RUMOR: THE LAST OF US Star Bella Ramsey Is Being Eyed To Play Kitty Pryde In Marvel Studios' X-MEN Reboot

If a new rumour is to be believed, Marvel Studios is eyeing The Last of Us breakout star Bella Ramsey for the role of Kitty Pryde in Jake Schreier's upcoming X-Men reboot. You can find more details here...

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By JoshWilding - Jul 01, 2025 07:07 AM EST

Filed Under: X-Men

Marvel Studios' X-Men reboot is beginning to take shape, with writer Michael Lesslie (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and director Jake Schreier (Thunderbolts*) tapped to bring a new team of mutants into the MCU.

The movie will be released in the wake of Avengers: Doomsday, which is confirmed to bring back many of the actors who played these iconic mutants in 20th Century Fox's X-Men franchise. In casting the new X-Men, Marvel Studios will need to assemble an even more impressive cast to make sure they aren't overshadowed by what's come before.

There has been a near-endless series of X-Men casting rumours in recent months, ranging from Bryan Cranston as Professor X to Daisy Edgar-Jones as Jean Grey, and Hunter Schafer as Mystique.

Julia Butters has been named as a contender for Kitty Pryde, but if scooper @MyTimeToShineH is to be believed, Game of Thrones and The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey could be in the mix for Shadowcat.

The actor has received widespread critical acclaim for their take on Ellie in The Last of Us, despite often facing backlash from fans who believe Ramsey isn't the right fit for the character. Ramsey is 21, meaning they'd likely play a slightly older Kitty than the teenager first introduced on the page.

Ramsey has never had much to say about superhero fare, but did suggest they'd like to play a villain in a 2023 interview. "I've not really played a villain yet. So I want to play a baddie. But like a really interesting, intricate, complex baddie," the actor said. "The Joker, someone really interesting like that."

Marvel Studios hasn't announced a release date for its X-Men reboot, but Schreier recently shared some insights into how he'd approach the superhero team in the MCU:

"Even if I were confirmed on that movie, I don't think I would be allowed to answer that question. I guess what I would say is that it always starts from character and working with great writers and collaborators, and certainly thinking about how to do something different with any project that you take on. That's as much as I can say."

Ramsey's film credits include Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and the upcoming Sunny Dancer. On television, they've also appeared in His Dark Materials, Becoming Elizabeth, and Time.

Do you think Ramsey would be a good fit for the MCU's Kitty Pryde?

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Killuminatic - 7/1/2025, 7:03 AM

Poor girl. People are terrible humans.

Clintthahamster - 7/1/2025, 7:47 AM

@Killuminatic - It would serve fandom right if women just generally boycotted legacy IP moving forward. Buncha damn bullies.

Urubrodi - 7/1/2025, 8:28 AM

@Clintthahamster - That's a bit extreme as there are a lot of women out there with good taste in things, but considering the vast majority of the audience in these type of movies are men, maybe the quality would get better and they'd stop trying to cater for people who don't care for it, not a horrible idea

Clintthahamster - 7/1/2025, 9:15 AM

@Urubrodi - Sorry, that could have been clearer. I meant writers, directors, actors, etc, not the audience.

Thing94 - 7/1/2025, 7:06 AM

Vigor - 7/1/2025, 7:26 AM

Just a reminder. Kitty pryde is an adolescent girl. So if the casting of Bella bothers you because you can't wank off to her. You shouldn't be wanking off to kitty anyway

BrainySleep - 7/1/2025, 7:33 AM

@Vigor - This is why I'm glad we get to see McKellen in Doomsday. Pure sex on legs

dagenspear - 7/1/2025, 7:47 AM

@Vigor - Bella isn't adolescent, so no matter who they cast, keeping to this age type, nothing changes there. But looks preference don't always have to mean that. Sometimes, maybe, some people just like to look at people they find prettier, man or woman.

TheVisionary25 - 7/1/2025, 7:49 AM

@Vigor - yeah , don’t be Colossus.

Vigor - 7/1/2025, 7:54 AM

@TheVisionary25 - Oh gawd that happened?

TheVisionary25 - 7/1/2025, 7:54 AM

@Vigor - yep.

AllsNotGood - 7/1/2025, 8:03 AM

@Vigor - and their is the problem.....Bella isnt a girl

Vigor - 7/1/2025, 8:14 AM

@AllsNotGood -

There*

In any other article you'd say they are a girl

AllsNotGood - 7/1/2025, 8:44 AM

@Vigor - dont you mean she is a girl?

IronMan616 - 7/1/2025, 8:47 AM

@Vigor - "an adolescent girl". Wait, I thought she was a non binary they them soon to be dad?

Either way, she shouldn't be cast on the account that her (Kitty Pryde's) relationship with Colossus is iconic and her being a whatever she is, well, they need a straight female for the role.

bobevanz - 7/1/2025, 9:16 AM

@IronMan616 - they don't "need" anything. Besides this is just a rage bait article to annoy people like you. Mission accomplished

Starlight - 7/1/2025, 9:22 AM

@Vigor - What?... man, you're sick...

dragon316 - 7/1/2025, 9:30 AM

@dagenspear - that’s problem with fans they go by looks not who can get it down with experience if they have any

Nonameforme - 7/1/2025, 9:32 AM

@AllsNotGood - is she a broccoli?

AllsNotGood - 7/1/2025, 9:48 AM

@Nonameforme - going by their narrative might as well be

Gabimaru - 7/1/2025, 9:55 AM

@bobevanz - they/them BS
The original post already stated that SHE is a adolescent girl cased closed.

IronMan616 - 7/1/2025, 10:14 AM

@bobevanz - Why the double standard then? why is it ok to cast a gay or whatever as a straight character, but not ok when a straight character plays a LGBTQ character?

TheVisionary25 - 7/1/2025, 7:33 AM

Oh boy , this article is gonna be more of a shitshow then usual…

Anyway while Bella doesn’t really “look” the part of Kitty , I think she is a good actress and could definitely pull off the attitude & personality of the character from the comics so would be willing to give her a shot if she gets it.

However , Julia Butters is still my pick personally!!.

LilJimmy - 7/1/2025, 7:33 AM

Rachel Zegler for Jean Grey!

JonAwesome - 7/1/2025, 10:47 AM

@LilJimmy - Victoria Pedretti for Jean Grey!
https://www.fandango.com/people/victoria-pedretti-856588

BarryShitPeas - 7/1/2025, 7:36 AM

PLEASE GOD NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

SirReginald - 7/1/2025, 7:41 AM

Bill Cosby for Professor X

SpideyQuad - 7/1/2025, 8:46 AM

@SirReginald - May I fix you a drink?

DarthAlgar - 7/1/2025, 10:03 AM

@SirReginald - They're saving him for Marvel's The Offenders

JacobsLadder - 7/1/2025, 7:42 AM

D..........O...........A

dagenspear - 7/1/2025, 7:45 AM

As far as I've read, she's not Jewish. The character of Kitty is Jewish and I don't think Hollywood has a distinct none amount of Jewish actresses in their late teens.

SpideyQuad - 7/1/2025, 8:47 AM

@dagenspear - Just what does a Jewish actor look like?

dragon316 - 7/1/2025, 9:33 AM

@dagenspear - what does be Jewish have do anything ? Tom holland is from British change his accent to New York play Peter sound like Peter Parker , majors black man who played whit villain in comics kang no complaints there from people, don cheadle and welts snipes both are 1 foot short to comic counter parts don cheadle 100 pound less no on compalined

DarthAlgar - 7/1/2025, 10:04 AM

@SpideyQuad - Judd Hirsch

ObserverIO - 7/1/2025, 7:45 AM

If there's gonna be a Kitty Pryde in her 20s in the X-Men reboot they already lost.

Go with the OG X-Men or the Giant Sized team (rescuing the OG team from Krakoa). If Kitty is in there at all she should be a kid. Teen at the oldest.

CorndogBurglar - 7/1/2025, 7:58 AM

@ObserverIO - Giant size team, for me. They have all the best, well known X-Men characters. It will be an uphill battle of they go with the OG 5. Its already going to be tough without Wolverine, if its true they aren't using him in the first film. Too many people associate the X-Men with Wolverine and will feel put off by it without him.

ObserverIO - 7/1/2025, 8:22 AM

@CorndogBurglar - Me too. Plus if they do Giant Sized X-Men then the rest of the OG team can appear at the end when they've been rescued, setting up pretty much everyone's favorite characters but leaving some for sequels (like Gambit & Rogue etc.)

SpideyQuad - 7/1/2025, 8:48 AM

@CorndogBurglar - My favorite is banshee

IcePyke - 7/1/2025, 7:55 AM

Matador - 7/1/2025, 7:57 AM

Well now I know who I want to play Colossus.

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RUMOR: THE LAST OF US Star Bella Ramsey Is Being Eyed To Play Kitty Pryde In Marvel Studios' X-MEN Reboot

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