{"id":72343,"date":"2025-08-10T12:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72343\/"},"modified":"2025-08-10T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T12:46:11","slug":"james-marsden-on-reprising-cyclops-role-for-avengers-doomsday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/72343\/","title":{"rendered":"James Marsden on Reprising Cyclops Role for &#8216;Avengers: Doomsday&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/james-marsden\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-marsden_1\" data-tag=\"james-marsden\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Marsden<\/a> is opening up about coming back to the big screen as Cyclops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn a recent interview with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/paradise-star-james-marsden-avengers-interview\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vanity Fair<\/a>, Marsden spoke about how he feels to reprise his role as comic book character Cyclops in the upcoming film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/avengers-doomsday\/\" id=\"auto-tag_avengers-doomsday_1\" data-tag=\"avengers-doomsday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avengers: Doomsday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m getting a little long in the tooth to put on the superhero costume.\u00a0[Laughs.] I was excited because you\u2019re a part of something gigantic,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve spent 20 years listening to people say, \u2018When are you coming back? When are you coming back? Are you coming back?&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Paradise actor continued, \u201cI\u2019m dead. Well, maybe not. I\u2019m going to have a tough time struggling to get into costume if they waited a couple more years. So it\u2019s been a blast. It really has.\u00a0It\u2019s been a nice little homecoming to a role that really put me on the map. It was the first real event project that I was ever a part of, and a very beloved character, this icon from the comics. And so to step back into that role was pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMarsden appeared as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/marvel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_marvel_1\" data-tag=\"marvel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a> character in X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), though he died in the latter film. More X-Men actors who were announced to make a return in the highly anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/mcu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mcu_1\" data-tag=\"mcu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MCU<\/a> film include Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto) and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/avengers-doomsday-cast-announced-1236172556\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here<\/a> to see all the actors and characters that will appear in Avengers: Doomsday, which is set to hit theaters Dec. 18, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Marsden is opening up about coming back to the big screen as Cyclops. 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