Sequels Recasting the X-Men for the MCU

[Sawyer]

Rosamund Pike - Emma Frost

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[Tg11]

Or another MCU X Men cast I would go with:

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine- Milo Gibson
Scott Summers/Cyclops- Dylan O'Brien
Jean Grey/Phoenix- Saoirse Ronan
Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto- Daniel Craig
Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X- Ewan McGregor
Warren Worthington III/Angel- Austin Butler
Hank McCoy/Beast- Daniel Radcliffe
Remy LeBeau/Gambit- Alex Pettyfer
Jubilation Lee/Jubilee- Lana Condor
Bobby Drake/Iceman- Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
Marie/Rogue- Hailee Steinfeld
Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat- Millie Bobby Brown
Raven Darkholme/Mystique- Riley Keough
Ororo Munroe/Storm- Kiki Layne
John Allerdyce/Pyro- Asa Butterfield
Victor Creed/Sabretooth- Tyler Hoechlin
Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler- Timothee Chalamet
Piotr Rasputin/Colossus- Alexander Ludwig

 

[ComicChick]

i like Steinfeld as Rogue, but it Pettyfer could stay away from the X-franchises, I'd much prefer it

 

[anthony1111]

To me Ashley Greene has always been what I imagine a real life Jean Grey would look like, very fine features and beauty. I don't know how her acting ability is though I've not really seen her act much.

 

[Jig96v]

Professor X - Timothy Dalton (unlikely now because of Doom Patrol, but I've had this casting in mind for years and years)

Cyclops - John Krasinski
Jean Grey - Emily Blunt

Rogue - Lily James
Gambit - Ben Barnes

 

[Airwings]

I liked the young Fox cast (Tye, Kodi etc) so much that I think they should be a package deal with X-Men over to MCU.

Wolverine needs a recast. Someone young enough to play the character for at least a decade and still be believable in the role. Hard to find another Hugh Jackman but we need a guy who can make Logan his own.
What about a Canadian? What about someone short, just like the character?
I give you… Kevin Zegers.

 

[InvisibleWoman]

I don't want the X-Men to be teens in the MCU. I want them to be adults and already somewhat proficient in their powers. I don't need to see another origin of how they discovered their powers.

Also, if they don't cast Eleanor Tomlinson as Jean Grey, it would be a crime. She literally looks exactly how I always envisioned Jean and she's an amazing actress.

 

[InvisibleWoman]

Also Finn Wittrock is my Scott Summers.

Aiden Turner for Logan/Wolverine (although whoever plays the role will have a hard time following Hugh Jackman)

Alice Englert for Kitty Pryde. She's just about flying under the radar but is gonna be a star. Such a good actress, I'd snap her up.

Trying to think of people who look like how I've always envisioned the X-Men looking and aren't too "famous". I'd like to see some up and comers rather than actors who are already household names.

 

[JamesHOWLETT]

100% agree about the X-Men being late 20s early 30s preferably. My favorite actress choice for Jean is more all American girl next door but can be sexy. She looks a bit too obviously British. She actually looks quite a bit like Sophie Turner. They have those same large hypnotic blue eyes.



Also, green eyes would be a plus this time and more olive skin tone this time around please. I want people to easily see this is the MCU Jean that looks like she popped out of the comic. Like Elizabeth Lail above.

 

[MilkmanDan]

Aidan Turner as Wolverine is a good suggestion. Another actor I like for the part is Iwan Rheon. He was already Maximus is the Inhumans TV-show. But since Marvel is probably going to pretend that never happened, I think he's worth considering.

 

[MilkmanDan]

Professor X - Timothy Dalton (unlikely now because of Doom Patrol, but I've had this casting in mind for years and years)

Cyclops - John Krasinski
Jean Grey - Emily Blunt

Rogue - Lily James
Gambit - Ben Barnes

I really like these suggestions. Though I might go with Timothy Dalton as Magneto instead. Krasinski and Blunt seem to be more on everyone's radar for F4, but they would make a really good Scott and Jean as well. Lily James could fit a lot of superheroines and Ben Barnes has shown he has the perfect cocky, bad boy charm for Gambit.

 

[Iceman]

Professor X - Timothy Dalton (unlikely now because of Doom Patrol, but I've had this casting in mind for years and years)

Cyclops - John Krasinski
Jean Grey - Emily Blunt

Rogue - Lily James
Gambit - Ben Barnes

I would be fine with all of these.

 

[JamesHOWLETT]

Rosamund Pike - Emma Frost

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Professor X - Timothy Dalton (unlikely now because of Doom Patrol, but I've had this casting in mind for years and years)

Cyclops - John Krasinski
Jean Grey - Emily Blunt

Rogue - Lily James
Gambit - Ben Barnes

All off these are, like, perfect casting. I always liked the Blunt-Krasinski family as Jean and Cyc more than Reed and Sue.
And I just realized...



They look so much like the 90s cartoon.
*mindblown* View attachment 33584
In fact, I think I know what my next manip will be.

 

[Protar]

I definitely want them to go quite young for the X-men. They should be looking at actors aged 15-20. Doesn't really make sense to have a proficient team of heroes retconned into existence. I want to see the mutant presence in the MCU from its first moments. And as an X-men film probably isn't coming for a few more years most of the cast probably won't be on anyone's radar right now. Although I'd say Millie Bobbi Brown/and or some of the other Stranger Things Kids are a fair bet.

Quite like the idea of Daniel Radcliffe as Wolverine. It would take him in a very different direction to Jackman's take and the character is very different to Harry Potter so I think he could go for it.

 

[Airwings]

Protar, I too want the actors to be young. Wich the current version is . Their run has ended but they were so good it would be a waste not to use them.

Radcliffe as Wolverine is a very good suggestion. I put him up there with my Kevin Zegers

 

[JamesHOWLETT]

Quick one I did of Blunt and Krazinski as MCU Jean and Cyclops meeting Wolverine for the first time:

Not a fan of younger cast or of Radcliffe or Zegers. They just don't exude his swagger. Both men have a more androgynous nebulous quality about their energy. I always thought that Logan should be very obviously masculine and almost offputting not pretty looking like Zegers for example.
I am still all in for Emile or Shia

 

[Protar]

Protar, I too want the actors to be young. Wich the current version is . Their run has ended but they were so good it would be a waste not to use them.

Radcliffe as Wolverine is a very good suggestion. I put him up there with my Kevin Zegers

Keeping the current cast just wouldn't be worth it. Personal preferences aside, the current cast just haven't captured the hearts of audiences. It's not worth confusing audiences to keep them.

 

[Protar]

Could definitely see Shia in the role. Although he's known to be unpredictable. If he'd even want to do a big franchise role would Marvel have him? Then again they took a chance on RDJ.

Each to their own but I don't really get the appeal of an older X-men cast. The vast majority of the Fox films focused on experienced adult xmen and the vast majority of the MCU's heroes are experienced adults. I think it will be really something special to see inexperienced, teenage x-men grow and develop in real time across the next 10, 15, 20 years.

 

[Airwings]

Keeping the current cast just wouldn't be worth it. Personal preferences aside, the current cast just haven't captured the hearts of audiences. It's not worth confusing audiences to keep them.

To the general audience it would be confusing with yet another set of actors.
Atleast McAvoy and Fassbender captured hearts.

 

[Protar]

To the general audience it would be confusing with yet another set of actors.
Atleast McAvoy and Fassbender captured hearts.

Nah, audiences understand the concept of reboots. But keeping the old actors muddies the waters. People will be wondering why these characters are appearing in films unrelated to their older entries. It will make people think the Fox films are related to the MCU and Fiege definitely doesn't want that. Deadpool is the only one you can get away with it. Partly because this is already Reynolds second take on Deadpool and partly due to the third-wall breaking nature of the character. Everyone else needs to go.

I'm not saying the Fox films didn't bring some great and memorable performances but it's time for a clean slate.

 

[Airwings]

I really like these suggestions. Though I might go with Timothy Dalton as Magneto instead

Agreed, Dalton would be much better as Magneto than Xavier.
I can't imagine him bald either.

 

[Airwings]

Not a fan of younger cast or of Radcliffe or Zegers. They just don't exude his swagger. Both men have a more androgynous nebulous quality about their energy. I always thought that Logan should be very obviously masculine and almost offputting not pretty looking like Zegers for example

You're saying Hugh Jackman wasn't a clean cut guy 15-20 years ago?
I remember him doing a live musical number on TV around that time, appearing very "English gentleman" like, dancing and singing. His facial looks was similar to that in Kate & Leopold. And he did this performance when he had already started playing Wolverine.
Not to forget, he returned to the classy musical style not long ago with Greatest Showman.
Why couldn't Zegers also change for a more masculine and tough vibe when its required?

Radcliffe then, is he androgynous and pretty looking in all of his roles?
Check out Horns!

 

[Airwings]

Nah, audiences understand the concept of reboots. But keeping the old actors muddies the waters. People will be wondering why these characters are appearing in films unrelated to their older entries.

Mutants living in a different universe can solve the problem.

 

[Protar]

Mutants living in a different universe can solve the problem.

The last thing I'd want to see is mutants being from an alternate universe. They deserve to be part of the main MCU timeline. I think it'd make them seem lesser if they were not really part of the same world as the other heroes. Would they migrate en masse to our world? Or would all mutant films take place in a pocket universe only occasionally crossing over with the other characters. That would be the worst, I want these guys to cross over a lot with the other characters.

Do agree on Radcliffe though. He looks very much the part here - Horns (2013)

 

[Protar]

For Professor X, I'm sure it's been mentioned before but I think David Oyelowo would be a good pick for the role. Who better to play The MCU's Martin Luther King than the guy who played Martin Luther King. I'm definitely a fan of drawing that parallel a bit more strongly in the MCU than in the Fox films.

For Magneto I think there's a few directions they could go. I think his origin should be updated to a more recent tragedy, be it the Rwandan genocide, war in the middle-east or hate crime in the USA. I think his anger and extremism being born from direct experience with cultural oppression is more important than him being specifically tied to WWII. He'd have to be very old indeed to be a direct victim of the holocaust unless you slowed his ageing. And even then I'd rather he be a contemporary of Xavier.

I think it's important that whoever they cast actually be from whichever area they tied his origin to. If he's a victim of the Rwandan genocide cast a Rwandan actor. If they want to keep him Jewish but change him to an Israeli Jew, cast an Israeli actor.

I they play up the MLK/Malcolm X allegory and cast an African American actor I think Jamie Fox could be a good shout. Or Wesley Snipes if they want to go a bit older.