I know Cyclops is meant to be with Jean, she’s his MJ but can we Scott and Emma together at least for a lil while? Good or bad we’ve seen Scott and Jean enough already. If you really want to have an X-Men universe different from Fox Bring In Emma Frost.
She's always been my favorite Marvel character so I'm not ashamed to say that I only kept watching the show for her. She was the only character I was invested in. They perfectly balanced her noble side with her more noble side. If there is one thing I can praise this show for is Emma Frost's portrayal.
I hope X-Men in MCU will make Wolverine in a side role same for most of the Post Secret Wars event and I hope the X-Men MCU is great and shows the world how awesome Cyclops, Emma Frost and previously overlooked/misunderstood members are on the big and small screen.
To be honest this is one of the most original castings I’ve ever done rather than preferring the typical boring ones like rest of fans fan-casting pick.
I’m looking at this casting from a both Hollywood casting director and fans mindset, I’m intimately familiar with the X-Men comic books so I know all the intricacies of the characters personalities and traits.
What I do understand are the kinds of casts that make money and draw crowds, that may be through popularity or through “controversy”. Either-way I took into account the characters archetypes, the actors star power and especially how a general audience would respond to seeing them cast in the new MCU X-Men movies with right directions and scripts tell an X-men ever told before on big-screen.
Jonah Hauer-King as Cyclops
Jodie Comer as Emma Frost
Milo Gibson as Wolverine
Yetide Badaki as Storm
Andrey Trushin as Colossus
Francois Civil as Gambit
Paulina Chávez as Rogue
Connor Swindells as Beast
Odeya Rush as Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)
Alyssa Wapanatâhk as Mirage
Rufus Sewell as Professor X
Whenever X-Men make their official appearances in MCU (maybe Avengers: Secret Wars). Wanting to be new, unique and different from rather basic and uninspired lineups fan’s have created is too similar to either 90s animated series or Claremont run. Adding Mirage to the main team would have provided something different to other X-Men adaptations and having Mirage being on the main team instead of New Mutants (more a veteran than being a teenager) helped the MCU X-Men stay out of previous incarnations from movies, cartoons and video games.
X-Men never saw a proper live-action adaptation highlighting the relationships and interactions between each other except for Logan. Seeing Cyclops talk to Storm in a friendly manner or Colossus interacting with Nightcrawler or Logan trying to push Gambit into making things clear with Rogue would actually be welcome. We need a classic X-men story and a familiar feeling.
I'd love Wolverine to appear, don't get me wrong! But I'd almost rather he be a more mellow presence, more in a mentorship role than the central figure (Especially as Cyclops needs a lot more attention).
That was always a problem with the X-Men movies; you'd have like two characters front and center and everyone else is just supporting instead of an ensemble, which is what's worked for the MCU historically. If they’d introduce too many characters in one film, none of them are going to get enough screen time for people to care about them.
I'd keep it to a slim roster of 9-10 (not too big, Beast or Emma stay behind at the school until seems his in action) for the opening act allows audiences (old/new) get to known characters with some familiarity so Marvel Studios is not trying to retold while origins of the mutant’s again.
Members:
Brenton Thwaites as Cyclops
Jodie Comer as Emma Frost
Milo Gibson as Wolverine
Paul Mescal as Beast
Yetide Badaki as Storm
Andrey Trushin as Colossus
Julia Butters as Shadowcat
Francois Civil as Gambit
Rachel Zegler as Rogue
Alyssa Wapanatâhk as Mirage
Dougrlas Henshall as Professor X
First off don’t use any actors or anything from the FOX X-MEN movies as much as possible. I've heard rumors that they want to start seasonal veterans as if they want to cast new actors.
So my idea is mostly to do with the introduction of the X-Men into the MCU. Basically after Secret Wars X-Men 's Earth were merged into the Main Universe and the multiverse was restored. I would have Cyclops being one of the main leads in the first X-Men Saga.
Skip whole back-stories, maybe establish mutant’s always exist in present days with hints of their origins in the background somewhere. Where the world may have experienced prejudice and violence on a large scale.
Maybe Cyclops selects the first few students and becomes the Next X-Men at the end of the first Marvel Studio X-Men with his ideals and vision of the future of mutants. Emma could then take those who maybe like him have experienced violence trauma like maybe X-23 can go.
I know my idea is similar to X-Men first class movies but my idea is different I think as in the cast. You start with seasonal members (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Storm, Wolverine, etc) then slowly introduce X-Men in training (Dust, Elixir, Hellion, Mercury, Rockslide, Surge and X-23).
Maybe even in their teens. Show how the progression of working together wanting to become X-Men.
For me it would be Cyclops and Jubilee
This is a theory for who would replace the members of the Illuminati after Wanda killed the original on Earth-838. I think they'd be led by Cyclops, siding with RDJ’s Doom to help his own goals conquer earths across the multiverse. Doctor Doom, offered revenge in a form of deal to the Illuminati and hunted down every variant of Scarlet Witch until discovers the right one.
Awhile TVA who rescues and reach out the heroes (Avengers, Thunderbolts, etc.) from Earth-616 to form a new team of Avengers and as the Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Captain Peggy, etc join the heroes, the problem is: the Doom launch a preemptive strike on the TVA base, way to save each of their universe and half of the heroes fight Doom with his loyalty, Second-in-command “Victorious” (play by Ana de Armas) and try to convince them to see reason they’d present cause an massive incursion, while the other half deals with Illuminati who appeared to seek completed their goal finding the one Scarlet Witch (Earth-616) and providing intense moments and when help Doom exceeds the ultimate power, finally becoming a God Emperor.
James Marsden's Cyclops - Newest member and acting leader of the group who felt guilty wasn't present to stop Wanda massacring the only father figure in Scott's life. Who seeks revenge on Earth-616 Wanda and allows Doctor Doom's army's invaded the multiverse.
Emily Blunt’s Invisible Woman - Invisible Woman became the new representing the Fantastic Four on Earth-838 after Reed's death. Many of the Sue joined the Illuminati cause when before Johnny and Ben Grimm left Fantastic Four to due her actions desecrated the Reed’s memories.
Chris Evans Winter Soldier - In this reality, during the war even though he didn’t get the super soldiers serum. On the train where Bucky fell and “died” in the original film until he became the Winter Soldier, Steve takes the place of the sacrificial soldier. Steve falls into the hands of Hydra and is turned into the Winter Soldier. Many years later after World War 2, Captain Peggy freed Steve under Hydra influence and became the top enforcer for Illuminati.
Mordo (chiwetel ejiofor) - the only member of the original Illuminati who was present during Wanda's attack to survive, he is also desperate to take up Dr .Doom's deal to Invade Earth-616 and locate Wanda.
Teyonah Parris Captain Marvel - She could've gone through an upgrade after Wanda deleted the Illuminati. Take her mother's place.
Serinda Swan Medusa - with the death of her husband, Medusa was able to take over Attilan and now rules the Inhuman Kingdom.
If the incursion Doctor Strange caused was between Earth-616 and Earth-838, I think they would make cool villains for either Avengers: Doomsday, Doctor Strange 3. Let me know your thoughts.