Omar Sy Joins ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’
By Angie Han/March 4, 2013 9:04 am EST
The filmmaker has not revealed which role Sy will play — all the better to keep fans chattering about the possibilities, I guess. One that’s cropped up frequently in the ensuing speculation is Bishop, a mutant who travels back in time from a dystopian future. The character wasn’t introduced in the comics until well after the Days of Future Past storyline concluded. But screenwriter Simon Kinberg is bound to take a few liberties with the source material, and as a time traveler he could easily fit in to this plot arc.
Sy has been acting in his native country for over a decade, but it was the 2011 French dramedy The Intouchables that brought him international attention and acclaim. Sy will next be seen in Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo. X-Men: Days of Future Past represents his first major English-language film, as far as I can tell. Beyond that, he’s been linked to Chef, the former David O. Russell project co-starring Bradley Cooper.
