The first mutant has been found for the upcoming X-Men family drama from Matt Nix and Bryan Singer, but it's a bit of casting which may leave you with more questions than answers! According to Entertainment Weekly, Blair Redford (Switched at Birth) will play Sam, "the strong-headed Native American leader of the underground network." The question now is who he could be playing.
Ever since we learned that the show will feature an "underground" group of mutants, the prevailing fan theory has been that that's a reference to the Morlocks. However, short of being covered in prosthetics, Redford doesn't exactly look like one of them and there are no Native American X-Men called Sam in the comics. As a result, we have no idea if he's playing a familiar face or someone new.
The show is set to focus on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. The Sentinels have been confirmed as appearing while Nix has been previously quoted as saying that the untitled series will be set in the same world as the films.
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