Fans of Rogue were initially excited to find out Anna Paquin was returning to the X-Men film franchise in 2014's cut the majority of Paquin's scenes out of the movie for pacing, resulting in only a brief Rogue cameo at the end of Days Of Future Past - when Wolverine awakens in the newly repaired, present-day timeline.
Although she is not a part of the 1980s-set X-Men: Apocalypse, Paquin still remains a fan-favorite among X-Men devotees, with many hoping she gets to return to the role someday in a larger capacity. However, given what happened to her on the Brett Ratner-directed third X-Men film X-Men: The Last Stand (becoming a third wheel in a love triangle with Iceman and Ellen page's Kitty Pryde, and later choosing to "cure" herself of her mutant powers), and having her part almost completely excised from Days Of Future Past, would she even want to reprise the Mutant Southern Belle? As it turns out, Paquin responded to that very question on social media.
During a Twitter interaction with a fan on April 18, Paquin was asked if she would ever consider returning to play Rogue, to which she replied, "If I can fly, absolutely." This response seemed to confuse the Paquin fan, who misunderstood the actress and quickly tweeted back an anxious question: "OMFG, so you're saying you wouldn't like to play ROGUE again???" Paquin then clarified, "No I'm saying that comic book rogue gets to fly and I never did. I want to be badass rogue not shy teen rogue."
Check out the Paquin's tweets below:
@AnnaPaquinFans if I get to fly, absolutely— Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) April 19, 2015
@AnnaPaquinFans no I'm saying that comic book rogue gets to fly and I never did. I want to be badass rogue not shy teen rogue— Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) April 19, 2015
Many X-Men fans share Paquin's sentiment on how poorly the films have portrayed her character - and more importantly to them - her mutant abilities. In the pages of the Marvel comics, Rogue is an immensely powerful character who absorbs the ability of any mutant she touches - with her bare skin. Throughout the years, this has given her myriad mutant abilities, most prominently the power of flight and incredible super-strength. Rogue has soared through the air and gone toe-to-toe in fistfights with Marvel heavyweights like Colossus, She-Hulk, and Iron Man. Yet, throughout the course of four X-Men films, Paquin's version of the character has remained fairly diminutive and inexperienced, with no chance to display the might she regularly flashes in the pages of X-Men comics.
Of course, now that we've seen the likes of the he's doing with Angel).
Whether or not fans ever get to see Rogue fly or fully unleash her incredible powers in a future X-Men film, they can take some solace in the fact that 20th Century Fox will soon release the absorb Kitty Pryde's powers and take over for her injured X-Men colleague (so Wolverine's consciousness can remain in his 1970s body).
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The extended cut of X-Men: Days of Future Past will be available on Blu-ray later in 2015.
Fantastic Four opens on August 7, 2015, Deadpool on February 12, 2016, X-Men: Apocalypse on May 27, 2016, Gambit on October 7, 2016, Wolverine 3 (not the official title) on March 3, 2017, Fantastic Four 2 on June 9, 2017, and an undisclosed X-Men film on July 13, 2018.
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