As I was going through my usual news outlets, I noticed a trend with the news that Paquin, Page and Ashmore will be returning for Days of Future Past. The trend being that Paquin and/or Rogue are pretty much always given top/first billing and is never the one to be dropped out.
Is this because Paquin is the bigger name? I wouldn’t think so, while Paquin has a popular tv show, Page has been busy and in the recent blockbuster Inception and Ashmore just got back into the news with his new tv show.
Could it be because Rogue had a bigger role in the original movies? Possibly, but then Kitty is at the heart of the original Days of Future Past story.
Could it simply be because Singer chose to write her name first, which could work as an excuse but people choose how they want to report the news and what pictures to use.
Or maybe Rogue is just that much cooler than Shadowcat and Iceman?
Take a look below and decide for yourself.
Paquin is given first billing and Rogue is the only image shown.
Page and Ashmore aren’t even in the lead line, added like an afterthought!
No top billing but Rogue’s is the only image.
Paquin is first billing and they didn’t even bother with a ‘Rogue’ image instead going for the actress herself.
ComingSoon.net & SuperHeroHype
Paquin is top billing and first photo.
Paquin is given top billing and Kitty is left out.
Kitty is again left out for Rogue and Iceman.
Paquin top billing and more Rogue/Iceman scenes, ugh, where’s Gambit when you need him!
Iceman is dropped out for Rogue and Kitty this time.
ComicBookMovie actually shares the lime light a little.
Iceman gets top billing on the title but Rogue is the first mentioned everywhere else in the article, plus she has the most decent picture. Seriously Kitty, that hair!
BleedingCool seems to be the only one to focus on Kitty due to her role in DOFP, but even then, they are lumping all of the casting news together.
The only picture of the three is way down in the article and same one used by Empire.
Now, these are only 11 out of the thousands of websites out there that cater to movie and comic book news, but these are some of the biggest sites, three of which have their own printed magazines. I think that’s a pretty good indication of Rogue’s and/or Paquin’s popularity.
X-Men: The (fan fic) Series 
Either that or it has to do with Rogue having a bigger role in the X-men movies than Bobby and Kitty to date 😉
Hey, I did say it could be because of that… but really, everyone should be looking at Kitty, she was the one who time-travelled in DOFP, a magazine like Entertainment Weekly I can see overlooking that… but some of these others sites? No way!