'X-Men: Apocalypse' Searching for Young Jean Grey and Cyclops

By now we all know that Bryan Singer's X-men: Apocalypse will focus on the cast of X-Men: First Class or the people of the "past" of X-Men: Days of Future Past, however you want to see it. Being that the franchise is moving forward with the new cast, there are some popular X-Men characters that will inevitably have to be recast as well in order to introduce them in this new group. Some of those characters in need of recasting are Jean Grey and Scott Summers, or Cyclops, and it looks like Fox already has a list for possible candidates.

The Wrap reports that the list of actresses being eyed for the role of Jean Grey include the names of Chloe Grace Moretz, Hailee Steinfeld, and Elle Fanning, while for the role of Cyclops Ben Hardy, Charlie Rowe, and Timothee Chalame are being considered. The report points out that Singer is aiming high to cast the role of Jean Grey, but the role of Cyclops is more open for a lesser known actor.

Like with all reports of this nature we must always keep in mind that this isn't a fact at the moment, and even if these actors are on the list for the roles they could end up going to someone else. As far as the roles being recast go, I am very happy to know that Jean Grey and Cyclops are coming back to the franchise. Those characters are very iconic in the X-Men universe, so having them return to the movies is a good move in my opinion. From the list of actresses up for Jean Grey I like Chloe Grace Moretz the most, they are all very talented but she is the one that I can see most in this role. I can't say much about the actors up for Cyclops because I don't think I have seen any of their work, but I will say that whoever they get I hope the character is handled a little better than in previous films. X-Men Apocalypse hits theaters on May 27th, 2016.