The young stars of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, Alexandra Shipp (Storm), Ben Hardy (Archangel) and Lana Condor (Jubilee) are featured in issue 23 of Fault Magazine. All three actors talk about their roles in the film and how they’re preparing for wide exposure after the film’s release later this month.

Below are brief excerpts – click the links for more quotes and pre-order the physical issue here.

Alexandra Shipp

With ­X-Men, you’re entering a universe that has a longstanding comic book fan base and a movie fan base, not to mention people who look up to you for taking on such an iconic black female superhero. Is that a lot to take in?

“I do feel pressure because I want to give girls an accurate representation of a powerful black woman. Halle Berry did such a great job that I felt the fear of living up to her Storm. But I also felt the fear of living up to my own nerdy expectations. I’m a fan of X-Men. I grew up on the cartoons. I grew up reading the comics. I wanted to do that right. I wasn’t sleeping, just going over my Arabic and my Kenyan accent all the time. I wanted to make sure that girls who see this movie, young girls of any race or color, are excited by Storm and the way I portrayed her.”

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Ben Hardy

Angel has appeared in the X-men films before played by Ben Foster, were you able to draw much from his character to play his younger self?

“As the timeline has completely warped and while I did watch X-Men: The Last Stand, I went into playing Angel as a brand new character altogether. I’m drawing on Angel’s character as dictated by the script and my own interpretation of him without worrying too much on past appearances.”

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Lana Condor

Jubilee often gets ranked as the mutant with the most useless powers but at the same time is VERY dear to the fans of X-men. Is it daunting to take the mantle of such a popular character? Comic book fans aren’t very forgiving!

“Well… since you put it that way… now I won’t be able to sleep at night! [laughs] but Yes. There has definitely been times where I really feel very nervous because I do not want to let her fans down. They are so devoted to her and I really admire that. It’s amazing, I’ve really learned that she means (as well as all the other characters) a lot to people. Maybe she reminds them of their childhood or was an escape for certain people. She certainly means a lot to me. So yes, the pressure to do her proper justice can be intimidating. But I also have to realise that some things are just not in my control.”

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