Star Wars Icon Adam Driver to Play Magneto in Marvel's Upcoming X-Men Movie
By Chris Snellgrove | Published
Right now, it's a weird time to be an X-Men fan. On the other hand, we're all excited to see some of the original movie crew (including Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen) from last year. Avengers: Doomsday. On the other hand, most of us are a little excited about what's to come. Marvel is currently hard at work on an X-Men movie that will properly introduce new versions of these characters to the MCU. Except that it will be directed by Jake Schreier (who brought us Thunder Lights), we don't know anything about this upcoming film.
Now, however, we have a potential bombshell in terms of casting. Currently, many reliable Marvel scoopers are reporting that Star Wars icon Adam Driver will play Magneto in the MCU. The news comes ahead of San Diego Comic-Con, where Marvel can make the streaming announcement official. Until then, the rumor that Driver will be playing the famous foe has fueled the fandom and cemented the fact that some big names will be bringing our favorite mutant heroes and villains to life in an X-Men movie.
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This is one of those cases where different scoopers report different versions of the story. Others (including MyTimeToShineHello) are reporting that Driver will be playing a villain in the upcoming X-Men movie, prompting fan speculation that he might be playing an unusual Big Bad like Mr. Sinister. However, others (including Apocalyptic Horseman) are reporting that Driver will be playing Magneto, a first and no doubt. best X-Men villain. Although nothing has been confirmed by Marvel, news of the pilot joining the MCU has electrified fans around the world.
Another reason why fans are so excited is that Adam Driver was the best part of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. Those movies were divisive, but even the biggest haters agreed that Driver was always there playing his heart out like Kylo Ren. Based on his experience working in a galaxy far, far away, we know he'll be comfortable playing in the MCU. Running around like a guy in a scary costume and helmet while giving supervillain speeches? He clearly this is included. Of course, Driver's performance is more nuanced in movies like this A Marriage Story he emphasizes how he would be at home playing the complex and empathetic Magneto.
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Of course, this circulating rumor has raised many questions among MCU fans. For example, who will play Professor Xavier, whose entangled history with Magneto is the foundation of X-Men history? Also, will Magneto start the movie as the Big Bad, or will we see his gradual decline (as in X-Men: First Class) in evil? Will Magneto be playing alone against Xavier's gifted youth, or does he already have the Evil Brotherhood of Mutants to command? Hopefully, we will get answers to all these questions and more in the coming days.
In the meantime, these casting rumors have generated a lot of hype for Marvel. It's already shaping up to be a year for the studio: the tracking shows that Spider-Man: A New Day will be the biggest movie of the summer, and everyone from die-hard fans to dirty people is excited to see Chris Evans and Robert Downey Jr. returning to the MCU Avengers: Doomsday. Now, it's a joy to see Adam Driver as Magneto goad the fans next Avengers: Secret Wars. Some thought that the audience might end up drowning Marvel, but as it turns out, even the fearsome exhaustion of the superhero is not the same as the master of magnetism!
