Rebecca Romijn has confirmed her return as Mystique in Avengers: Doomsday, 20 years after she last played the shape-shifter in the original X-Men trilogy, telling Entertainment Tonight at San Diego Comic-Con that her first question was about the film’s makeup process.
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- The comments: Romijn spoke to Entertainment Tonight at San Diego Comic-Con on July 25, calling the offer a surprise and the experience “surreal.”
- Her first question: She said she immediately asked about the makeup, which took up to nine hours on the original films and involved full-body prosthetics and paint.
- Role history: Romijn played Mystique from 2000 to 2006, before Jennifer Lawrence took on a younger version of the character in the prequels.
- The film: Chris Hemsworth leads the assembled team against Doctor Doom, played by Robert Downey Jr. The first trailer landed on July 20.
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The size of Mystique’s role remains undisclosed, pending Marvel’s announcements on the rest of the cast and a final release date.
Source: People
