Besides an impressive appearance from Beast under a new CGI sheen, the post-credits scene from “The Marvels” also made mention of Charles Xavier, previously played by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy in the “X-Men” franchise. While the former has already made a brief appearance in “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” before being taken out by Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen), Iman Vellani still has hope that another version of his Charles is the one waiting upstairs for Monica.
“I think Stewart makes sense, yeah, given Beast’s age, and he’s already in beasty mode, you know, I think Stewart,” Vellani theorized, leading her to suggest that you can’t have one comic book movie icon make an appearance without his metal-bending equal. “Hopefully, Ian McKellen’s [Magneto] somewhere in there, too, right? Then Halle Berry [Storm] pops up. I think it’d be a jump scare if we get Anna Paquin [Rogue] too.”
While she might be throwing some big names in there, it’s a dream list that might be checked off sooner than we think. Besides Hugh Jackman appearing in “Deadpool 3” behind-the-scenes updates suggest the return of other “X-Men” stars will join Wade Wilson next year. We’ll just have to wait and see who made the cut, and probably get in line behind Vellani when we do.
