@reel.takes: Replying to @HOOPER MCU fans are throwing tantrums because they don’t believe Cooper Hoffman is attractive enough to (maybe) play Scott Summers / Cyclops. This to me is a great representation of the current state of the MCU - everyone is focused on superficial garbage, while ignoring questions like “are we hiring good actors for these roles” and “is any of this writing actually good?” #cooperhoffman #cyclops #xmen #mcu #marvel
just comes from a gen that only values actors/people if theyre hot
2026-08-05 19:11:50
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Rapheal :
I don’t remember them saying that she was supposed to be 16 and brand new day. The rest of the cast is in their 20s, They’re out of college I assumed she was 22
2026-08-05 20:03:26
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R :
People just clowning a guy who doesn’t even have the role yet 😂 it’s ridiculous. People forget these are movies, heights isn’t a issue, wigs exist, and people can get in shape
2026-08-04 17:57:43
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keegankenrick :
The reality is when they make an adaption of a comic/cartoon, the only thing people want to see if that character recreated accurately in real life, that’s literally it. So not casting for accuracy is just dumb and creates unnecessary culture wars.
2026-08-05 18:49:36
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Dangai_Ash :
Also people forget this first X-men will be young X-men before cyclops becomes who he is, he’ll be young and green in this movie not some built trained adult solider
2026-08-04 18:01:33
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Brad_spelled_with_a_B :
Respectfully, if they’re casting to above average beautiful women to play the love interests than the man should follow suit. Otherwise, all we are saying is a man can look like anything and women still have to be the peak of attractiveness to attain, love
2026-08-05 15:33:38
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Delaney :
Ok but Hoffman and Johnson have incredible lighting in a bottle on screen chemistry and to have that between the king of wakanda and the leader of the x-men would be peak
2026-08-05 16:56:48
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InPlant :
It’s the same thing anytime an actor is rumored or fan casted for nightwing the conversation is always just about if they are attractive enough to play him as if that is the most import thing about his character.
2026-08-04 18:13:51
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🤓 :
and i dont get why people cant just be like “i dont see him as a good fit for the role” and leave it at that. instead they have to start bodyshaming him when he hasnt done anything to warrant that
2026-08-04 18:13:23
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Zach Roberts :
There is FAR too much importance placed on “looking like a character” when there are ways to adjust that and it pales in comparison to actual characterization
2026-08-04 17:58:34
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🦦 :
unfortunately, mcu fans don’t care about getting good performances from their actors, they only care about how good they look in tiktok edits
2026-08-04 19:05:06
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csengage2020 :
thought people would have learned the lesson when the kid from a knight's tale gave the greatest joker performance ever
2026-08-04 18:17:44
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🦧 :
I hate ppl brining up Chris prat for starlord in this conversation. That movie literally reinvented star lord as a character, he’s unrecognizable from the comics they were supposedly adapting. The only reason it works is because Chris Pratt could just be goofy Chris prat bc they chose a character who could easily be melded into what they wanted . Cyclops does not have that same freedom at all.
2026-08-04 18:27:01
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KJ :
Dude can get jacked idk why people are being rude af
2026-08-04 20:02:57
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Hadee3 :
This is so childish I can see him glowing up and fit the vision
2026-08-04 23:47:49
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scatpackmma :
Long walk actors in the MCU is great, i need all of the final 6 boys in the mcu
2026-08-04 18:01:22
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Barrett :
I commented supporting him in another tik tok and people were actually throwing fits about and deadass the only argument they would give would be body shaming
2026-08-04 18:24:31
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Genq :
You can find an actor who both looks like the character and can act, it’s not hard. It’s like saying Nicholas Holt should have played superman instead of David Corenswet just because Holt is a better actor even though Corenswet fits superman much more
2026-08-04 18:44:25
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Nik 🍿 :
Soooo many people took the piss out of Pattinson when he was cast as Batman. People aren’t laughing much now
2026-08-04 20:51:33
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jules :
I’ve only seen him in The Long Walk but man his performance in that movie was incredible. He definitely has more acting chops than the majority of the actors in the MCU. Also you were yolked bro Jesus
2026-08-04 18:24:03
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Chris Michael :
It’s pretty gross especially considering the kind of comments his late father got
2026-08-05 00:48:55
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🌜 Moose 🌛 :
DAMN unc you was shredded at 23. I also really agree that people hyper fixate on looks way too much as if 99% of comic book characters physiques and looks are insane to achieve. Cooper Hoffman is an amazing actor who has that same confidence and personality as his father and Ykw I hope he actually turns out to be cast as cyclops and disprove the haters. I love marvel and ik there’s many great marvel fans but there’s a good chunk of people in this fandom that are just too comfortable shaming people.
2026-08-04 19:15:01
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Yclef Jon :
I hope he isn’t but that’s because I don’t wanna lose another actor to marvel 😩
2026-08-04 21:02:56
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ethandietzold :
only reason i dont want cooper hoffman to be cyclops is that he is so above the current state of the mcu as an actor , i feel like it would be a bad career choice for him
2026-08-04 19:02:32
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