X-Men Apocalypse was searching for new faces to fill some iconic shoes and they found them. Jean Grey, Cyclops and Storm have been cast by young actors. Sophie Turner, aka Sansa Stark, will play the role of Jean Grey which was previously played by Famke Janssen. Cyclops, who was played by James Marsden in prior movies, will be played by Tye Sheridan from Tree of Life. Halle Berry’s Storm will now be played by Alexandra Shipp, better known to some for playing Aaliyah in the Lifetime biopic last year. The best part was the way it was announces. Bryan Singer took to Twitter to announce the castings.
Meet our new and brilliant young mutants: @Alexshipppp as #Storm @SophieT as #JeanGrey and @TyeSheridan as #Cyclops. #XmenApocalypse
— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) January 23, 2015
X-Men Apocalypse will see James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and Hugh Jackman return along with new faces Oscar Isaac as Apocalypse and Channing Tatum as Gambit.