Olivia Munn is thrilled about the fact that she gets to play Psylocke in “X-Men: Apocalypse” and her enthusiasm is contagious. The more she talks about it, the more we can’t wait to see it.
Munn recently spoke to Collider about Psylocke’s role in the film, what powers she will have and more. During the interview Munn revealed that in the film we will see Psylocke use her telekinetic powers, but we won’t see her use her telepathic powers.
“Psylocke is telepathic and telekinetic. In the movie, we see her being a telekinetic. We don’t see her being telepathic. It’s a decision [we made] because this is the first time we’ve really been able to see the character of Psylocke and have her really, truly exist in the movie. I talked about it with Simon Kinberg. There’s just so much going on, especially with Apocalypse’s power, and then trying to take on all of the X-Men. When you are telepathic, I feel that it’s a power that you want to hold close to your chest. It’s a card that you don’t want a lot of people to know about because it’s so much more powerful when people don’t know that you have this power.”
She also noted that Psylocke will be using both a physical sword and a psychic sword in the film. She says that the suggestion to make the move was made by James McAvoy and that she thought the idea was awesome.
Of course the X-Men film world isn’t just confined for the X-Men films anymore. Wolverine has had two solo films, Deadpool is getting his own film next week and Gambit has a solo film on the way. Should Psylocke ever get the chance to break off on her own, Munn already has an idea for a spin off.
“I think if Psylocke had a chance to tell her story, it would be great to start with the genesis and have an understanding … I think maybe like right as she’s getting out of university and before her whole family—we jump in right before all of her family is taken out and we have an understanding of what she had to lose. Then her figuring out her powers and how powerful she is. I think that would be a great thing to, because it’s something that I always loved about her. That she came from a good family and lost everything. Yeah, I would just like to tell that story.” Olivia Munn said.
“X-Men: Apocalypse” hits theaters on May 27, 2016.
