Among X-Men: Apocalypse's greatest offences was the fact it completely wasted Lana Condor's Jubilee. The character barely appears in the film, and with a credit not listed for Dark Phoenix either, it looks likely that the trend is set to continue for at least another year.
At the top of Marvel's priorities for the new X-Men should be to include the character. Not only was Jubilee featured heavily in the X-Men's most iconic nineties team, she had a leading role in the cartoon too. Subsequent appearances in other X-Men media have cemented the character as one of the team's most famous members, and in focusing on the generational divide between different X-Men, Jubilee should take on a pivotal role.
It would be great to see Condor return for the part, but if not, Hayley Kiyoko would be great too. The actor/singer is still only 27, is ridiculously charming and, having starred in films like Jem and the Holograms and shows like CSI: Cyber, it's about time she made the leap to the superhero genre.
Kiyoko's status as an actual musician also lends itself well to Lee's powers and personality, making her a no-brainer for the part should it be made available.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
