Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past year or so, Marvel Studios has acquired the rights to the X-Men. In other words, everyone’s favourite mutants, along with the Fantastic Four, will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Undoubtedly, moviegoers and comic book fans are excited to see how Marvel’s live-action version of the characters differ from what Fox did. While Fox certainly provided us with some fantastic castings and movies, the MCU will hit the reboot button and choose new actors for the parts.
Here are our picks for some of the major X-Men parts:
Ralph Fiennes – Charles Xavier
Look, there’s no denying that Ralph Fiennes could play a rubbish bag and still deliver a phenomenal performance. Much like James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart, there’s a vulnerability to his acting style that could bode well if he’s selected to portray Charles Xavier.
Sonequa Martin-Green – Storm
Ever since Sonequa Martin-Green appeared in The Walking Dead, she’s been linked with a variety of high-profile roles. Whether you like Star Trek: Discovery or not, she’s proven she can lead a team (see: X-Men Gold) and handle the screen like it’s her own. Cast her as Storm now!
Scott Eastwood – Cyclops
After Scott Eastwood was horribly wasted in Suicide Squad, there’s a chance he could want another shot at a comic book movie redemption. Well, not only does he look like Cyclops, but this could also be his opportunity to cement himself in the big leagues.
Shia LaBeouf – Gambit
Let’s be honest here: Shia LaBeouf is an immensely talented actor. He picks up a bad wrap because of his past behaviour, but he’s worked hard to remedy his behaviour. For Gambit, you need someone with a little arrogance, some vulnerability and a whole lot of attitude. Isn’t that LaBeouf in a nutshell?
Logan Marshall-Green – Wolverine
Most fans would’ve loved to see Tom Hardy as the new Wolverine. Unfortunately, he’s portraying Venom and unlikely to swap roles anytime soon. Yet, there’s another option: Logan Marshall-Green, i.e. Hardy’s doppelganger. The best part? He’s actually a damn talented actor in his own right.
Alexandra Daddario – Rogue
Think of the one actress who looks exactly like Rogue from the comics. If Alexandra Daddario didn’t come to mind instantly, you need to get your head checked. She’s bound for Marvel or DC—it’s inevitable, really.
Daniel Craig – Magneto
There are many people who’d love to cast Daniel Craig as Professor X. After having played James Bond for so long, however, it’s likely that Craig would love nothing more than to sink his teeth into a complex role like Magneto. It just makes sense.
Tell us, who would you cast in the MCU’s X-Men? Let us know in the comments section.
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Eastwood may work as Logan, if he’s shorter than Hugh Jackman. Professor X nope. And for the love of all that is holy, why is the leader of the X-Men, the greatest X-man ever, not listed – that’d be Scott Summers.! First and foremost a director that knows the comics needs to be hired.
Jonny Lee Miller for Charles Xaiver.
Jason Issacs for Magneto.
Naomi Harris for Storm.
Scott Eastwood for Cyclops.
Travis Fimmel for Gambit.
Alison Brie for Rogue.
Stephen Dorff for Wolverine.
Charlie Hunnum for Angel.
Craig Robinson for Beast.
Wilmer Valderrama for Iceman.
Adrien Brody for Nightcrawler.
Thomasin Mackenzie for Kitty Pryde.
Charlize Theron for Mystique.
Wes Chatham for Sabretooth.
I wouldn’t cast a jean grey, as she should be dead already in the MCU, which can be a prequel on how that happened.
Only Scott Eastwood from this list would be my pick, and logan Marshall Green was shocker in Spiderman homecoming, i doubt theyd use him again.
But i do like the other casting, except shia lebeouf is terrible and has no interest for me.
Daniel Craig would make an incredible Nathaniel Essex aka Mr .Sinister
Ralph Fiennes- Professor X
Eric Bana – Magneto
Sean Faris- Cyclops
Scott Eastwood-Wolverine
Cam Gigandet – Gambit
Adrien Brody – NightCrawler
Elodie Yung- Psylocke
Charlie Hunnam-Angel
Alexandra Daddario- Rogue
Rachelle Lefevre-Jean Grey
Gabrielle Union – Storm
Taylor Lautner-Beast
There’s a lot of twilight in the cast kevin,
I’m hoping the MCU incarnations of the X-men, are more older, i was even thinking that Professor Xaiver and Magneto would be really really old, and both retired, and that Cyclops would be the current headmaster and leader of the school in the 21st century, and that Mystique would be the “Brotherhood’s” major villian and their leader, that way magneto could still be a holocaust survivor, but not be present, he could also be Grandfather to Polaris, Quicksilver and Wanda.
So as to not mess up the MCU canon regards to the twins and thier sokovian heritage.
Having Magneto as more of a legend from the past, and Professor X be the same but retired mentor to Cyclops and the rest of the X-men.
There could be a prequel that could be set in the 70s regarding Magneto vs the Original Xmen of Angel, Beast, Iceman, Cyclops and Jean.
But as far as Now post Endgame, Cyclops is the mentor, and the others are retired, except for an older Iceman, and Storm leads the team, along with Rogue, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Kitty and Gambit
I personally think that Alexandara Daddario would be an amazing Bigscreen Batgirl with red hair or Supergirl but hey as Rouge she would be awesome too. I also think MCU should not recast Logan and should move forward with X-23 as the new Wolverine like in the current comics!Sonequa Martin Green would be amazing as Storm and then make her Black Panther’s Queen like in the comics too! Daniel Craig would be amazing as Magneto and reunite him with his Bond co-star Ralph Fiennes who would be a great Professor X, Gambit I would still go with Channing Tatum, I would choose Matthew McConnaughey as an older Beast, Jessica Chastain as Jean Grey, Alison Brie for X-23, Emma Stone as Mystique, Kat Dennings as Kitty Pryde, Alexandra Daddario as Rouge, Scott Eastwood as Psyclops, Logan Lerman as Night Crawler, Charlie Hunnam as Angel.
A great cast list except Logan/Wolverine should not be re cast The MCU should cast a young upcoming actress for Laura Kinney X-23 she is currently the Wolverine in the Marvel Comics and could be a kick arse female Superhero that young girls can look up too i mean dont get me wrong I love Logan as Wolverine but feel his story has allready been told and its time for a big screen X-23