Gary Cooper was originally chosen to portray Tom Dunson - ultimately played by John Wayne, but refused on the role because of the character""s ruthlessness and contemptibility.As a consequence, Pettigrew was let go - he transformed himself back into a rat to quickly scurry off.He spoke to his remaining associates: militant Salvation Army founder Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling) (a parody of Rosa Klebb inFrom Russia With Love), Korean ex-wrestler and evil handyman Random Task (Joe Son) (a shoe-throwing parody of Oddjob inGoldfinger), ex-Irish assassin Patty O""Brien (Paul Dillon) (a parody of Red Grant inFrom Russia With Love), and one-eye-patched businessman Number Two (Robert Wagner).He also pointed out that Stryker""s mutant son Jason had once been a student at Xavier""s School.Magneto confessed - to Xavier""s horror - that he couldn""t help telling Stryker "everything." At the moment that Magneto uttered: "the war has begun," an invisible gas was pumped into the prison chamber and both of them went unconscious.