James Marsden Missed Hugh Jackman on the AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY Set, and He Signed On Without Reading The Script

Cyclops is back, and he came in blind… literally.

James Marsden is returning as Scott Summers in Avengers: Doomsday, and the details around how it all came together are honestly more fun than you might expect.

Marsden, currently promoting his Hulu gangster-comedy-time-travel mashup Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, sat down with ComicBook and dropped a couple of details worth talking about.

First, the big one: he signed on to one of the most anticipated Marvel films in years without reading a single page of the script. When asked if he'd ever agreed to a project sight unseen, Marsden didn't even hesitate.

"It was a conversation. And in that conversation, we talked about what my involvement would be and everything, but I hadn't actually read the script yet. So that was something like, yeah, sure, yes, of course."

The other tidbit is that Marsden wasn't exactly thrilled to step back into the visor without his longtime on-screen nemesis, Hugh Jackman's Wolverine, there to butt heads with him.

Their rivalry across the original X-Men trilogy is the stuff of superhero cinema legend, and apparently it translated into a dynamic Marsden genuinely misses.

"I love Hugh Jackman, and I love the dynamic between Wolverine and Cyclops. It was always a brotherly, healthy competition between the two of them, where they were annoyed with each other. It did feel like a brotherly relationship.

“I wouldn't say that I was excited to slide into that role without him barking in my ear. He was missed. I'm trying to… answer, without saying too much… Yeah, that's my answer."

Jackman hasn't been confirmed for Doomsday, and while he hasn't ruled it out publicly, the current picture has Marsden flying solo as the X-Men's field leader.

The teaser trailer already gave us a glimpse of a version of Cyclops we've never quite seen before as he is distraught, screaming, clearly in over his head amid whatever multiversal chaos Robert Downey Jr.'s Doctor Doom has thrown his way.

Fans would absolutley lose their minds if Cyclops and Wolverine ended up sharing scenes in the film. While Marsden says Jackman was missed, he also previiously confirmed that he is a liar, so we can’t really trust anything that comes out of his mouth.

It's been twelve years since Marsden last wore the visor in X-Men: Days of Future Past, a brief but meaningful return before Tye Sheridan took over the role in the rebooted timeline. Now, with the MCU folding mutants into its ever-expanding universe, Marsden gets a fresh shot at the character in territory that's entirely new.

Catch Marsden first in Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice, streaming on Hulu and Disney+ this Friday, March 27. Then brace yourself for Avengers: Doomsday in December.