Doctor Who star Jinkx Monsoon wants to play iconic X-Men character in MCU reboot
"I think it would be a really cool idea to have a trans woman be Mystique.”
Doctor Who star Jinkx Monsoon has revealed she would love to play Mystique in the MCU’s X-Men reboot.
Speaking on Jesse David Fox's Good One podcast, the actress – who plays villain Maestro in Doctor Who – said she’s ready for a trans woman to play the X-Men character.
“Can I manifest something?" she said. "Marvel has now regained the rights to the X-Men. I think it would be a really cool idea to have a trans woman be Mystique.”
Explaining why the famous X-Men character has long resonated with trans audiences thanks to her shape-shifting abilities, she added: “She’s my favourite Marvel character of all time, and I relate to her so much. I think a lot of trans people do. Think about how nice it would be to be able to just blend in and not have everyone pay attention to us if we don’t want.”
She continued: “We also relate to the fact that she’s not accepted in her original form. So she has to transition to even walk around people."
She added: “I texted my agent and I was like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on there, but please start dropping my name.’”
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Mystique, who made her first comic-book appearance in the late 1970s, has been portrayed twice in live-action, first by Rebecca Romijn in the original X-Men trilogy and later by Jennifer Lawrence in the prequel films.
Although Romijn is set to reprise her role as the shape-shifting mutant in the upcoming 2026 film Avengers: Doomsday, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige previously revealed plans for major recasts after Avengers: Secret Wars, so it's possible that another actor could morph into the role in the X-Men reboot.
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- Marvel's Phase 6 release dates: All upcoming films and TV shows
- How could the X-Men appear in Avengers: Doomsday?
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Molly Moss is a Trends Writer for Radio Times, covering the latest trends across TV, film and more. She has an MA in Newspaper Journalism and has previously written for publications including The Guardian, The Times and The Sun Online.
