{"id":27734,"date":"2014-11-24T12:17:31","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T20:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=27734"},"modified":"2014-12-25T19:17:42","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T03:17:42","slug":"bryan-singer-lands-star-wars-actor-for-villainous-lead-role-in-xmen-apocalypse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?p=27734","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Isaac lands villainous role in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/?attachment_id=27735\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar.jpg?fit=720%2C350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"oscar\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar.jpg?fit=640%2C311&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27735\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar.jpg?resize=640%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"oscar\" width=\"640\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/x-menfilms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/oscar.jpg?resize=300%2C145&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1209966\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar Isaac<\/a><\/strong> (Inside Llewyn Davis) has signed the dotted line to star as the title villain in Bryan Singer&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x-menfilms.com\/films\/x-men-apocalypse\/\">X-MEN: APOCALYPSE<\/a>! The actor will portray <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apocalypse_%28comics%29\" target=\"_blank\">En Sabah Nur<\/a><\/strong>, an ancient, unrelenting mutant who&#8217;s determined to cause an apocalypse unlike any in human history.<\/p>\n<p>Sources at <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2014\/film\/news\/oscar-isaac-x-men-apocalypse-casting-1201342774\/\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a> say that Isaac &#8220;always seemed like the type of actor Singer wanted for the role and the long-time favorite from the start.&#8221; While he&#8217;s not a well-known name to the general public, he&#8217;s quickly rising with upcoming roles in &#8220;A Most Violent Year,&#8221; &#8220;Ex Machina&#8221; and J.J. 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