movies' coolest villain. Romijn has appeared on several magazine covers this summer in anticipation of X-MEN.