X-MenstarRebecca Romijnopened up about the possibility of reprising her role of Mystique in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The actress, 49, revealed she would “absolutely be open” to becoming the shapeshifting villain again in an interview withComicBook, published on Wednesday.
“I don’t know if they would ever want me back,” she said. “I mean, that was quite a few years back when I played that character, but I would love to, yeah, absolutely.”
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Romijn also recalled her experience making 2000’sX-Menand the sequelsX2 and X-Men: The Last Stand. She also made a cameo appearance in the prequel filmX-Men: First Class.
“It was a fantastic franchise to be a part of. I’ll love that cast until the day I die. We had a great time together,” she told ComicBook.
InX-Men: The Last Stand,Mystique was shot with “the cure” and lost her powers, but a later scene suggested she may be able regain them at some point.
Jennifer Lawrence went on to play the character in further X-Men films.
Stewart seemingly confirmed the appearance in an interview withJake’s Takesin February.
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“Well, I had my phone turned off as it happened, so I didn’t hear anything,” he said of the trailer. “It wasn’t until the next morning when I woke up and looked at my phone and found that I had been bombarded with responses and that my PR people had sent me reactions that they had detailed and passed onto me.”
“I actually didn’t recognize my own voice, it sounded different. Whether I had a cold or something at the time, I don’t know,” he added. “But I was astonished, and all they saw was the back of my shoulder, and I think my earlobe, nothing else. There would have been so many connections made. But, uh, it pleased me.”
In an interview withEmpirein March, Richie Palmer, a producer ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, also teased the character’s possible return in the Multiverse.
“I’ll quote the first X-Men movie and say, ‘Are you sure you saw what you saw?’ There are infinite versions of these characters, and just because you may have heard something familiar doesn’t mean it’s someone you have seen before,” he said.
Disney has not announced any official plans for moreX-Mencharacters to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
source: people.com
