Let’s dreamcast the X-Men before they appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

SITGES, SPAIN – OCTOBER 04: Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau during press conference of film ‘Suicide Tourist’ on October 04, 2019 in Sitges, Spain. (Photo by Borja B. Hojas/Getty Images)

8. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Angel

Angel is another one of those X-Men who never got a super deep movie treatment, but who is pretty important to many of the early comic stories. One of the original five X-Men, Angel’s mutant power is that he has white-feathered wings sprouting from his back, which gives him the ability to fly.

But the tricky thing is that Angel, like Cyclops, has the trap of becoming a boring character if he’s not handled well. Just look at his movie adaptations to date for proof: whether played by Ben Foster in?The Last Stand or Ben Hardy in X-Men: Apocalypse, he hasn’t stood out. That’s why giving the role to a ridiculously charismatic actor like?Game of Thrones veteran?Nikolaj Coster-Waldau would make a ton of sense.

Coster-Waldau fits the description of Angel pretty much to a T, with the sole exception of his age. But if the X-Men entered the MCU with the sort of age spread that we talked about earlier, then it would make total sense for Angel to be a bit older, considering he was one of the original X-Men.

But the best qualifier of all? Get this: Angel’s human identity is Warren Worthington III…heir to a massive family fortune that, early in the story, results in him being considered self-absorbed and big-headed. It’s only through intense trials, like being forced to become one of the Four Horsemen by the arch-villain Apocalypse, that Warren begins to grow more introspective and thoughtful.

Is anyone else getting flashbacks to Jaime Lannister on Game of Thrones??The match may be even more perfect than I thought.