Rogue Might Be Recasted For 'X-Men: Dark Phoenix'

We know the next mainline movie starring our favourite mutants is officially titled X-Men: Dark Phoenix and will grace cinemas next year, it comes as no surprise that Fox has already gotten the ball rolling when it comes to casting.

Young talent such as Alexa Swinton, Rarmian Newtown and Paul Mescal have each auditioned for the roles of Marie, Shane and Sam, respectively. Now, those roles seemingly sound innocuous and could each be code names, but many are speculating that Marie is, in fact, Rogue given that’s her real first name. Personally, I think this isn’t far-fetched in the slightest, and I’ll tell you why.

Ever since First Class reinvigorated the franchise back in 2011, one constant that it and each subsequent installment honored was casting younger onscreen versions of the characters we’ve come to know and love. At first, it was folks such as Charles Xavier, Magento and Beast, and, eventually, the next generation consisting of Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm and several others.