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X men human apocalypse rom4/12/2023 ![]() “We just had to really elevate it a bit,” Turner said. So how does an actor transform into a child of the Day-Glo era? You start with the hair. It feels like there’s something of a rebirth as well as a conclusion.”ĭespite the serious circumstances surrounding the plot, centering the story in the time of fanny packs and shoulder pads did lend a few moments for a little fun. I suppose ‘Apocalypse’ is something of a conclusion to the X-Men saga, it’s also the beginning of something new. “They really welcomed us, we felt part of the old gang. ![]() “We definitely were the newbies, but I personally didn’t feel that new because we slotted in quite well with the golden oldies,” Turner said referencing those “X-Men” veterans including Magneto (Michael Fassbender), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) and Beast (Nicholas Hoult). Also enrolled in the new class of teen mutants were Cyclops (Tye Sheridan) and Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Turner humbly blames her auburn hair for the attention, but nevertheless the push from “Game of Thrones” fans and friends encouraged her to reach out for an audition that would land her a coveted spot on Xavier’s class roster. Once word broke that Fox studios was looking for a younger version of Grey to fit in with the prequel timeline set up in Matthew Vaughn’s “X-Men: First Class,” Turner’s inbox was flooded with “you’d-be-perfect-for-this-role” type emails and twitter shout-outs. The English actress was first made aware of 1980s mutant period piece thanks to a modern convenience: social media. She has no idea how to control her powers. She can kind of control her powers until it gets too ‘Dark Phoenix’ and weird. “In the first three movies, Jean is a full-fledged human being,” Turner explained in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. This mutant has been portrayed previously several times in the “X-Men” franchise by actress Famke Janssen, but despite the character’s long legacy in this mutant world, Turner will be revealing a side of Grey in “X-Men: Apocalypse” audiences haven’t seen before. In the Marvel comics, Jean’s powers eventually consume her, turning her into the formidable Dark Phoenix. This weekend the actress will continue to (in her own words) “prove the haters wrong” on HBO while simultaneously starring in her first sizable movie role in “X-Men: Apocalypse.”Īnd this isn’t just any old spandex and cape part, Turner is playing what many consider to be the most powerful mutant in all of Marvel, the telepathic, telekinetic Jean Grey, whose gifts surpass those of even her mentor, Charles Xavier (James McAvoy). She may have started on “Game of Thrones” as the little dove but today she’s transformed into a wolf, on both the small and the big screen. The abuse would get so bad that in 2015 a great wave of think pieces rose up, demanding the return of some sort of agency for the fictional teenager.īut seven years and six seasons later, the power dynamic has shifted for Turner in more ways than one. The character would be raped, slashed and humiliated. As “Game of Thrones” played out Sansa would be shackled to not one but two of the biggest sadists in all of Westeros. By the end of the first season her father was decapitated. ![]() Sadly, her wide-eyed optimism wouldn’t last. ![]() At the tender age of 13, Turner booked her first big gig in HBO’s “Game of Thrones.” She was cast as Sansa Stark, the oldest daughter of the noble Stark household a red-headed beauty with wide-eyed plans for the future. Sophie Turner is due for some apocalyptic developments.
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