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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (2014): Evan Peters cast as Quicksilver

Evan Peters Quicksliver

Evan Peters cast in X-Men Days of Future Past. The casting of Evan Peters in X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) answers the question of who will play Quicksliver in the Bryan Singer directed film. Quicksliver will also be appearing in Joss Whedon‘s The Avengers 2 with his sister Scarlet Witch. There is no word yet whether or not Evan Peters will play Quicksliver in both films.

Bryan Singer confirmed Evan Peters’ casting via Twitter:

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Before he was an #Avenger, he was just a REALLY fast kid. Thrilled to say #EvanPeters is joining #XMen #DaysOfFuturePast as #Quicksilver.

— Bryan Singer (@BryanSinger) May 23, 2013

On Quicksliver:

Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional character…He is the son of Magneto, the twin brother of the Scarlet Witch, and the paternal half-brother of Polaris.

Quicksilver is a mutant capable of moving and thinking at superhuman speeds. Originally capable of running at the speed of sound; exposure to the High Evolutionary’s Isotope E made it possible for the character to run at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 10 and resist the effects of friction, reduced oxygen, and kinetic impact while moving at super-speeds. The character’s speed allows him to perform feats such as create cyclone-strength winds; run up walls and cross bodies of water. It has been revealed that one of the reasons for his abrasive and impatient personality is that it seems to him that the rest of the world is moving in slow motion and that he is constantly waiting for it to catch up. As he once explained, “Have you ever had a day where you are at the ATM and you are in a hurry because you’re running late but the person in front of you doesn’t know how to use the ATM and they’re taking forever? Now imagine what it must be like to spend every day surrounded by people who don’t know how to use the ATM.”

The character first appears with his twin sister, the Scarlet Witch, as a part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in the title X-Men. The siblings are mutants, with Pietro possessing superhuman speed and Wanda able to control probability. The pair are recruited by their father Magneto after he saves Wanda from a mob after she accidentally causes a house to burst into fire. Quicksilver stays with her to protect her. After several brief appearances in the title X-Men where the X-Men realize they are not evil, they depart when Magneto and his lackey the Toad are abducted by the cosmic entity the Stranger. They then travel back to Europe. Pietro and his sister reform and are recruited by Avenger Iron Man to join superhero team the Avengers, after they discover they are advertising for new members and want to get support for themselves.

Together with leader Captain America and former villain Hawkeye, the four become the second generation of Avengers, and are later dubbed “Cap’s Kooky Quartet”.

On Quicksliver appearing in The Avengers 2:

Kevin Feige recently explained how the characters could appear both in the Fox and Disney Marvel universes:

“We both have [Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch]. There’s a specific arrangement with those two characters that would allow us to use them with ‘Avengers,’ but not discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage. They can use them as mutants and as Magneto’s relatives, but cannot have anything to do with ‘The Avengers.'”

When Whedon last spoke about the characters, he alluded to their “rough beginning.” He was likely referring to their evil heritage, something that can’t be explored in The Avengers 2. However, he also suggested the characters would fundamentally oppose The Avengers, which is kind of the role Magneto plays in the X-Men films, providing the team with different views on their roles in society.

We have previously published these X-Men: Days Of Future Past articles:

X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014): Halle Berry joins Bryan Singer Film

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X-Men: Days Of Future Past also stars: Halle Berry, Omar Sy, Peter Dinklage, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Adan Canto, Daniel Cudmore, Fan Bingbing, Booboo Stewart, and Nicholas Hoult.

X-Men: Days Of Future Past‘s plot synopsis: based on Days of Future Past storyline from 1981’s Uncanny X-Men, “The storyline alternates between present day, in which the X-Men fight Mystique’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and a future timeline caused by the X-Men’s failure to prevent the Brotherhood from assassinating Senator Robert Kelly. In this future universe, Sentinels rule the United States, and mutants live in internment camps. The present-day X-Men are forewarned of the possible future by a future version of their teammate Kitty Pryde, whose mind traveled back in time and possessed her younger self to warn the X-Men.”

Leave your thoughts on Evan Peters’ casting in X-Men: Days of Future Past below in the comments section. X-Men: Days of Future Past will be released in US theaters through 20th Century Fox in 2D and 3D on July 18, 2014. For more X-Men: Days of Future Past photos, videos, and information, visit our X-Men Page, subscribe to us by Email, “follow” us on Twitter or “like” us on Facebook.

Source: Wikipedia, Slashfilm

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Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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