Jennifer Lawrence aka Mystique to exit from X-Men franchise

It is heartbreaking news for Jennifer Lawrence’s fans to hear about one of their favorite characters’ final presence in the X-Men franchise. The blue-skinned mutant, Mystique ends her presence w

It is heartbreaking news for Jennifer Lawrence’s fans to hear about one of their favorite characters’ final presence in the X-Men franchise. The blue-skinned mutant, Mystique ends her presence with X-Men Apocalypse. Jennifer Lawrence has confirmed during her premiere of her new film Serena at the red carpet that her presence in X-men Apocalypse would be her last in the film franchise. X-Men Apocalypse slated to release on May 27, 2016. The Hunger Games actress said to MTV News, “It is my last one, actually.”

Earlier, Nicholas Hoult, who played the character of Beast in X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, had divulged of discontinuation with the movie, although he said that he wouldn’t reject the offer to return for a future project. Following Nicholas, Lawrence would be the second X-Men cast member to part her ways with the franchise.

Possibly, X-Men: Days of Future Past‘s director Bryan Singer would direct X-Men: Apocalypse. Bryan has constructed the characters in a way to turn-over any potential cast characters like Storm, Cyclops and Jean Grey rejoined the superhero franchise in the movie. Likewise, Mystique’s character wouldn’t be dropped from the movie because of Lawrence parting from X-Men franchise. In the original X-Men trilogy, Rebecca Romijn played the character of Mystique while Lawrence was the second actress to appear in the series as the blue mutant.

By Shrikrishna Iyer