With the “Paradise“James Marsden received an Emmy nomination for playing US leader-but this is not the first time we have also seen him sit in the driver’s seat. Soon Marvel fans will see the actor once again portray the leader for the X-Men.
In an interview with VanityMarsden opened a bit about “Avengers: Doomsday“And his expected return to his earliest iconic role: Scott Summers (Alias Cyclops) in the 20th Century Fox’s film series” X-Men “.
“I get a little long in the tooth to put on the super -hero costume,” Marsden laughed. “I was excited because you are part of something gigantic, and I have spent 20 years listening to people saying:“ When are you coming back? When are you coming back? Are you coming back? “I’m dead.
Marsden is one of several “X-Men” members from the 21st century who will appear in the gigantic lineup for 2026’s “Avengers: Doomsday.” As the actor referred to, his character has gone a long and snapped path in the Fox series, one that involved him to die in “X-Men: The Last Stand” before resurrecting by a time-traveling Wolverine in “X-Men: Days of Future Past.”
Now March’s Cyclops must add the multivers to its list of worries. Skådespelaren kommer att dyka upp tillsammans med andra “X-Men” -stjärnorna Kelsey Grammer (Beast), Patrick Stewart (professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler) och Rebecca Romijn (Mystique) i “Avengers: Doomsday”-alla som tillkännagavs via Via via Via via Via via Via via Via via Via via via via Chairs in place In a Marvel -Livestream. The film will see members of the original “X -Men” films (a franchise that differs from MCU) in some way contributes to Avenger’s conflict with Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr.
This will not be the first time “X-Men” characters have interacted with MCU since the Disney/Fox merger. Stewart previously worked as Professor X in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”, while Grammer’s Beast came in the postal credits “The Marvels.” 2024’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” saw Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackmans Wolverine interact with each other for the first time and dropped some other Fox Marvel characters to the MCU adventure. Channing Tatum’s Gambit – which never appeared in a Fox movie – debuted in “Deadpool & Wolverine” and will also return for “Avengers: Doomsday.” Reynolds, Jackman And other “X -Men” stars like Halle Berry (Storm) and Famke Janssen (Jean Gray) are not confirmed to show up.
March’s last performance when cyclops are more than a decade before “doomsday”, with the character that makes a brief como in 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past.” The “Paradise” actor said his return to the visor is better late than never.
“I will have a hard time fighting to get into a suit if they waited a few more years,” Marsden said. “So it has been a blast. It really has. It has been a nice little return to a role that really put me on the map. It was the first real event project that I was ever part of, and a very loved character, this icon from the series. And so going back to that role was quite special.”
