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X-Men: Apocalypse has a new set of actors to portray some of the franchise's most popular characters. James Marsden will be replaced by Tye Sheridan as Cyclops. Halle Berry's Storm will be taken over by Alexandra Shipp while Kodi Smit-McPhee becomes Alan Cumming's younger incarnation of Nightcrawler. Game of Thrones' very own Sansa Stark, Sophie Turner, plays as Jean Grey in replacement for Famke Janssen. Turner admitted that her character as Jean Grey has a different relationship with Charles Xavier as to what Patrick Stewart's Xavier and Janssen's Grey had with the other X-Men franchises. The actress even insists that with James McAvoy's portrayal, Jean Grey is just like his adoptive daughter. While talking to Digital Spy, the actress even said, "They have this unspoken bond because he's telepathic as well, he's gone through the same things. He's very powerful and he sees that growing in her. He wants to protect her and help her control her powers, but also, help her access the best of her ability. They have a really sweet relationship." …show more content…

Plus, we all know Xavier does have a soft spot for girls who are afraid of their own skin, remember Mystique? Yes. With brief glimpses of the new characters, world's destruction and well, basically, the apocalypse, X-Men: Apocalypse is the prequel of X-Men: Days of the Future Past all X-men fans have been waiting for. The movie is set to hit the theatres on May 27,

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