{"id":49497,"date":"2026-11-06T22:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T21:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/adam-driver-talks-about-his-upcoming-turn-as-mister-sinister-in-the-x-men-reboot\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T22:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T21:35:01","slug":"adam-driver-talks-about-his-upcoming-turn-as-mister-sinister-in-the-x-men-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/adam-driver-talks-about-his-upcoming-turn-as-mister-sinister-in-the-x-men-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Driver Talks About His Upcoming Turn as Mister Sinister in the X-Men Reboot"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Updated<\/p>\n<p>: Nov 6, 2026 3:59pm UTC<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\">Adam Driver, best known for his turn as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, is finally going to be a part of the MCU after years of speculation. But instead of playing <a data-cy=\"styled-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/theyre-bringing-the-heat-marvel-fans-hyped-for-x-men-reboot-casting-as-adam-driver-rumors-swirl\">Magneto as rumors suggested<\/a>, he landed the role of Mister Sinister in the upcoming X-Men reboot. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\">During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TTzta6J30eo\" data-cy=\"styled-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Kimmel segment<\/a>, Driver spoke briefly about the role and what drew him to it. \u201cI was a big X-Men fan when I was a kid,\u201d Driver said. \u201cThe TV show was right in my generation. It\u2019s huge for me. Me and my cousin, Tony, he would be Sabretooth and I would be Wolverine \u2014 it\u2019s a big deal.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\">In the comics, Mister Sinister is the persona of Dr. Nathaniel Essex, a London biologist obsessed with engineering humanity into a perfect race of superhumans. When Kimmel mentioned the name of the supervillain on the segment, Driver couldn\u2019t help but smile. <\/p>\n<p>MCU X-Men Cast as of D23 2026<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\">It\u2019s a character he\u2019s clearly excited about playing. As Kimmel pointed out on the show,<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/adam-driver-talks-about-mister-sinister-x-men-reboot\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated : Nov 6, 2026 3:59pm UTC Adam Driver, best known for his turn as Kylo Ren in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, is finally going to be a part of the MCU after years of speculation. But instead of playing Magneto as rumors suggested , he landed the role of Mister Sinister in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":49498,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-49497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-moviestv","tag-mixtv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}