‘Brand New Day’ Director on Why Sadie Sink’s Character Was Chosen for This Story
If you’re one of the three to four people remaining who has yet to watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we’ll drop a warning after this introduction and keep things vague up here. But if you have seen the movie, or if you’ve already heard the biggest spoilers, you may proceed to hear what director Destin Daniel Cretton said about Brand New Day‘s shrouded-in-secrecy villain, who’s played by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink. It’s Jean Grey, and her appearance in Brand New Day paves the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s eager embrace of the X-Men.
- ▪If you’re one of the three to four people remaining who has yet to watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we’ll drop a warning after this introduction and keep things vague up here.
- ▪But if you have seen the movie, or if you’ve already heard the biggest spoilers, you may proceed to hear what director Destin Daniel Cretton said about Brand New Day‘s shrouded-in-secrecy villain, who’s played by Stranger Things star Sadie
- ▪It’s Jean Grey, and her appearance in Brand New Day paves the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s eager embrace of the X-Men.
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If you’re one of the three to four people remaining who has yet to watch Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we’ll drop a warning after this introduction and keep things vague up here. But if you have seen the movie, or if you’ve already heard the biggest spoilers, you may proceed to hear what director Destin Daniel Cretton said about Brand New Day‘s shrouded-in-secrecy villain, who’s played by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink. It’s Jean Grey, and her appearance in Brand New Day paves the way for the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s eager embrace of the X-Men. But beyond bringing a key piece into the franchise, Cretton told Deadline there were some deeper reasons for bringing the uniquely talented mutant into the story now.
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