Cooper Hoffman finally addresses Cyclops casting rumours for Marvel’s X-Men reboot

Here we go again with the Marvel rumour mill — this time, it’s the X-Men reboot and the never-ending guessing game about who’s playing which mutant. If you’ve heard chatter about Cooper Hoffman donning the Cyclops visor for Marvel’s next go at the franchise, you’re not alone. But as it happens, Hoffman himself has just set the record straight — and not in the way headline-hunting fans might’ve hoped.

On the red carpet for his new film, I Want Your Sex, Cooper Hoffman was clear with Entertainment Tonight: 'Oh, not gonna be me, but I love the X-Men. Not for any reason, it’s just not…I don’t know where this came from. S*** spreads!'

He sounds as baffled as anyone about where the whole Cyclops thing started. And to be fair, Marvel’s casting process is like MI5 — nobody really knows a thing until the announcement is actually out. But ET pressed a bit further: would he want the gig if, say, fan campaigns went mental and willed it into existence?

Hoffman acknowledged he’d be up for it, adding: 'Of course, yeah. They don’t, but I wish they did. I wish they had more of a say. I love X-Men. I’ve been watching since I was a kid. It would be such an honor.'

X-Men Casting Chaos

So for anyone keeping score — Cooper Hoffman is not Cyclops. At least, not as of now, and not by any channels he’s aware of. This gets us to the bigger picture: the X-Men reboot, as usual, is the subject of wild speculation with practically every eligible actor stapled to a character. None of it official.

Here’s how bizarre things have got so far:

• Adam Driver (of Star Wars fame) supposedly eyed for Mister Sinister
• Patrick Wilson (from The Conjuring) rumoured to step into the Professor X role post James McAvoy and Sir Patrick Stewart
• Inde Navarrette (Obsession) and Odessa A’zion (Marty Supreme) both floated for Rogue

As for what’s actually solid: Marvel Studios confirmed Thunderbolts* director Jake Schreier is steering the project, based on a script from Michael Lesslie. That’s it. No cast list, no release date, no teases about which era or version of the team they’re running with. The only thing growing faster than the mutant gene pool is the pile of guesses on social media.