In this X-Men movie we are told everything that is going to happen in a single sentence, but we didn’t realize it – Movie news

Although Mystique is a key character in the history of the X-Men, the truth is that she did not debut in a story of this group. He did it, in fact, in the pages of number 16 of Ms Marvel (not the one you know from the UCM, at that time the name was Carol Danvers) back in April 1978, although its full form would not be revealed until two issues later. Many years later we discovered that she was Nightcrawler’s mother. (creating his own sperm when he was in male form, better not ask) and Rogue’s adoptive mother. Oh yeah, and also Graydon Creed, his Sabretooth son. Marvel is complicated, okay?

A little witch, a mystic

The first time we saw Mystique in the cinema (and, therefore, she became known to the general public) was in 2000, when Rebecca Romjin played her with spectacular style. In fact, it will be her and not Jennifer Lawrence, who He took on the character starting in 2011, in the prequels of the sagawho interprets it again in Avengers: Doomsday. However, it is in the films with Lawrence (and particularly in Days of future past) where is one of its most incredible moments.

In the film, Doctor Trask (played brilliantly by Peter Dinklage) tells the President of the United States, “He can transform into anyone: a general, a Secret Service man, even you, Mr. President”. You will never imagine what happens throughout the film: in that order, Mystique impersonates everyone (well, instead of a general she is a colonel, but it works just as well).

By the way: although the movie is good and much better than those made later, You shouldn’t miss the original comic by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, which was published back in 1981 and in just two issues he marked much of the mutant lore of the following years. And yes: Mystique is once again the cause of everything. She can’t be left alone.