The Marvel Cinematic Universe is known for constantly expanding, thanks to thrilling new projects arriving in theaters and streaming with a Disney+ subscription. Fans are constantly looking forward to upcoming Marvel movies, and wondering what actors might play beloved characters from the comics. Some fans want to see The Long Walk actor Cooper Hoffman play Cyclops in the MCU's developing X-Men movie, and now he's responded to the online chatter.
While the stars of the original X-Men movies will appear as part of the Avengers: Doomsday cast, a new group of actors will make up the team of mutants in Jake Schreier's developing X-Men flick. Hoffman has seen the rumors about him playing Cyclops, and spoke to EW about the chatter, responding with:
Oh, not gonna be me, but I love the X-Men. Not for any reason, it's just not...I don't know where this came from. Shit spreads!
Womp womp. Despite fans wanting to see the Licorice Pizza actor rock Scott Summers' visor, it appears that Cooper Hoffman isn't actually in talks to take on the role that was famously played by both James Marsden and Tye Sheridan in Fox's X-Men films. We'll just have to wait and see who ends up actually making up the beloved team of heroes.
While Hoffman's Long Walk co-star David Jonsson is playing T'Challa's son Black Panther 3, it sounds like he hasn't been in contact with the studio himself. But would he join X-Men if Marvel came calling? In the same interview he addressed this by saying:
Of course [I would be interested]. [The fans don't have a say], but I wish they did. I love X-Men. I've been watching since I was a kid. It would be such an honor.
The X-Men make up some of the most popular Marvel characters of all time, and there are plenty of actors who would love to portray one of the mutants on the big screen. Only time will tell what mutants Jake Schreier wants for his adaptation, and which actors will play those roles.
Fans who spent years watching the Marvel movies in order have been not-so-patiently waiting for the X-Men to finally join the fun. Disney's acquisition of 20th Century Fox finally opened the door for this to happen, and mutants have been slowly added to various projects like Doctor Strange 2 , Deadpool & Wolverine, and (of course) Avengers: Doomsday. The latter will seemingly be a final sendoff for the OG stars of the Fox franchise, before new actors are brought in as the primary X-Men of the shared universe.
Avengers: Doomsday will arrive in theaters on December 18th as part of the 2026 movie release list. Hopefully we'll get some casting news about Schreier's X-Men movie sooner rather than later. Fingers (and claws) crossed.
