Oscar Isaac Previews 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and Titular Villain's Presence

X-Men: Apocalypse does not hit theaters until 2016, but we've already gotten plenty of news on the sequel to Days of Future Past. For instance, we know that Oscar Isaac will portray the titular villain, the first mutant. And in a recent interview, the actor previewed what fans can expect from Apocalypse.

Some fans have been a bit concerned about how director Bryan Singer will bring the imposing X-Men villain to the big screen. But Isaac spoke to MTV News at the National Board of Review Awards recently and assured fans not to worry.

"I've seen a couple things," he said. "Scary sh*t. Scary sh*t. I'm going to bring [the X-Men] down to their knees. It's amazing. I'm so excited about everything that's going to happen."

Isaac spoke to IGN last month 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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