Mystique Spin-Off Movie? In a recent interview with The Empire Film Podcast, singer revealed that he’d be interested in seeing a spin-off film centered around the shape-shifting “Mystique” played by Rebecca Romijn in the first trilogy and most recently be Jennifer Lawrence.
His reason for wanting to see a “Mystique” movie, Singer explained she would bring a different world view to the franchise saying quote, “Xavier can get into Cerebro and look at the world but he’d rather just teach classes and see the beauty of mutants and humans co-existing in his mansion in Westchester.
Along comes Raven with a reality check on the state of the world. It opens up a lot of avenues.” One major issue with a potential “Mystique” movie is the fact that Jennifer Lawrence’s contract ended with her appearance in X-Men: Apocalypse and while she originally hinted she had no interest in reprising the role, more recently suggested she would consider returning if the right script came along.
During the interview, Singer did hint that he felt the character was interesting enough that a recasting of the role could be a possibility. Of course, another major issue with a Mystique movie is many fans don’t appear to be too excited about the possibility. In the original trilogy, Mystique was a minor character and for the new films, her role was expanded thanks in large part to Lawrence’s rising star power since landing the role in 2011’s X-Men: First Class.
There’s also the fact that she’s mostly considered a villain in the comics, but with the right story, perhaps those fans against a solo film could be swayed to get on board? A likely plot could focus on her solo adventures searching the world for enslaved mutants, something we got a taste of in Apocalypse. So far, the only X-Men characters to receive spinoff movies have been Wolverine and most recently Deadpool.
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