DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Concept Art Offers Detailed Look At The MCU's Take On Psylocke

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE Concept Art Offers Detailed Look At The MCU's Take On Psylocke

Newly revealed Deadpool & Wolverine concept art offered a detailed look at Marvel Studios' new Psylocke and an early design for The Russian, a villain we first met in 2004's The Punisher movie...

By JoshWilding - Sep 04, 2024 06:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine took us into The Void and brought back actors like Jennifer Garner and Wesley Snipes to reprise their iconic Marvel roles. Joining them was Dafne Keen as X-23 and Channing Tatum as Gambit, with the latter finally given the chance to suit up as the popular X-Man.

Throw in Wade Wilson and Logan, and they made for a formidable team...fortunately, they had plenty of cannon fodder to beat up in the form of Cassandra Nova's army of Variants. 

Among them was a new take on Psylocke, a character played by Mei Melançon in X-Men: The Last Stand and Olivia Munn in X-Men: Apocalypse. Actor and stunt performer Ayesha Hussain took over the role for Deadpool & Wolverine and we now have a closer look at the threequel's take on the mutant. 

Artist Jonay Bacallado took to Instagram to explain, "Psylocke was another of the mutants chosen to be brought back in the Void, as part of Cassandra’s henchmen. She had already appeared in X-Men Apocalypse and The Last Stand. We wanted to give a more utilitarian and tactical vibe to the design, but in her iconic color palette and having the strap element as a nod to her comic book portrayal."

While we're sure many of you will agree that Psylocke deserves more screentime in the MCU than this, Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot is something on the horizon, remember. 

Check out Bacallado's costume design, along with a behind-the-scenes image of Hussain, below. 

David Masson has also shared his early designs for The Russian. This Deadpool & Wolverine villain was played by WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash in 2004's The Punisher starring Thomas Jane.

However, we recently learned that the pro wrestler wasn't asked to reprise the role in this movie, leaving Billy Clements to pick up where he left off.

Back in July, we concluded our Deadpool & Wolverine review - which you can read by clicking here - by saying, "A contender for the best superhero movie ever, Deadpool & Wolverine is two hours of Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman proving they were born to play these roles and, crucially, be part of the MCU. It’s a f***ing masterpiece."

Shawn Levy directs Deadpool & Wolverine, which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Matthew Macfadyen, and Dafne Keen. The movie is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy.

Kevin Feige, Reynolds, Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey, Simon Kinberg and Jonathon Komack Martin serving as executive producers.

Deadpool & Wolverine is now playing in theaters.

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Superheromoviefan
Superheromoviefan - 9/4/2024, 6:19 AM
olivia munn's costume was perfect
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 9/4/2024, 7:31 AM
Cool!!.

It would have been nice if we got the actors back like Olivia Munn or Kevin Nash for these minor characters but given that they had little to no role (with the exception of Juggernaut) , it makes sense not to go through the time or money to get them back…

Plus the “variant” concept gave them the opportunity to recast aswell.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 9/4/2024, 7:51 AM
Honestly, I didn’t even realize that Psylocke was in the movie until after I saw it. The same goes for some of the others. Between being recasts of the original actors and not having any lines, they existed in this strange space between those hooded, masked goons, and the bigger cameos. It’s like they couldn’t decide whether they actually mattered or not. Probably one of my bigger issues (not that there are many) with the movie.
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 9/4/2024, 8:19 AM
Apocalypse was shit but mum nailed the look and the action scnes.
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The1st
The1st - 9/4/2024, 11:07 AM
@harryba11zack - It was the attack, of the show, to be sure. And then Ivan Ooze persisted a little longer.
GodHercules20
GodHercules20 - 9/4/2024, 9:34 AM
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Slotherin
Slotherin - 9/4/2024, 10:17 AM
She's fine af but I didn't realize she was Psylock. Dunno why not just bring in Munn's version though... Not only did she look perfect, she was left with a dangling plot thread that made her a good candidate for the Void.
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 9/4/2024, 12:43 PM
They deliberately made her look as "un"sexy as possible in the concept art, more DEI Shenanigan's, at least they cast a decent looking actress eventually.
Thecharlieruiz
Thecharlieruiz - 9/4/2024, 3:57 PM
This isn’t actual Psylocke! Olivia Munn is THE only one Psylocke made it debut movie in X-Men: Apocalypse. I hope Olivia Munn aka Psylocke is coming back in MCU!
Astroman
Astroman - 9/6/2024, 7:26 AM
I’d take Olivia Munn back as Psylocke and her costume was solid, about the only thing solid in the Apocalypse debacle. That said, this actress isn’t cutting it for me nor the costume.

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