Watch: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Star Olivia Munn Sharpens Her Sword Skills
Olivia Munnis getting into fighting shape. The actress shared a video of herself practicing her katana moves forX-Men: Apocalypse, in which she’ll play Betsy Braddock a.k.a. Psylocke. See theX-Men ApocalypseOlivia Munn sword video after the jump.
Munn, who was cast as Psylocke back in April, shared a photo of herself practicing the character’s sword skills onInstagram.
(For you football fans, the guy in the background is Green Bay Packers QBAaron Rodgers, Munn’s boyfriend.)
Betsy Braddock debuted in a 1976 issue ofCaptain Britainas the title hero’s twin sister, a British charter pilot and model, and even took over the Captain Britain mantle herself for a time.
In the mid-’80s she joined the X-Men franchise and picked up the alias Psylocke. Some time after that, she swapped bodies with a Japanese female ninja named Kwannon, picking up some of Kwannon’s skills and personality. Her powers include telepathy, telekinesis, and precognition, and her signature weapon is a psionic katana.
While we’ll have to wait and see how the rest of Munn’s performance as Psylocke shakes out, her athletic abilities, at least, look unimpeachable. She’s using a regular sword instead of a psionic one, like her comic book counterpart, but we’ll let that part slide.
Munn is one of several newcomers to the franchise along withSophie Turner(Jean Grey),Tye Sheridan (Scott Summers / Cyclops),Alexandra Shipp(Ororo Munroe / Storm),Kodi Smit-McPhee(Kurt Wagner / Nightcrawler),Ben Hardy(Warren Worthington III / Angel),Lana Condor(Jubilation Lee / Jubilee), andOscar Isaac(En Sabah Nur / Apocalypse).
Returning cast members includeJames McAvoy(Charles Xavier / Professor X),Michael Fassbender(Erik Lensherr / Magneto),Jennifer Lawrence(Raven / Mystique),Nicholas Hoult(Hank McCoy / Beast),Evan Peters(Peter / Quicksilver),Lucas Till(Alex Summers / Havok), andRose Byrne(Moira MacTaggert).
