How “Game Of Thrones” influenced a major “X-Men” casting choice
Last month, director Bryan Singer finally announced who will be playing the teen incarnations of Cyclops, Storm and Jean Grey in “X-Men: Apocalypse”. Appearing alongside the younger versions of Professor X, Magneto and more -- will be Tye Sheridan as Cyclops, Alexandra Shipp as Storm and Sophie Turner as Jean Grey. In Turner's case, she believes that playing Sansa Stark in “Game of Thrones” played a huge role in scoring the part.
In an interview with IGN, Turner stated that her being cast might have had something to do with her GoT character starting to become a touch more evil in Season 4 of the HBO series.
As far as emulating her predecessor -- Famke Janssen, Turner said that while Janssen's turn as Jean Grey will play an influence on how she plays the telekinetic mutant, she also wants to put her “own twist” on her. Since this a teenage Jean, Turner will be able to take more liberties with her personality, since she hasn't developed yet into the adult Jean from the original movies.
X-Men: Apocalypse will be released in theaters on May 27, 2016.
Source: Cinema Blend
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