MAD MEN Star Jon Hamm Confirms He Was In Talks To Play Mister Sinister In THE NEW MUTANTS

MAD MEN Star Jon Hamm Confirms He Was In Talks To Play Mister Sinister In THE NEW MUTANTS

There were rumours that The New Mutants was set to introduce Mister Sinister as the franchise's big bad, and Mad Men star Jon Hamm has now confirmed he was in talks to take on that villainous role...

By JoshWilding - Mar 10, 2022 02:03 PM EST
Filed Under: New Mutants
Source: Yahoo Movies

Jon Hamm has been rumoured or suggested for countless comic book movie roles over the years, but nothing has ever come to fruition. However, his name did come up in a somewhat more definitive way for Mister Sinister in 20th Century Fox's X-Men franchise, and the actor has now confirmed that he was indeed in talks to bring the iconic villain to life on screen. 

"I never shot anything," Hamm made clear in an interview with Yahoo. "I remember having a conversation with people: I'm a huge comic book fan, especially of the X-Men and The New Mutants, so I was excited to be considered. But these conversations happen and then life intervenes."

X-Men: Apocalypse dropped a big hint about Mister Sinister with that climactic "Essex Corp" tease, but it was never followed up on (despite a few more teases here and there). 

It's previously been revealed that a change in leadership at Fox saw the franchise pulled out of a period setting, and that meant The New Mutants moved from the 1980s to the present day. As a result, Storm's planned role was scrapped, and it appears Mister Sinister was also dropped. 

In previous interviews, filmmaker Josh Boone has revealed that Antonio Banderas was going to show up in a post-credits scene as Sunspot's father and the franchise's big bad. However, the Disney/Fox merger meant they never shot anything, and there was no mention of Mister Sinister. Once again, Fox dropped the ball in a big way, but the characters are now back with Marvel Studios.

As a result, we can only hope they give Hamm a shot at playing the formidable X-Men villain...

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Menks123
Menks123 - 3/10/2022, 2:27 PM
Great casting, glad it didn't happen in that dumpster fire of a movie and universe.
eGGtheGreat
eGGtheGreat - 3/10/2022, 2:40 PM
@Menks123 - I thought New Mutants was a good movie, would have loved to seen more
Lostcause
Lostcause - 3/10/2022, 2:41 PM
@eGGtheGreat - Me too
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 3/10/2022, 2:29 PM
Tom Ellis, please and thank you.

eGGtheGreat
eGGtheGreat - 3/10/2022, 2:39 PM
Goddamit! This would have been awesome! I really wanted to see more New Mutants!

[frick] DISNEY
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 3/10/2022, 2:53 PM
Bring him back for the same role in the Mcu. Sinister is the biggest villain the X-men movies didn’t use so he should be the first of the MCU movie villains
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/10/2022, 6:01 PM
@noahthegrand - I'm not sure if he counts as one of the big guns, but I do still wanna Onslaught on the big screen. And a proper Apocalypse too
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/10/2022, 6:41 PM
@bkmeijer - Of course Sinister counts as one of the big guns. He's been involved in ALMOST every tragedy the X-Men have ever faced, to some extent. It's very easy to argue that Sinister has caused far more damage to the X-Men than even Magneto or Apocalypse.

He was responsible for the Mutant Massacre.

Because of the Mutant Massacre Warren's feathered wings were crippled, which led to Apocalypse turning him into his 4th Horseman.

He created Madelyn Prior, who basically tore the X-Men apart at the seams, starting with Cyclops leaving the team.

He was responsible for Inferno, which saw NY get invaded by demons, the transformation of Madelyne Prior into The Goblin Queen, and her death.

He released the Legacy Virus on the world. (Granted, Stryfe tricked him into thinking the container was the Summers' family line of DNA. Stryfe was the ONLY person to ever get one over on Sinister. But still, Sinister's shady dealings led to the Legacy Virus being unleashed and killing countless mutants for over a decade on the comics.)

He was responsible for capturing Hope Summers as soon as she was born, which led to Cable going back into the future to train Hope, as well as Bishop turning heel and chasing them through time.

He was responsible for manipulating Cyclops since childhood.

He was responsible for Gambit's life nearly being ruined by tricking him into leading the Mutant Massacre.

I'm fairly certain I'm forgetting a couple things. Point is, not even Apocalypse has done even half the horrible things Sinister has. Apocalypse only has like two big things he's done....turned Warren into Death and gave him metal wings, and infected baby Nathan Summers with the Techo Virus, leading to him being sent to the future and returning as Cable. So even Apocalypse's worse deeds ended with two new badass good guy characters. In fact, the most notable thing Apocalypse has done was take over the world in Age of Apocalypse, which didn't even take place in the 616.

Magneto on the other hand, really hasn't done anything of Sinister's level either. Magneto may be a periodic threat to the X-Men, more often than anyone else, but he's never really done anything TOO crazy, except ripping Wolverine's adamantium out.

For me, it's not even a contest. Sinister is not only a heavy hitter, but he's the X-Men's worst, most evil villain.
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 3/10/2022, 9:25 PM
@CorndogBurglar - very good points! Sinister is easily top 3 xmen villains and untouched in movies up to this point. Disney should go straight to this guy when the xmen get rebooted.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/10/2022, 10:09 PM
@Ryguy88 - I agree! He should be like the Thanos level villain of the first series of X-Men movies
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/11/2022, 3:53 AM
@CorndogBurglar - damn, when you put it like that he definitely is. To me it felt he was moreso a schemer and behind the scenes type of villain and thats why I didn't think of big gun, but for sure now I think he can easily serve as the villain for the first X-Men saga. He really would've been wasted in New Mutants

Forget Onslaught and Apocalypse, now I really wanna see Sinistee.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/11/2022, 5:37 AM
@bkmeijer - Lol. He's my favorite comic villain. They could do so much with him. And really, he is a schemer, but if they made him like a Thanos style villain of the first series of X-Men movies it would work perfectly. Manipulating and pulling strings behind the scenes.

But even though he's a schemer, he's no slouch physically. He's been kidnapping mutants since the 16th century, and taking the X-Genes from the ones with the most useful powers and giving them to himself. He has every badass power you could ever want. Shape shifting. Teleportation. Telepathy. Psychic. He can shoot energy blasts from his hands. And his entire body is malleable, like the T-1000 from Terminator 2. Physical attacks just put holes in his body that fill themselves in within seconds. So he would also be a huge physical threat aside from just pulling atrings.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/11/2022, 10:15 AM
@CorndogBurglar - him being like the T-1000 isn't how I thought about yet. If you hadn't convinced me already, you sure have would now
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 3/12/2022, 7:00 AM
@CorndogBurglar - To be fair, Magneto did the whole Planet X thing and killed thousands, including Jean.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/12/2022, 8:11 AM
@OmegaBlack13 - Yeah, but you can't count that. Even though it wasn't originally Grant Morrison's plan, that wasn't actually Magneto, it was Xorn.

Morrison wanted the story to play out as if Xorn never existed, and it was the real Magneto in disguise the entire time. But later we learned that Magneto had survived the attack on Genosha from Cassandra Nova, and he had been there the entire time, meaning Xorn was real and was posing as Magneto.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 3/12/2022, 12:55 PM
@CorndogBurglar - Right I always forget that retcon
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 3/12/2022, 5:45 PM
@OmegaBlack13 - Probably because it was completely stupid and convoluted lol
DTor91
DTor91 - 3/10/2022, 2:53 PM
There’s an alternate universe where Jon Hamm is killing it as “in his prime” Batman. He’s just a spitting image of Alex Ross’ take on the character.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 3/10/2022, 2:54 PM
I liked that movie kind of
MCUKnight11
MCUKnight11 - 3/10/2022, 2:55 PM
It can still happen in the MCU, though I would prefer Bryan Cranston.
Odin
Odin - 3/10/2022, 3:04 PM
He would've been perfect.
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