The whole Marvel Cinematic Universe as we know it might have never happened if it weren't for ex-chairman and CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment Bill Mechanic, as he says the studio never really believed in the first X-Men movie.
"They saw it and thought it was a disaster – why would anybody make a Marvel comic into a movie?" said Mechanic to Business Insider. Mechanic was dismissed from Fox just one month before the film hit screens in July 2000, but during his time there, he backed many movies that saw huge pushbacks from Fox, including David Fincher's Fight Club.
