It doesn’t take much to get a rumor going on the Internet, especially when a major production like “X-Men: Apocalypse” is involved. With so many people paying close attention to the development of the new film, it’s basically guaranteed that any small detail is going to be noticed immediately and people are going to discuss it a lot. And in this case, this wasn’t even a “small” detail – it’s been reported that Patrick Stewart himself has decided to pay a visit to the set of the new film.
This immediately prompted fans to speculate that he might be reprising his role, although nothing of this sort has been confirmed by neither Stewart himself nor the producers of the film. It wouldn’t be surprising if Steward is indeed going to take up a role in the new production, and it’s something that many fans are actually hopeful for.
It’s been reported already that the new film is going to focus more on the younger members of its cast, but the recent photo with Patrick Stewart might point in a slightly different direction. Once again, we don’t know if his appearance on the set is indicative of anything going on right now, but if it is, we’re likely going to hear about it very soon.
The last report that we got on the situation was that Patrick Stewart was supposedly not going to be taking part in “X-Men: Apocalypse”, but that could easily change by the time the film comes out. And on the other hand, it’s also a detail that doesn’t even have to be necessarily confirmed before the film is released. It’s going to be a pretty major surprise for all fans of the film, and it should work wonders for boosting its popularity even more.
Other points of speculation for the community at the moment include Hugh Jackman’s involvement in the new film. Jackman hasn’t said much about the possibility of playing in “X-Men: Apocalypse”, and the only detail that he has revealed officially so far has been that “The Wolverine 2” will be his final appearance as the character on the screen.
Which, of course, was immediately met with a lot of disappointment from his dedicated fans, as many people love to see Jackman as the iconic character. He’s developed a nearly cult following for his performance as Wolverine, and some even associate him primarily with that role right now. We don’t know what the actor is planning to do after he’s done with this character, but he is going to have an interesting time ahead of him.
Because there will definitely be some period of time during which he’s going to be followed by his Wolverine fame wherever he goes, and he will probably find it a bit hard to shake off that association from some fans’ minds. But Jackman has proved to be a capable actor who knows what he’s doing, and he should be able to deliver a solid performance no matter what role he chooses in the future.
Meanwhile, “X-Men: Apocalypse” has been reported to feature many new additions to the cast, like Sophie Turner, who’ll be playing the role of Jean Grey, and Alexandra Shipp as Storm. Others include Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops, and Olivia Munn as Psylocke. It’s shaping up to be an interesting cast overall, and many fans apparently can’t wait to see how all those actors are going to mesh together on the set.