Stranger Things’ Sadie Sink Has No Plans To Be The Newest Redhead To Join The X-Men – Looper

During her appearance on Extra TV, Sadie Sink was asked whether or not the rumors she had been cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe were true, to which she responded no. “I’m denying these rumors. They’re not true,” the actor laughed. “As of now, it’s not true.” When asked if she would like to join the MCU, however, Sink’s answer was more positive. “If the right superhero comes along then sure,” she replied. “Who wouldn’t want to play a superhero?”

Speculation about Sink being cast in the MCU comes on the heels of recent fan art of her as Jean Grey, a role previously played by Famke Janssen and “Game of Thrones” alumni Sophie Turner in the “X-Men” film series. In the comics, Jean Grey boasts a similar set of powers to Eleven, the best friend of Sink’s character in “Stranger Things.”

Marvel fans have been anticipating the X-Men joining the MCU since Marvel Studios acquired the rights to the mutants from Fox in 2019. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige teased more mutants in the MCU at a 2022 Q&A for “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” following the mutant Namor’s (Tenoch Huerta) debut in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” as well as the revelation in the Disney+ series “Ms. Marvel” that Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) is a mutant.