X-MEN: APOCALYPSE May Have Found its ARCHANGEL



In X-Men news, TheWrap has reported actor Ben Hardy has landed an undisclosed role in X-Men: Apocalypse. The news outlet says Hardy was initially up for the role of Scott Summers / Cyclops before Tye Sheridan landed that role but then Hardy was also rumored to be up for the role of Angel.

At first glimpse, Hardy definitely has the look of Angel (a.k.a. Warren Worthington). Angel was originally portrayed by actor Ben Foster in X-Men: The Last Stand but with X-Men: Days of Future Past rewriting X-Universe history with its time travel storyline, many characters from the original X-Men timeline are being recast with younger actors.

While Hardy is a visual fit for Angel, this movie is about Apocalypse and with the mutant villain comes his Four Horsemen. In the comics, Apocalypse took Angel and transformed him into Archangel, who then becomes one of his Horsemen as Death. Hardy may start X-Men: Apocalypse as Angel but there's a strong chance he won't be Angel for long and could become Archangel during the film.

If you're not familiar with Archangel his first comic book appearance was in 1988 in X-Factor No. 24. Apocalypse remade Angel into a much more powerful mutant. Archangel lost his feather wings and was give metal wings by Apocalypse, who also gave him an increased healing factor, strength and enhanced physical attributes. (Click here to read more about Archangel on Wiki.)

Obviously, Hardy becoming Archangel is just a theory right now but one that needs to be considered as a legitimate possibility if the actor has indeed been cast as Angel. Until Hardy's undisclosed role becomes disclosed, it's just all speculation. Speaking of speculation, if Hardy does become Archangel then that could be the next logical step toward a potential X-Force movie since Archangel has been a team member in the past.

X-Men: Apocalypse releases on May 27, 2016.


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