New Mutants - What We Know So Far
By Christopher Ramos
Perhaps the best known members of The New Mutants' principal cast are Maisie Williams, who played Arya Stark in HBO's Game of Thrones, and Charlie Heaton, best known as social outcast Jonathan Beyers on Netflix's Stranger Things. Williams will play Rahne Sinclair, a.k.a. Wolfsbane — a mutant with abilities that mimic the powers of werewolves. Heaton is Sam Guthrie, better known as Cannonball. Guthrie is often portrayed as one of the team's leaders, and in the comics has the ability to blast himself into the air at unbelievable speeds, remaining completely invulnerable while in flight.
As for the rest of the team, there's Ilyana Rasputin (a.k.a. Magik), played by Anya Taylor-Joy. Magik has often been one of the edgier mutant heroes in the comics, sometimes going into the same dark anti-human territory, where we find extremists like Magneto. Henry Zaga plays Robert da Costa (a.k.a. Sunspot), though this isn't the character's first big screen appearance. Adan Canto has a small role as Sunspot in 2014's X-Men: Days of Future Past. Rounding out the lead cast is Blu Hunt, who plays the illusion-conjuring Dani Moonstar (a.k.a. Mirage).
Joining the New Mutants is Dr. Cecelia Reyes, played by Alice Braga. If the film follows the comics closely enough, Dr. Reyes may prove to be a mutant just like her patients. In the comics, Dr. Reyes generates a biological force field which she can use to defend herself or to form shapes which she can use as weapons.
