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.
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.
