--- description: The trailer contains a reference to the Hindu deity Krishna, which has prompted a protest from the head of a Hindu organization title: 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Trailer Offends Some U.S. Hindus image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The _X-Men: Apocalypse_ Trailer Is Upsetting Some U.S. Hindus ## Video: X-MEN- APOCALYPSE - Official Trailer HD - 20th Century FOX [Watch (HLS stream): X-MEN- APOCALYPSE - Official Trailer HD - 20th Century FOX](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Dc5jghYR.m3u8) (2:33)  _Published 2015-12-11. X-MEN- APOCALYPSE - Official Trailer HD - 20th Century FOX_ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2015 9:06 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2015 9:06 AM CUT The trailer released last week for the upcoming _X-Men_ movie has ruffled a few feathers within the Hindu community in the U.S., with the head of a Hindu organization [objecting](http://www.rajanzed.org/hindus-upset-at-comparison-of-villain-apocalypse-with-lord-krishna-in-x-men-trailer/ "undefined") to a reference to the deity Krishna by one of the characters. “Lord Krishna was meant to be worshipped in temples or home shrines and not for pushing movies for the mercantile greed of filmmakers,” Rajan Zed, president of the Universal Society of Hinduism, said in a statement on his website. The lines from the [trailer](http://time.com/4145625/x-men-apocalypse-trailer/ "undefined") for _X-Men: Apocalypse_ that Zed took offense to come when the film’s titular villain Apocalypse, played by Oscar Isaac, says: “I have been called many things over many lifetimes — Ra, Krishna, Yahweh.” Zed has asked the film’s director, Bryan Singer, to delete all references to Krishna from the trailer and the film unless they strictly adhere to Hindu scripture, as he says it hurts devotees and confuses “non-Hindus about Hinduism.” _X-Men: Apocalypse_ is set for a May 2016 release and will feature James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender. Watch the trailer below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4151097/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hindu-krishna-offense/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4151097/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hindu-krishna-offense/"},"headline":"The X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer Is Upsetting Some U.S. Hindus","datePublished":"2015-12-16T09:06:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:25:09.467Z","description":"The trailer contains a reference to the Hindu deity Krishna","url":"https://time.com/4151097/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hindu-krishna-offense/","keywords":["movies","Jennifer Lawrence","Oscar Isaac","Hindu"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4151097/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hindu-krishna-offense/","name":"The X-Men: Apocalypse Trailer Is Upsetting Some U.S. Hindus"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"X-MEN- APOCALYPSE - Official Trailer [HD] - 20th Century FOX","description":"X-MEN- APOCALYPSE - Official Trailer [HD] - 20th Century FOX","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Dc5jghYR/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-12-11T14:10:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Dc5jghYR.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4151097/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hindu-krishna-offense/","duration":"PT2M33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4151097/x-men-apocalypse-trailer-hindu-krishna-offense/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```