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The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been slowly but surely absorb the dramatis personae of Fox’sX - Menfranchise , but still has some illustrious stars that would make excellent additions . Already , the MCU has featured iconic return mutants like Patrick Stewart ’s Professor X , Kelsey Grammer ’s Beast , and Evan Peter ’s Quicksilver . Soon , Hugh Jackman will retrovert as Wolverine inDeadpool 3 , formally bring out one of the most iconic X - Men character into the fold of Marvel Studios .
For as impressive as the MCU ’s starting roster of X - Men alumnus has been , there are still some standout performances in theFox X - Men moviesthat merit to hark back to the big screen . Some of them , like those Marvel has already acquired , are life history - defining superhero shake off choice too iconic not to consider . However , a healthier number of former X - Men also never mystify a fair chance to shine , being perfectly wasted in the few film they did appear in . These undersung hero of the Fox continuity deserve another scene in the public eye in the MCU .
10Anya Taylor-Joy’s Magik
First appears in New Mutants (2020)
A new addition to the X - Men ’s mold of familiar face in both the strip and movies , Magik is a fantasy - themed hero with feet in both the mutant world and the mystical kingdom of Limbo . This dual nature as a sorceress and mutant would make her far better suited to the fantasy furnishing of the MCU compared to the relatively ground Fox universe . to boot , Anya Taylor - Joy will be a bigger draw for devotee now than equate to 2020 , with function inThe Super Mario Bros. MovieandFuriosa : A Mad Max Saga .
9Josh Brolin’s Cable
First appears in Deadpool 2 (2018)
spring a duo with the Merc with a Mouth for a prospicient time in the comics , Cable finally made his first film appearance alongside Deadpool inDeadpool 2.Josh Brolin ’s take on the meter - travel anti - hero was the perfect straight humans to Wade Wilson ’s absurdity , and his connexion of the MCU alongside Deadpool would be a welcome inclusion . While Josh Brolin already played Thanos , that character has long since been retired , and it would n’t be the first time that anactor in the MCU played multiple character .
8Rebecca Romajin’s Mystique
First appears in X-Men (2000)
Of the two actresses to play Mystique , Rebecca Romajin may be the less famous , but her performance was undeniably a better representation of the form - shift mutant compared to Jennifer Lawrence ’s check - cashing sleepwalk through the prequel trilogy . Romajin give the fiber the right sense of calamity while still really feeling like an factual villain . Not only that , butRomajin herself has expressed enthusiasm for return , a sure chance Marvel would be smart to take advantage of .
7Halle Berry’s Storm
Like most X - Men characters , two unlike actress have taken on the role of violent storm at different points in prison term , but Halle Berry ’s line drawing of Ororo is by far the more acclaimed . canalize the powers of the nature itself , Halle Berry was capable to convey Storm ’s kindness and free purport while also make it percipient how the powerful character could come to be worshiped as a goddess , as she was in the comedian . Halle Berry ’s Storm performance was lightning in a bottle that the MCU would do well to recapture .
6Famke Jenson’s Jean Grey
On the theme of leading womanhood from the originalX - Mentimeline , Famke Jenson ’s Jean Grey was something of a fumbled role . It ’s manifest that the first trilogy ’s adaptation of theDark Phoenixstoryline was n’t treat very well , and Jean Grey ’s fiber suffer for it despite Jenson ’s ship’s boat , well - consider execution as a frightened new charwoman at odds with her own astonishing power . If given strong material to influence off of , Jesnon could join theMCU ’s cast of return X - Menfor some much - want salvation .
5James Marsden’s Cyclops
Of all the core X - Men to be introduced in the other Fox movies , few graphic symbol got robbed like James Marsden ’s Cyclops . Marsden did a fantastic job as the X - Men ’s field of view leader , struggle to assert agency amid Wolverine ’s unruliness and being stuck in a love triangle with Jean . Marsden ’s acting talents were utterly wasted in the Fox pic , with water flea getting a few scant blinks of projection screen time only to be short kill in the theX - manpower : The Last Stand , deserving of a redeeming performance in the MCU a la Andrew Garfield ’s Spider - Man .
4Anna Paquin’s Rogue
One of the most tragic figures in the full X - Men card , Rogue ’s powers are more of a scourge than a blessing , forming the crux of the character ’s dramatic arc . Differing from the source material , Paquin ’s Rogue actually influenced the comics , demonstrate the deep drama the mutant is able of create . Rogue ’s charming love storey with Iceman and darling Southern drawl would find a welcome home in the decidedly more light-hearted MCU .
3Edi Gathegi’s Darwin
First appears in X-Men: First Class (2011)
In Charles Xavier and Magneto ’s first iteration of the X - Men squad in the 60s , nobody got the short final stage of the joystick quite like Darwin . Despite being the most durable extremity of the group , with the power to adapt his physical structure to any environs or damage , Darwin exists only to be killed by a isolated energy blast from Havoc , not even making it to the concluding enactment . He may not be the most placeable mutant , but Edi Gathegi ’s Darwin deserves a second fortune after being so gratingly snubbed from the spotlight .
2Danfe Keen’s X-23
First appears in Logan (2017)
Making the transition from cartoon to comics to the big screen extraordinarily well , Wolverine ’s foster girl and genetic offshoot , X-23 has become an integral part of the tenner - Men mythos . Danfe Keen did a standout Book of Job illustrating X-23 ’s arc , from savage child to certify mutant hero . While many of Fox ’s other 10 - Men histrion already had three movie or more under their belt , Danfe Keen feel like she was just getting set out , and deserve to be able-bodied to carry her performance further in the MCU .
1Ian McKellan’s Magneto
Thus far , the most heatedly - anticipated turn back 10 - Men actors unite the MCU have all been Cuban sandwich , but it come to the nefarious side of mutants , no role player merit a repetition performance more than Ian McKellan as Magneto . The magisterial actor brilliantly communicate the calamity of Magneto , going from holocaust survivor to persecuted mutant . While Patrick Stewart ’s Charles Xavier has had many chance at a last cinematic swansgon , Ian McKellan has n’t been so prosperous , but his performance deserve one last hurrah opposite theX - Menin the MCU .
