WTF Happened to Bryan Singer?

Before his career came crashing down, Bryan Singer was one of the most successful directors in Hollywood. Having risen through the ranks thanks to his early indie work, Singer was one of the first big directors to emerge from the Sundance Film Festival. His first movie, Public Access, won the Grand Jury Prize, and his follow-up, The Usual Suspects, became a smash hit that made Kevin Spacey a household name. After making an underrated Stephen King adaptation, Apt Pupil, Singer directed 2000’s X-Men. This was arguably the first true Marvel superhero movie and a noted detour from how comic book movies were usually filmed because Singer took the material seriously. The follow-up, X2: X-Men United, was an even bigger smash and helped make Hugh Jackman, who was plucked from obscurity to play Wolverine, one of the biggest stars of his era.

But, behind the scenes, there was a lot of drama surrounding Singer. It began with a 1997 lawsuit where Singer while making Apt Pupil, was accused of forcing minors to shower nude for his film. The lawsuit was never major news in that era, long before #MeToo and Singer’s career continued. Still, whispers always seemed to follow him, even as he churned out Superman Returns and his massive return to the X-Men franchise, X-Men: Days of Future Past. But, in the middle of shooting his Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody (ironically his biggest hit), allegations about Singer’s conduct finally caught up with him, and he was unexpectedly fired from the film with only two weeks left to shoot (he would keep his directorial credit).

Since then, Singer has laid low, with his proposed return to directing on Millenium’s Red Sonja reboot cancelled after an outcry. In this episode of WTF Happened to this Celebrity, we dig into the allegations against Singer and where the former A-list director is now.

Should we separate the artist and the art? Let us know in the comments!

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[newenglandrider]

Old "Touchy" Bryan likes the boys. The younger the better. THAT is truly WTF happened to Bryan Singer.

[TheSinjab]

If you watch at 1.25x speed, the narrator sounds normal

[sfdudeca]

I once met a photographer who allegedly worked with Bryan Singer. He totally revered Singer and spoke about being “occasionally” part of Singer’s circle, which didn’t surprise me since the majority of his models were young males, and worked closely with questionable modeling agencies in San Francisco. And when I think back on this photographer, he was pretty creepy, too.

[alisterfolson]

X2 had the best action movie beginning; that Nightcrawler at the White house scene was epic

[dondevice]

I have to be honest here:, anyone in Hollywood from the mid-90s on knew about Bryan‘s parties.
I didn’t know the details because I’m not gay, and was far too old for him being in my 30s but it was common knowledge that it was pretty wild.

I didn’t know about really bad things happening because this sort of thing is pretty common in Hollywood. If you’re powerful, young and successful, the line forms on the left.

The “Me Too” movement has changed more than I would’ve believed, but tha said, there is no shortage of young lies men and women willing to do anything to get ahead, and plenty of ipeople willing to except their generosity.

[Omar-wqdz]

The behind the scenes drama on Bohemian Rhapsody about his behavior was the last major thing we heard about him

[MrThomasHart]

Considering Brett Ratner fled to Israel too, maybe he and Bryan Singer can totally do a project together now

[mikeedward]

The content was interesting, but that narration has to go. Just brutal.

[TheVintageApplianceEmporium]

The pictures of Singer and Spacey together just make my skin crawl 🤮

[stingrey]

his onset behavior isnt surprising. like whedon and ratner, being a young director with sudden success. you feel you can be a total asshole and get away with it. a director is essentially the on set boss. with the studio behind you and the box office receipts, the power can easily go to one's head.

[ronelleroux]

I have always felt that he has no emotion behind his eyes. But i can not deny he is a good director.

[mmyers]

X2 was awesome and the greatest of all end scenes left me hoping for more. But no, X3 took the wrong road without Singer

[TheLastPrime]

Singer is one of the few that I can actually separate the art from the artist. Him, Spacey and Whedon are really the only ones off the top of my head. It's tough at times, but their work is fantastic, they aren't.

[Djordje_Jovanovic]

Brett Ratner (Rush Hour trilogy) would make a great WTF episode.

[toycamera]

Some really great directors aren't really great people behind the scenes; in fact, sometimes great art can be driven upward by negative individual traits. Isao Takahata is just one example.

[tyler_rake]

Bryan Singer directed great blockbuster films and interesting storylines for films including the X-Men franchise the usual suspects and other films also

[ChristianFrates]

I feel like Sonic should arrest Bryan Singer and say “Didn’t you remember my Sonic Says video?”

[mikep]

By the way "Bad Hat Harry" was likely a reference both to the line in Jaws, and also to Harry the Hat; who was a famous recurring character on Cheers; a trickster magician; (which I'm sure was an appealing prototype for Singer)...

[bluechalk]

There's probably enough dirt on this guy for an 8-hour Surviving Bryan Singer documentary.

[Hukooma]

I think that's unfair that Bryan Singer was cancelled even without trials or any other legal procedures. But Woody Allen still makes movies, even he molested his own stepdaughter when she was a child!