AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Star Chloe Bennet Rumored To Make MCU Return; Update On X-MEN Reboot's Storm Casting

AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Star Chloe Bennet Rumored To Make MCU Return; Update On X-MEN Reboot's Storm Casting

Not for the first time, it's being reported that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet is being eyed to reprise her role as Daisy Johnson/Quake in a future MCU project. We also have a Storm update...

By JoshWilding - May 18, 2025 12:05 PM EST
Filed Under: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Love or hate Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., there's no denying that the show introduced many great characters. Chloe Bennet's Quake was among them, and while her journey from being Skye to Daisy Johnson was pretty convoluted, she's someone fans would love to see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Rumours about a potential return have swirled for years, with Bennet both teasing and denying her involvement with the MCU on multiple occasions.

Today, scooper @MyTimeToShineH brings word that Bennet is "coming back" as the character. With it looking increasingly more likely that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. took place in an alternate reality not unlike Earth-616, it's possible the group could be part of the Multiversal Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.

Beyond that, the comic book Quake has ties to teams like the Secret Warriors and even The Avengers, so who knows how she'll be utilised by Marvel Studios if and when this supposed return happens. 

For what it's worth, the insider (who, despite being a divisive figure, has had several "scoops" confirmed by the trades in recent weeks) has reaffirmed reports that Cynthia Erivo (Wicked) is being eyed to play Storm in the MCU. 

As noted, Bennet was introduced in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as a newly created character called Skye. However, as the series progressed, we learned that she was, in fact, Daisy Johnson. As an Inhuman, "Skye" eventually gained superpowers and, like her comic book counterpart, became the superhero known as Quake.

Bennet shined as that version of the character, and while changes would need to be made to Daisy (we're guessing she'd be a mutant rather than an Inhuman), there are many franchises that could benefit from Quake's involvement.  

"We're really just not included in the new Marvel - whatever universe they're in now," Bennet said last November. "Which is, I'll say it here, a shame for Marvel. I think they're undermining a fanbase and all these characters that I think have much bigger of an impact than people maybe realize. And I would love to do something again."

"I don't think I'm done playing Daisy. That's not saying I know anything. I've never been approached to do anything. It just doesn't... I just didn't feel like I'm done," she continued. "I was 20 to 27 doing the show. I was a child! I'd be interested in playing Daisy as a real adult."

Do you think we'll see Quake in the MCU? And would Erivo be a worthy successor to Halle Berry and Alexandra Shipp as Storm?

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harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 5/18/2025, 12:11 PM
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JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 5/18/2025, 1:15 PM
@harryba11zack - User Comment Image
asherman93
asherman93 - 5/18/2025, 12:15 PM
Neat, if true about Quake.
Nemesis17then
Nemesis17then - 5/18/2025, 12:22 PM
AGENTS OF SHIELD TEAM CBM MEMBERS REPORT YOUR STATUS AND PREPARE TO ASSEMBLE!!!
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 5/18/2025, 12:23 PM
I mean she is beautifull....easy to see why Tichala fell for her

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She should be playing skeletor
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 5/18/2025, 12:32 PM
@AllsNotGood -
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JustAWaffle
JustAWaffle - 5/18/2025, 1:19 PM
@AllsNotGood - She’s the thing of nightmares User Comment Image
grif
grif - 5/18/2025, 12:27 PM
aos was such a shit show

jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/18/2025, 1:26 PM
@grif - It was a good show. Better than all Disney+ Shows combined.
Latverian
Latverian - 5/18/2025, 12:28 PM
An Agents' actor stated to make an MCU "return" and not a "debut"? Are we sure this is a @JoshWilding article?

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DarkeyeZ
DarkeyeZ - 5/18/2025, 12:28 PM
Good to hear about Quake, bad to hear about Storm. not to body shame, but no one wants a 4 foot 80 pound Storm.
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/18/2025, 1:06 PM
@DarkeyeZ - don cheadle is 1 foot shorter to Jim rohdes in comic height and almost 200 pounds lighter less in muscle to rohdes in comics not one person compalined about him once
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/18/2025, 12:29 PM
Yes please!!.

I liked Chloe Bennett’s performance and that version of Daisy so I would be down to see her again , hopefully alongside Sousa.

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Also AOS was part of the MCU but due to its own time travel shenanigans , you could say it really started to divert from that timeline then.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/18/2025, 12:31 PM
This rumor about Quake returning pops up every year since Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D ended.
NGFB
NGFB - 5/18/2025, 12:35 PM
Yes to Chloe! She makes my man parts get all warm and fuzzy like.
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/18/2025, 1:04 PM
@NGFB - you sure it’s not warm and wet ?
1stDalek
1stDalek - 5/18/2025, 12:46 PM
Hope the Quake rumors are true! Chloe is a good actress and Doomsday/Secret Wars being a celebration of all things Marvel AoS deserves to get its flowers too.

Cynthia Erivo is a solid actress, but she will be 40 by the time X-Men starts filming and I don't see how that meshes with Marvel looking to cast young (mid-20's/early-30's) for the team. Storm should be around the age of the Og5, not noticeably older.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/18/2025, 12:51 PM
@1stDalek - they could go for an X-Men Evolution approach where Storm was older and a teacher while Cyclops & Jean were high school/college age

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I like Erivo and think she could pull off Storm but I think someone like a Jodie Turner Smith would be better
1stDalek
1stDalek - 5/18/2025, 1:59 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I love that show so much, I'd be down for a similar set-up! Agree on Jodie Turner Smith being a stronger choice, specially if this is the age range they're looking at.
RolandD
RolandD - 5/18/2025, 2:32 PM
@TheVisionary25 - I would rather they go with canon. Scott is and should be the first recruited X-Man. It rubbed me the wrong way when Alex was an X-Man before Scott. It’s all backwards. I want the original 5 to be the original 5, even if they are not the main team in the first movie. I would also be fine and this might be best if we got the original 5 along with some Giant Size X-Men members as part of the original team, say including Ororo, Kurt and Peter.
ManDeth
ManDeth - 5/18/2025, 12:53 PM
10 years ago guys on here were going on about how hot she and Emily Bett Rickards were supposed to be. Bennet looks much better than anti-sexy Rickards ever did but their EXTREME lack of careers after doing their TV shows is proof that they never had it.

Each of them have no doubt went out and miserably struck out in the audition game. They should each look for careers outside of acting.
ZaphodDent42
ZaphodDent42 - 5/18/2025, 2:41 PM
@ManDeth - so only attractive women can have acting roles in your eyes?
MR
MR - 5/18/2025, 12:54 PM
For once, I wish Josh would post something that said “this is an actual rumor” instead of whatever he thought of five minutes ago.
NoAssemblyReqd
NoAssemblyReqd - 5/18/2025, 12:54 PM
I’ve been not so secretly hoping for all or many of the AoS characters to reappear as alternate versions of their TV show selves, and either be a SHIELD team that had been in the shadows all this time (perhaps having diverged from the timeline around Season 5 or 6), or to be clean slates who meet each other for the first time in the movies - sort of a Star Trek 2009 reset.
MarvelZombie616
MarvelZombie616 - 5/18/2025, 1:07 PM
I think Beyonce could play Storm.
Erivo?
Never.
DannyBrandy20
DannyBrandy20 - 5/18/2025, 1:09 PM
AOS characters are not coming back. I call bs
ChrisRed
ChrisRed - 5/18/2025, 1:23 PM
Yay if Chloe Bennet returns - she was great :)

About Cynthia Erivo, I really hope she doesn't get the part. Aside from probably being over 40 by the time the movie starts shooting, I just don't really like her that much. Not sure why, can't put my finger on it.
Storm needs an actress with the right commanding presence, someone like Angela Bassett and Lupita Nyong'o (who's obviously also disqualified due to age and already having a Marvel role).
jackbauer884
jackbauer884 - 5/18/2025, 1:24 PM
Thank god, it won't happen.
dagenspear
dagenspear - 5/18/2025, 1:34 PM
I think that actress is too old to me to me, for Storm at this point and doesn't have the amazonian like vibe for Storm to me or height. Also I see no harm in casting someone with darker skin. Personally, as well, she's not as attractive as I see the character as, for me.
90caliber
90caliber - 5/18/2025, 2:23 PM
@dagenspear - Amazonian?! That's not the vibe Storm should be giving off. She's African not Greek first off. She doesn't need to be 6 ft and musclebound. She is tough, but doesn't need to be a warrior. She should be more nurturing in character.
ThouBear8
ThouBear8 - 5/18/2025, 1:51 PM
All due respect to Chloe Bennet, but have you seen her lately? She is absolutely unrecognizable. Even if she does show up (HUGE if), I doubt even most people who watched Agents of SHIELD would realize it was her.

Aside from the fact that she's blonde now (which can obviously change), she has lost a ton of weight, gotten new teeth, & possibly even some plastic surgery on her face. I saw a picture of her in the last year & I genuinely had no idea it was her.

If the idea is to bring back recognizable figures from past Marvel projects, it doesn't make a ton of sense to bring in someone who looks nothing like the character did. I get it, she was the character they were pushing the hardest back then, but there's a weird disconnect there.

Regarding the Erivo casting, I wish they'd go with someone else. I do think she's too old, but more so, she's too small. The age thing isn't a deal-breaker, but she's 5'1" & she looks it!

Storm is supposed to be this imposing statuesque figure, & it's going to be weird if she's substantially shorter than literally every other member of the team.

I agree with the idea of casting Jodie Turner Smith, if you're going to go with someone in their late 30s. She's 5'9", looks straight off the page, & is a super talented actress (not that Erivo isn't talented).

Also, not for nothing, but she has already worked with Disney, which is clearly something they've liked in the past. I can easily see her playing Storm, but I just don't see it with Erivo. I'd love to see Erivo in another part, but that one feels like they're trying to force a square peg into a round hole.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 5/18/2025, 2:24 PM
@ThouBear8 - really?

This is the last time I saw a picture of her which was a red carpet for a show she did on Hulu and she looked fine

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TheRationalNerd
TheRationalNerd - 5/18/2025, 1:54 PM
Cynthia Erivo?! Dawg they better get Jayme Lawson. 🤦🏾‍♂️
DocSpock
DocSpock - 5/18/2025, 1:55 PM

I don't believe any AoS characters will return.

And if Disney is stubborn and stupid enough to make this too old uggo Storm, they deserve the sh!tSTORM they will get.

BassMan
BassMan - 5/18/2025, 2:08 PM
I’m here for it. The show was a mixed bag, and very cable, but I still enjoyed it. Especially season 4, that was above and beyond
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 5/18/2025, 2:29 PM
Shame they didn't do more with Quake. I sure as hell would've preferred a Secret Warriors project with her and Nick Fury like the comics than some of the other Disney Plus series they've released.
MarvelousMarty
MarvelousMarty - 5/18/2025, 2:31 PM
That Wicked woman is a absolute waste of space. Chloe is ok to pop up for a few minutes gor old times sake, same as Coulson.
ZaphodDent42
ZaphodDent42 - 5/18/2025, 2:38 PM
How much is mytimetoshine paying for all this exposure???
Biggums
Biggums - 5/18/2025, 3:05 PM
Her acting is pretty bad.
She reminds me of Twilight's Kristen Stewart.
BackwardGalaxy
BackwardGalaxy - 5/18/2025, 3:22 PM
She is stupid hot.

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