X-Men Cyclops Actor Addresses The Chances Of Their Marvel Movie Return

Cyclops actor Tye Sheridan explains how likely he is to reprise his X-Men role in a future MCU project. Tye Sheridan was the third actor to play Scott Summers a.k.a. Cyclops in Fox’s X-Men movie franchise, after James Marsden and Tim Pocock. Sheridan played Cyclops in the X-Men movies’ prequel timeline; more specifically, in X-Men: Apocalypse and X-Men: Dark Phoenix, plus a cameo in Deadpool 2. Following James Marsden’s last appearance as Cyclops in X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s ending, Tye Sheridan was the final actor to play Scott Summers in live-action.

Speaking to Screen Rant in an interview about his role in the crime thriller The Order, Tye Sheridan addresses his possible return as the X-Men’s Cyclops in an MCU movie. Sheridan admits he doesn’t know if the option of coming back as Cyclops is being considered, but states that the possibility is always open, as the principal variable at play is “whether audiences have a desire for those stories” and whether they feel like superhero movies “have been oversaturated.” Read Sheridan’s full comments below:

I don’t know. I don’t think there’s a question if there’s more stories to tell. I think there’s probably always more stories to tell. The question is whether audiences have a desire for those stories and whether we feel like those types of films have been oversaturated or they’re not, or if there’s a new way to make those films. But yeah, I’m not real sure.

Every Previous Marvel Actor Could Return In A Future Marvel Project

The MCU’s Multiverse Saga has proved that bringing Marvel actors back is easier than it seems, as it isn’t strictly necessary for new Marvel projects to tie directly into pre-MCU movies and shows. While Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool is the exact same Wade Wilson variant who starred in Fox’s Deadpool and Deadpool 2, Evan Peters’ fake Pietro Maximoff from WandaVision is a brand-new character unrelated to Fox’s X-Men Quicksilver. Similarly, every returning X-Men character already in the MCU has a different origin and a different home timeline.

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Anticipation is high for the MCU’s X-Men movie reboot, but details are still scarce about when the movie will be released and what it will be about.

As Tye Sheridan explains, it’s up to Marvel, each director, and each actor to decide whether an established character fits a new project or not. Some characters suit new Marvel projects in brief cameo roles, while others receive big supporting roles or even their own movies. For instance, Anson Mount’s Black Bolt redeemed himself from Inhumans poor reception with a very short appearance in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, while Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine seems to only be starting a new era in Deadpool & Wolverine.

Phase 6 Is The Best Chance For Any Cyclops Actor To Reprise His X-Men Movie Role

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If Marvel Studios brings Cyclops from Fox’s X-Men franchise into the MCU, the most likely projects to feature Scott Summers are Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Similarly to how Avengers: Endgame assembled over thirty heroes in its final battle as an homage to the Infinity Saga, Avengers: Secret Wars could bring back characters from all pre-MCU movies and shows for one final battle together alongside the MCU’s Avengers. This multiversal team could feature several actors from Fox’s X-Men movies, including Tye Sheridan’s Cyclops and other A-list mutants.

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