X-Men star James Marsden says you can “feel” that Avengers: Doomsday is “something special”: “The world is ready for this movie and these worlds to collide”
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X-Men star James Marsden says you can “feel” that Avengers: Doomsday is “something special”: “The world is ready for this movie and these worlds to collide”
Emily Garbutt
15 September 2025
James Marsden returns to the role of Cyclops for the first time in 20 years in Avengers: Doomsday
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X-Men star James Marsden has teased what to expect in Avengers: Doomsday – and the Cyclops actor says it feels like “something special.”
“It’s exciting. You can feel that it’s something special,” Marsden, who’s returning to the world of superhero movies for the first time in 20 years, told Variety on the red carpet at this year’s Emmys. “The world is ready for this movie and these worlds to collide.”
Marsden reprises his role as Scott Summers, AKA Cyclops, for the first time since 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand. He’ll be joined by former X-Men co-stars Patrick Stewart (Professor X), Ian McKellen (Magneto), Alan Cumming (Nightcrawler), Kelsey Grammer (Beast), and Rebecca Romijn (Mystique) in Doomsday, marking these mutants’ MCU debut.
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Avengers: Doomsday arrives in theaters on December 18, 2026. For more on Marvel Phase 6, check out our guide to the other upcoming Marvel movies and shows still to come.
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