Last week, Bryan Singer announced that 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse will reintroduce Jean Grey, Cyclops, and Storm to the mutant superteam franchise. Now, EW can exclusively reveal that Apocalypse will feature the return trip for another franchise player: Rose Byrne’s Moira MacTaggert, the CIA agent and Professor X love interest introduced in 2011’s First Class.
“She’s a significant character in the movie,” says Apocalypse writer Simon Kinberg, returning to the franchise after Days of Future Past. “We ended First Class with Charles having wiped portions of her memory of her experience with the X-Men. They are, essentially, strangers to her when she meets them.” Apocalypse is set in the early ’80s, roughly 20 years after First Class, and Kinberg is mum about how she ties into the film. But expect to see further developments in her interaction with Professor Xavier. “It’s certainly a rich relationship that we started to dig into in First Class, and would like to mine more in this one,” teases Kinberg.
“She’s a significant character in the movie,” says Apocalypse writer Simon Kinberg, returning to the franchise after Days of Future Past. “We ended First Class with Charles having wiped portions of her memory of her experience with the X-Men. They are, essentially, strangers to her when she meets them.” Apocalypse is set in the early ’80s, roughly 20 years after First Class, and Kinberg is mum about how she ties into the film. But expect to see further developments in her interaction with Professor Xavier. “It’s certainly a rich relationship that we started to dig into in First Class, and would like to mine more in this one,” teases Kinberg.
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Huh, interesting. I liked her well enough in 'First Class', we'll see what they do with her in Apocalypse.
ReplyDeleteOh gods, oh gods, I'm so excited, I've missed Moira so much!
ReplyDeleteI'm curious about the appearance of McAvoy, Fassbender and hers. The characters should be about 50 years old by this point in the timeline. Making Xavier bald and adding some grey to Fassbender's hair will probably be enough, but I'm wondering what they will use to age Byrne that much.
ReplyDeleteso are any of the movies coming back to the present?
ReplyDeleteByrne was one of the few things I liked about First Class so this is good news.
ReplyDeleteIf Wolverine doesn't show up and they don't waste time on getting a team together(again) then it might be a passable movie.
Pleasantly surprised by Moira's return.
ReplyDeleteYay! I like both Rose and Moira as a character, so I was hoping she would appear in Days of Future Past, and when she didn't I was dissapointed... this news makes me very happy!
ReplyDeleteI would say in 40's. As in Xmen FC Xavior is 21 as he graduates from Uni in 1962 and then XMEN DOFP is set in 1973 and he would be early 30's so they will be in their 40's. Rose is currently 35 so a bit of styling and hair change would make her look in 40s.
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