The stars were out on the red carpet at the Academy Awards last night and MTV caught up with quite a few of them. One of which was Olivia Munn who is playing Psylocke in the next X-Men film titled “X-Men: Apocalypse.”
Munn was asked about the recent success of “Deadpool” and if R-rated movies could work for the X-Men franchise.
“What happened with ‘Deadpool’ is it’s a combination of Ryan being so amazing and the writer and the director and everybody. So for anything to be successful it has to be the perfect storm. You hope for the perfect storm all the time right?”
Hollywood seems to very interested in R-rated comic book movies following the big box office haul “Deadpool” has brought in. X-Men producer Simon Kinberg has talked a little bit about X-Force possibly getting an R-rated film, and the next Wolverine movie is rumored to be shooting for an R-rated movie as well.
As far as what’s next for Psylocke beyond “Apocalypse” Munn said that she didn’t know. She added that she was just focusing on making sure Psylocke came off as strong as possible in this film.
You can check out the clip below.
.@OliviaMunn can't wait for the world to see her as Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse. https://t.co/FIKDcvSVdZ
— MTV News (@MTVNews) February 29, 2016
