X-Males ’97 creator Beau DeMayo says he thought of casting Jon Hamm in a villainous position.
DeMayo created the primary season of Disney+ and Marvel Studios‘ X-Males ’97 present, which premiered in March 2024. At the least two extra seasons are at present within the works; nonetheless, DeMayo was fired because the present’s head author across the time that the primary season premiered.
Hamm, in the meantime, has lengthy stated that he’s needed to be a part of the MCU. The actor has acknowledged that he beforehand had conversations about taking part in Mister Sinister in an X-Males venture; nonetheless, it by no means got here to fruition.
Only in the near past, Hamm stated, through ScreenRant, he doesn’t know if he’ll ever be forged within the MCU, however he nonetheless would love to take action if given the chance.
“No person is aware of what’s happening within the secret world of that firm,” Hamm stated. ”I do know that I’ve a number of… I’ve a number of appreciation for that world, so hopefully that’s reciprocated. Why not me?”
Who may have Jon Hamm performed in X-Males ’97?
With many individuals on-line now speaking about how they’d wish to see Hamm be a part of the MCU in some capability, DeMayo has revealed he “thought of him to voice #Bastion at one level.”
Agree. I thought of him to voice #Bastion at one level.
— Beau DeMayo (@BeauDemayo) April 11, 2025
The position of Bastion, an X-Males villain created by Scott Lobdell and Pascual Ferry who made his first full Marvel Comics look in 1996’s The Uncanny X-Males #333, went to The Monkey’s Theo James. The voice forged of the present additionally consists of Ray Chase as Scott Summers/Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Gray, Alison Sealy-Smith as Ororo Munroe/Storm, Cal Dodd as Logan/Wolverine, and extra.
Hamm can now be seen taking part in a personality named Andrew Cooper in Apple TV+’s Your Associates and Neighbors. The primary two episodes of the present at the moment are out there to look at on the streaming service, with new episodes persevering with to drop weekly till the season finale airs on Might 30, 2025.
Initially reported by Brandon Schreur at SuperHeroHype.