I enjoyed X-Men: Days of Future Past and have a little bit of interest in seeing what Bryan Singer has planned for X-Men: Apocalypse, but I have to admit that when I see casting news that several actors are in contention to play the roles of Jean Grey and Cyclops in the film it feels a little like attempting to reinvent the wheel.
Yes, I understand all franchises recast characters and I’m not above acknowledging the hypocrisy, but for whatever reason the fact this is supposed to be within the same world as all the other X-Men films it makes me wish we could just get a few new characters rather than reintroducing old ones with new faces. Especially when I thought both Famke Janssen and James Marsden did quite well with the roles.
But pushing all the bitching and moaning aside, The Wrap has the skinny on the new talent, which includes Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass), Elle Fanning (Maleficent) and Hailee Steinfeld (Ender’s Game) up for the role of Jean Grey while Ben Hardy (“East Enders”), Charlie Rowe (Never Let Me Go) and Timothee Chalamet (Interstellar) are up for the role of Cyclops (aka Scott Summers).
Of course, The Wrap reports none of these actors have been made offers and there are others said to be up for consideration. In essence, all this confirms is the two characters are in the film and considering the actors under consideration they both may play relatively significant roles in the film.
X-Men: Apocalypse begins filming early next year and is set for a May 27, 2016 release.
