When Fox first declare thatDark Phoenix would skew nigher to the original X - Men storyof how Jean Grey in the end becomes one of the most powerful mutants to exist , the logical implication was always that this take on the narrative wouldinvolve space traveland an meeting with beings from another planet .
In a recentinterview with IGN , director Simon Kinberg and actress Sophie Turner verbalise about how the people in Jean ’s life play a huge role inher sudden evolution into Phoenix . Everyone around Jean has somewhat mixed motives , Kinberg articulate , and it all contributes to a manifestation of the Phoenix force play that annunciate the arrival of , well , aliens .
pertain to Jessica Chastain ’s as - yet - unknown eccentric , Kinberg would n’t confirm whether she ’s a member ofthe Shi’ar , but say that Jean ’s young powers are what draw Chastain ’s character to Earth :
She is from , let ’s say , not our planet , her character . I ’ll keep it relatively mysterious but it is a cosmic story in a means that is extraterrestrial , which is something we ’ve never done in the X - Men motion picture before but is obviously something that is constitutional to the Dark Phoenix chronicle so I feel we could n’t ’ do what we did on X3 and ignore that .
We had to actually embrace it . So there ’s a fair amount that takes place in space , and the actuate incident that originate to turn Jean , have ’s say , dark and fill her with this power that she ca n’t control happens in outer space . And then there are forces from blank space that come to Earth because of that .
A act of fans have theorize that Chastain ’s character might have been a take on Mastermind , a fictional character in Marvel Comics who expend his abilities to manipulate Jean in order of magnitude to gain access to the Hellfire club . Kinberg said that while the character is n’t just a one - to - one transformation of Mastermind , aspects of him ( and other characters ) were used to flesh out Chastain ’s role . Turner added that her scenes with Chastain do involve a moral force that might be somewhat nefarious :
It ’s an interesting one and I do n’t desire to spill too much about it but basically Jessica ’s fiber is very interested in this big businessman that I ’ve kind of develop and this cosmic force that I have and she kind of wants that effect to use it for her own — she has her own intentions with it and she kind of desire to use that . And she nurtures me in a way to make me kind of trust her .
Both Turner and Kinberg added that Charles Xavier ’s complicated relationship with Jean will also play a large role in the motion-picture show — particularly the idea that at some point in Jean ’s spirit , Xavier did something to Jean that leads to the eternal sleep of the X - Men and Magneto to hate him . Charles ’ action , Turner said , get Jean to lather out in destructive , spiteful way , but Kinberg added that at the same time , Charles ’ motivations are , always , not entirely black and lily-white :
And people in the movie take up to fault him for that not bring in what ’s actually encounter to her . So , yes , he did some things in the past that one could see as dubious but he did them for a good purpose , from his point of view , and so as Jean is losing control and doing these sometimes fearful sure enough destructive things , for want of an explanation for many of the characters because they do n’t empathise this larger cosmic entity , they are looking at Charles as the one responsible for it when in fact the motion-picture show sort of operates on two planes .
It operates as a very personal , intimate chronicle about Jean and her past and her battle with her world power , and it also operates as this much tumid intergalactic story with extraterrestrial postulate that Charles is not responsible for .
Perhaps even more surprising is that the mutants Red Lotus ( Andrew Stehlin ) and Selene ( Kota Eberhardt ) are set to make their first appearances in the X - Men franchise . Just how the newcomers are hold up to be capable to hold their own against Jean and her might is anyone ’s guess until Dark Phoenix hits theaters next Valentine ’s Day .
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