RUMOR: Jessica Chastain's Villainous Role In X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX May Have Been Revealed

RUMOR: Jessica Chastain's Villainous Role In X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX May Have Been Revealed

Thanks to a fairly reliable industry source, Jessica Chastain's mysterious role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have been revealed and it's a lot more sinister than you might've been thinking. Check it out!

By RohanPatel - Mar 30, 2018 02:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Dark Phoenix
Source: Meet The Movie Press
Jeff Sneider, of The Tracking Board, dropped two pretty major bombshells on today's episode of Meet the Movie Press, the first of which regards Jessica Chastain's mysterious role in the upcoming X-Men: Dark Phoenix. (You'll hear a lot more about the second rumor later today)

According to his sources, which have a pretty solid track record, the 2x Academy Award-nominated actress isn't playing either Veranke the Skrull Queen or Shi'ar Empress Lilandra, but may, in fact, be playing classic X-Men villain Mister Sinister - well, more likely Miss Sinister if you're familiar with the comics. 

While Sneider was unable to provide further details, Chastain has previously described her character to Entertainment Weekly as "an otherworldly shapeshifter who influences Jean Grey/Phoenix for her own agenda," which is something that falls very much in line with Claudine Renko, a.k.a. Miss Sinister, a perfect genetic clone of Nathaniel Essex, whose powerset includes cellular shapeshifting, amongst other things. This would also help explain Chastain's radically different look and motivations against Jean Grey and Charles Xavier. 


Considering this is a rumor, for the time being, it'd be wise to take everything with a grain of salt. You can watch the latest episode of MTMP below, with the comments about Chastain coming in around the 8:15 mark:



So, what do you guys think? Sound off with your thoughts below!

Jean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix. Now the X-Men will have to decide if the life of a team member is worth more than all the people living in the world.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix features:
Director: Simon Kinberg
James McAvoy as Charles Xavier/Professor X
Michael Fassbender as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
Jennifer Lawrence as Raven Darkhölme/Mystique
Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy/Beast
Tye Sheridan as Scott Summers/Cyclops
Sophie Turner as Jean Grey/Dark Phoenix
Alexandra Shipp as Ororo Munroe/Storm
Kodi Smit-McPhee as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
Evan Peters as Peter Maximoff/Quicksilver
Olivia Munn as Elizabeth Braddock/Psylocke
Jessica Chastain in an undisclosed role
Daniel Cudmore in an undisclosed role
Lamar Johnson in an undisclosed role

X-Men: Dark Phoenix hits theaters February 14, 2019


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mynameisn0body
mynameisn0body - 3/30/2018, 2:38 PM
just dump this film on hulu/netflix.
toylled
toylled - 3/30/2018, 5:23 PM
@mynameisn0body - IMAGINE LOL
Vigor
Vigor - 3/30/2018, 2:38 PM
Odd. I'm actually super OK with this. Does this mean they will NOT use the skrulls and fudge up marvels mojo?
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 3/30/2018, 2:50 PM
@Vigor - Could be Marvel stopped them from using the Skrulls.
aflynn
aflynn - 3/30/2018, 2:40 PM
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right

ChiliConCarney
ChiliConCarney - 3/31/2018, 7:26 PM
@aflynn -
realOdinson
realOdinson - 3/30/2018, 2:42 PM
Does this matter? This movie will never see the theaters. Let it die Fox...all if it.
Kumkani
Kumkani - 3/30/2018, 2:44 PM
Well this is possible. I really don't think that with what they're going for, they actually need the Skrulls.
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/30/2018, 2:50 PM
@BlindWedjat - Exactly, they don't. How many movies are we into the Fox-Men?? Let's say a dozen. With nothing cosmic in 12 films, adding a cosmic layer at this point, this far into the franchise for what is likely the last movie of the Fox-Men makes no sense. Keep it on Earth as it has been; if they wanted to go cosmic, they should have done it (or hinted towards it) earlier.
warmachinerocks
warmachinerocks - 3/30/2018, 2:47 PM
Who cares?
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 3/30/2018, 2:56 PM
@warmachinerocks - I do, as I'm really looking forward to MCU X-men, but still hope Fox's run can end on a good note with an actually good movie(not apocalypse). I want to see Dark Phoenix adapted right and I'll take whatever I can get from whoever gives it to me(unless they're a Nazi or something but that has nothing to do with this message)
Menks123
Menks123 - 3/30/2018, 2:49 PM
Have a very strong feeling she is going to be wasted in a terrible role, in a mediocre movie for her CBM debut. That is extremely depressing, where there are so many great roles for her in the MCU and even in the DCEU whenever they decide to wake up and get their shit together.

NatchiosElektra
NatchiosElektra - 3/30/2018, 2:49 PM
was just re-reading the X23 run where she and Gambit face Miss Sinister. So if Chastain is her I don't agree with that albino look.
Kevwebsz
Kevwebsz - 3/30/2018, 2:51 PM


HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 3/30/2018, 2:51 PM
@Kevwebsz - lmfao!!! Haha

interoBang
interoBang - 3/30/2018, 2:51 PM
There is no way it is in Disney’s interest to shelve this movie since production has largely been paid for. Saving on post-production wouldn’t make up for the loss on Fox’s books, which Disney would the be on the hook for. They aren’t going to reboot X-men for a couple years.
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