Colossus Likely Won't Appear in X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse, the sequel to X-Men: Days of Future Past, will hit theaters in 2016. The movie takes place in the 1980s, which means we will see younger versions of many of the characters from the first few ­X-Men films. But apparently, Colossus won't be one of them.

Daniel Cudmore, who played Colossus in multiple X-Men movies, responded to a fan's question on Twitter and said he "unfortunately" does not think his character will appear in Apocalypse. When asked about the Deadpool movie, he replied no one had contacted him yet. He also confirmed he would like to appear in Deadpool.

If you haven't heard the news, Oscar Isaac will portray the titular mutant villain in X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016. The actor spoke in much more detail about the role recently, and he sounds as excited as we all should be.

Isaac spoke to IGN and offered his opinion that director Bryan Singer must humanize the character that the comics portray as pure evil.

"In the early conversations we talked a lot about that [Apocalypse's distinct point of view and agenda]. Of course, you read the comic book, and [Apocalypse is] not so shaded with gray -- except his face. [Laughs] That's the only thing gray about him.

Just as Bryan's done with the other films, I think he seeks to find something a little more interesting than the archetypal aspects of the characters, which work really well in print, but for a film I think you want to see a bit more of the -- for lack of a better word -- humanity in [Apocalypse]; because ultimately this is a story about humans. It's just different symbols for different things that we feel, so with this character I am incredibly interested in the challenge of finding someone that's psychologically interesting and compelling, and actually the spiritual aspects of the character."

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