Taron Egerton Responds to Cyclops Rumors in 'X-Men: Apocalypse'

A report emerged this weekend that Taron Egerton is one of three contenders for the role of Young Cyclops in X-Men: Apocalypse. Shortly after that, the actor responded to those rumors.

"I really can't comment on the Cyclops thing," Egerton said during a Q&A after a special screening of Kingsman: The Secret Service. "I'm not really sure what's going on there or where that [rumor] came from, but my friend Nicholas Hoult plays Beast and he says that's very fun. Of course, everyone would like to play a superhero, but this is by no means me saying I would like to go play Cyclops. So, I don't know."

The other two actors in contention are reportedly Jamie Blackley and Tye Sheridan.

Some fans have been a bit concerned about how director Bryan Singer will bring the imposing X-Men villain to the big screen. But Oscar Isaac, who plays the titular villain, 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 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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