Jessica Chastain is in talks to play the main villain in “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix”

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Jessica Chastain is in talks to play the main villain in “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix”! Should the deal go through, Chastain would play “Lilandra, the empress of an alien empire called the Shi’ar, who leads the quest to imprison and execute Dark Phoenix, leading her into conflict with the X-Men.(She also commands an alien super-team named the Imperial Guard but it is unclear if that group will be featured in the movie.)” “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix”, which also stars Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, Alexandra Shipp, Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan and Kodi Smit-McPhee, is written and directed by Simon Kinberg and will hit theaters on November 2nd, 2018. News of Chastain’s involvement in the film was initially reported by Jeff Snider of The Tracking Board. What do you think of Jessica Chastain possibly playing the main villain in “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix”? Let me know in the comments!

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