Why doesn't Stan Lee make a cameo appearance in X2?
Stan Lee always make a cameo appearance in the Marvel films based on the characters he helped in re-creating. With this in mind, was there any particular reason why he missed X2: X-Men United, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and X-Men: First Class?
I have noticed that he was in X-Men and X-Men: The Last Stand so why skip X2?
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For the case of X-Men: First Class
According to lee's Twitter page, due to the filming taking place to far away he won't have a cameo in it. (Source:marvelousnews.com)
For the case of X2: X-Men United
Scooper 'Kailem' tells us that Stan Lee was interviewed on the "Filmfreak" radio station when he mentioned he will not have a cameo in X2...
It seems that unlike the original movie, he isn't going to be turning up anywhere in X2. When asked if he had a cameo in the sequel he replied "No, no I don't, I don't think I'm gonna have cameos in the sequels 'cause I think that gets to be a little much. I'm hoping I can have a cameo in the first movie of each character." (Source: comicbookmovie.com)
And for X-Men Origins: Wolverine case, Wolverine is one of the few characters not written by Lee.
So that's all I was able to find.
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When the first X-men film was made (and with it, some would argue, the birth of the modern age SuperGenre) there was very little to establish a conflict of interest: in fact quite the opposite.
Lee was probably very happy that Marvel Characters were being transferred to the big screen.
As time has passed, and Movie Studios began to realize how lucrative these films can be (particularly post Spider-Man), the legitimization of the Marvel 'brand' has since housed itself within Marvel Studios (who are responsible for the MCU), as this is considered the transmedia syndication of the original Marvel Comics movie arm.
As such and without tacit acknowledgement, Lee mainly seems to make cameo appearances within these movies, as they are the ones that are directly contributory to his property empire. The exception to this rule is Spider-Man, which is understandable given his investment in the character and its contribution to his personal legacy, and there are other exceptions as well.
Basically, Lee only makes cameo appearances when his endorsement is considered financially lucrative or it simply suits him to: he is under no obligation to make a cameo in every Marvel Movie.
See also: Blade, The Punisher, the forthcoming Guardians of the Galaxy, etc.
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