The cast of the “X-Men: Apocalypse” is now shaping up nice and easy as Director Bryan Singer announced that three new actors will be included in the movie to play hero mutants.
“X-Men: Apocalypse” is set to be shown on theaters on May 27, 2016 and is said to be the concluding entry to the trilogy that was started by “X-Men: First Class” in 2011 and followed up by “X-Men: Days of the Future Past” released just last year.
It has been reported previously that “X-Men: Apocalypse” shall have a 1980s setting and as such, there will likely be changes in the appearance of casts of characters from the original X-Men trilogy.
Young mutants on the rise
True enough, the three new characters will be playing hero mutants that have been played by big name actors in previous X-Men movies.
Sophie Turner, who has established a name for herself as Sansa Stark in the widely-followed “Game of Thrones” TV series on HBO, has been named to play the young Jean Grey, reports Vox. The telekinetic, fiery but oftentimes emotional mutant has been played before by Famke Janssen.
Alexandra Shipp, who just played singer Aaliyah in Lifetime’s “Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B,” will take on the role of the young Storm. The weather-manipulating mutant has been previously played in past X-Men movies by Halle Berry.
The third addition to the cast is Tye Sheridan who will be stepping into the role of the young Cyclops. Cyclops is the mutant who can shoot beams from his eyes, was once played by James Marsden.
Bryan Singer made the announcement of the three new cast members of “X-Men: Apocalypse” on his Twitter account on January 22.
Consistently young mutants
The addition of Turner, Shipp and Sheridan is consistent with the ‘throwback’ premise of “X-Men: Apocalypse” as previously reported.
In fact, some of the cast members who were earlier confirmed were already younger versions of the mutants that appeared in previous X-Men films.
There’s Jennifer Lawrence who shall be playing the role of form-changing Raven also known as Mystique, Evan Peters as Quicksilver and Peter if he’s not mutating, Chaning Tatum as the card-carrying mutant known as Gambit and Remy LeBeau if he’s not in his extra ordinary self, Michael Fassbender as Magneto or Erik Lensherr if he’s not in his mutant form, James McAvoy as Charles Xavier also known as Professor X, and Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy or the mutant Beast when he changes form.
Oscar Isaac will be playing the role of En Sabah Nur who is also the mutant Apocalypse, the foremost villain of the movie.
The character of Wolverine has not been included in the film as it was only during the latter part of the story when Professor X already had the school for mutants that they came across the mutant with blades in his hands and has the ability to quickly heal.