‘Avatar’ Star Trinity Jo-Li Bliss Addresses Those X-Men Rumors
While the Fox X-Men will get another swan song in Avengers: Doomsday and likely Avengers: Secret Wars, eventually the Marvel Cinematic Universe will introduce a new version of the iconic team.
As the Multiverse Saga draws to an end, fans are already looking ahead to the upcoming Mutant Saga, which promises to change the MCU forever.
Ian McKellen in X-Men. Photo: Fox
Perhaps understandably, speculation has run rampant about which characters will comprise the MCU’s X-Men and which actors will portray them.
Trinity Jo-Li Bliss as Jubilee?
For example, Avatar: Fire and Ash star Trinity Jo-Li Bliss has frequently been cited as Marvel’s choice to play Jubilee.
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Now, the actress has weighed in on the possibility.
During a recent interview with The Direct, Bliss was asked about the speculation that she will be suiting up as Jubilee in the MCU.
According to the Avatar star, those rumors are not true.
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“Oh my gosh. When I saw them, I was like, ‘Oh, that would be really cool.’ Like, ‘What do you know that I don’t?’” Bliss said. “But I mean, I love the X-Men side of things, so that would be really cool. But I have not been cast as Jubilee.”
While Bliss has not been contacted by Marvel about playing the role, she would certainly be open to it. When asked if the online buzz could help her cause, she was hopeful.
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“Maybe. Manifest it,” she said.
Will We Even See Jubilee in the MCU?
As we eagerly await the arrival of the next iteration of X-Men, it is fair to wonder if Jubilee will even be included. After her heyday in the late 1980s and 1990s, the character has largely fallen out of favor.
Wolverine & Jubilee: Curse of the Mutants by Kathryn Immonen and Phil Noto, with cover art by Olivier Coipel. Photo: Marvel Comics
In the Fox X-Men movies, Katrina Florece, Kea Wong, and Lana Condor all appeared as Jubilee in minor roles.
On the other hand, the mutant and her yellow raincoat were prominently featured in X-Men: The Animated Series and, more recently, X-Men ’97.
(L-R): Bishop (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith), Cyclops (voiced by Ray Chase), Jean Grey (voiced by Jennifer Hale), Rogue (voiced by Lenore Zann), Morph (voiced by JP Karliak), Magneto (voiced by Matthew Waterson), Wolverine (voiced by Cal Dodd), Jubilee (voiced by Holly Chou), Beast (voiced by George Buza), and Gambit (voiced by AJ LoCascio) in Marvel Animation’s X-MEN ’97. Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation. © 2024 MARVEL.
