That spell might be set to last a little longer yet, but it doesn't mean that Marvel hasn't been busy laying the groundwork for the mutant superheroes to show up.
Now that Disney owns 20th Century Fox, the future of the X-Men franchise has become an extremely hot topic considering the MCU made it all the way to Avengers: Endgame with nary a mutant. Paquin was slated to have a larger role in X-Men: Days of Future Past, but it was cut down before the movie hit the big screen, with Singer later releasing a straight-to-home video 'Rogue Cut' of the film. The role of Rogue ultimately went to Cook's She's All That co-star Anna Paquin, who played the iconic Marvel character in four of the X-Men movies from 2000 to 2014. 'I really thought what everyone told me was correct when they said, 'What we need to do now is make sure you're taken seriously,'' Cook told the publication, acknowledging that she 'definitely did things for the wrong reasons.' Cook noted the move had been a 'huge misstep' in her career, as she reflected back on her decision to focus on independent movies.