Spider-Man: Brand New Day Star Sadie Sink Asked About Jean Grey Rumor, Tries to Respond Without Spoiling Anything

With the motorboat of Spider-Man: Brand New Day conscionable days away, speculation implicit the quality played by Stranger Things prima Sadie Sink has reached fever pitch, starring to 1 interviewer trying an improbable method of extracting the truth.

During an interrogation to beforehand the movie successful New York, 1 interviewer attempted to gauge Sink's absorption erstwhile the words "Jean Grey" were said, pursuing immense instrumentality speculation that the histrion is taking connected the relation of the legendary X-Men character.

"Let's unreal here..." podcast interviewer The Backstage Experience began.

"Mmm..." Sink replies.

"...I walked into a store..." the interviewer continues.

"Mhm..." Sink acknowleges.

"...and I bought immoderate jeans, grey for instance."

"And what astir them?!" Sink says, trying to fell a smile.

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With conscionable a week to spell until Spider-Man: Brand New Day begins its previews, Sink’s quality inactive hasn’t been officially unveiled, with the enigma becoming a cardinal portion of the film's marketing. However, fans are becoming progressively convinced that she’s playing Jean Grey owed to assorted leaks, portion trailers person heavy alluded to her having psychic powers, and shown her taking implicit the minds of radical and adjacent different heroes.

There has been increasing certainty implicit Sink playing the iconic X-Men quality Jean Grey successful caller weeks, with galore different Marvel insiders each present rounding connected her playing the character, alternatively than immoderate of the other, earlier candidates. It's been wide for immoderate time, though, that Sink was not playing conscionable different regular Spider-Man villain (of which Brand New Day has fractional a twelve already).

Last year, it was reported that Sink volition beryllium backmost successful 2027's climactic Multiverse Saga finale Avengers: Secret Wars, thing that seemingly sets her up for a acold bigger MCU role. Of course, Marvel is presently prepping its large X-Men reboot, which is being helmed by Thunderbolts/The New Avengers manager Jake Schreier. Introducing Jean Grey present would let Marvel to mildly present audiences to the thought of a caller procreation of X-Men, earlier fans get to accidental farewell to assorted bequest characters who are returning for Avengers: Doomsday.

Speaking connected The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Sink discussed the immense magnitude of secrecy implicit her relation and described not being capable to accidental who she's playing arsenic "torture." Still, there's not agelong to hold present until Spider-Man: Brand New Day yet arrives connected July 31 and we yet get immoderate answers, portion Sink volition presumably beryllium capable to respire a suspiration of relief.

In the meantime, the ever-chatty Tom Holland has revealed a fewer details, specified arsenic the information that "one person" inactive remembers Peter Parker is Spider-Man. Holland has besides been discussing his imaginable engagement successful Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars — which helium has suggested helium volition diagnostic in.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social