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Jessica Chastain confirms X-Men: Dark Phoenix casting

August 2, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

Back in June it was reported that Jessica Chastain had joined the cast of 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix, and now we have official confirmation from the actress herself, who shared an Instagram post with co-star James McAvoy, promising to “make him cry so hard” once she hits the Montreal set of the superhero blockbuster.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BXRJm00B9FD/

 

Chastain stopped short of confirming her role, although it has been reported that she is set to portray the film’s main villain, the Shi’ar Empress Lilandra, who – in the Dark Phoenix Saga comic book storyline – clashes with the X-Men after she decides that the Phoenix (inhabiting the body of Jean Grey) must be destroyed in order to save the universe.

X-Men: Dark Phoenix is set for release on November 2nd, 2018. Simon Kinberg is directing a cast that includes franchise veterans Michael Fassbender (Magneto), James McAvoy (Professor X), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Nightcrawler) and Evan Peters (Quicksilver) alongside Jessica Chastain as Lilandra and Lamar Johnson in an as-yet-unrevealed role.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Marvel, X-Men, X-Men: Dark Phoenix

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth’s editorial and management team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Editor-in-Chief of FlickeringMyth.com since 2023.

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