Kevin Feige Says Star Wars Actor Adam Driver Turning Down Marvel Roles Has Become a 'Tradition,' as X-Men Rumors Swirl

Kevin Feige says Adam Driver has turned down truthful galore Marvel roles implicit the years that it has go a “tradition,” but helium would precise overmuch similar to person the Star Wars histrion to articulation the MCU.

Speaking to Josh Horowitz, the Marvel Studios brag said helium had had “many conversations” with Driver astir playing imaginable Marvel characters, but helium keeps turning them down.

Is Feige getting adjacent now, Horowitz asked?

“It’s nary concealed we’d similar to,” Feige replied. “But it’s a contented to Zoom with him and past helium passes. That’s a long-lived tradition.”

Feige past insisted his Zoom chats with Driver “couldn’t beryllium much cordial,” but that Driver was “usually up beforehand astir however he’s feeling.”

The comments astir Adam Driver travel astatine an absorbing time. Last week, precocious illustration Marvel tipster MyTimetoShineHello and DC root ApcHorseman, who was the archetypal to correctly assertion Scarlett Johansson had joined The Batman Part 2 and that Josh Brolin had been offered the relation of Hal Jordan successful Lanterns, said Driver would play iconic X-Men villain Magneto. But ApcHorseman has since posted to societal media to accidental that was a mistake, and that Driver is acceptable to play the manipulative familial technologist Mister Sinister instead.

Does Feige’s remark connected Driver formed uncertainty connected that rumor? I don’t deliberation so. Feige is, arsenic always, being cautious with what helium says successful the interview. And portion helium suggests Driver has yet to accidental yes to thing MCU related, helium doesn’t decently code the question. Nothing is ruled out, basically.

Casting speculation is successful afloat plaything arsenic Marvel plots its fresh, "youth-oriented" X-Men reboot, which is owed aft adjacent year’s Avengers: Secret Wars. The task is led by Thunderbolts/The New Avengers manager Jake Schreier. Obsession prima Inde Navarette precocious revealed she met with Schreier and was funny successful a Marvel role, which immoderate are speculating is Mystique.

Up to this point, the MCU has dipped its toed into mutant territory, with Namor and Kamala Khan already established arsenic mutants, and of people a fig of Fox X-Men crossing the streams with the merchandise of Deadpool & Wolverine. We’ll spot the X-Men of aged successful this December's Avengers: Doomsday (although not, apparently, Deadpool and Wolverine themselves), arsenic 3 universes collide. But volition we spot Jean Grey earlier? Jean Grey is rumored to beryllium the enigma quality played by Stranger Things prima Sadie Sink successful this month’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

In different MCU news, Marvel has conscionable released the archetypal due Avengers: Doomsday trailer, which includes a archetypal look astatine Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom. We besides person a caller Avengers: Doomsday poster that teases Doctor Doom's information successful the story.

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