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That’s a reminder of just how powerful Cyclops really is, and a sign that, among the X-Men characters at least, he will be getting some real focus. While he is typically the leader of the team in the comics, the films tend to put more focus on Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. While he is also rumored to be in Doomsday (though that’s not yet confirmed), Cyclops may well be at the heart of things based on this teaser. Not only is he using his powers in an epic way, but he’s doing so while crying and screaming, meaning something has left him visibly shaken and desperate. Combined with some notable absences, could that mean death for several X-Men characters?
Is Jean Grey Dead In Avengers: Doomsday? What About Other X-Men?
The Doomsday X-Men trailer portends doom, or rather, Doom. Even before the scene with Cyclops, we hear an ominous speech about death, and its inevitability. Throw in what looks like chaos, destruction, and some Sentinels, and it all combines to suggest that several X-Men members have been killed, which would certainly justify the reaction from Cyclops. Scott is typically the more disciplined, traditionally heroic and good character among the team, and often reluctant to fully unleash his powers. If he’s doing this, then something major has to have happened (there is, of course, the possibility it’s a sequence from the Danger Room, but the level of emotion says otherwise).
The most obvious choice here would be the death of Jean Grey, the woman that Scott loves. That, above anything else, would provoke this kind of response, and Famke Janssen is absent from Avengers: Doomsday‘s cast, and has played down a return (though that doesn’t necessarily rule it out). Several other original X-Men characters and actors are also missing, though, including Rogue (Anna Paquin), Storm (Halle Berry), and Iceman (Shawn Ashmoore), and they could have been killed as well.
