Wynant was recently divorced from his wife - later introduced as Mimi who had since remarried - because he was conducting an affair with his pretty blonde secretary/mistress Julia Wolf (Natalie Moorhead).As Ryan left the Academy after his lecture, terrorist breakaway-IRA assassins, including ruthless Kevin O""Donnell (Patrick Bergin), his lover Annette (Polly Walker), Sean Miller (Sean Bean) and his 16 year-old younger brother Patrick "Paddy-boy" Miller, plotted to attack and kill Lord William Holmes (James Fox), British Minister for Northern Ireland and the Queen Mother""s cousin, as he left his royal residence in an unscheduled motorcade.Significantly, the satisfied station attendant Albert Godby (Stanley Holloway) notes the punctuality of the two scheduled rains.To capitalize on Universal""s success with their horror films in 1931, including Browning""s stage-bound, horror smash hitDracula (1931), MGM supported Browning""s next follow-up film, a lurid and off-beat creation that deliberately cast real-life circus ""freaks"" and various human aberrations o sensationalize its content.Amazed that Xavier was alive, Logan was assured that Professor X/Xavier was there to assist and also aid the cause.