Marvel Fans Are Calling For Quicksilver Actor Evan Peters to Get a Proper Comeback Instead of Another Ralph Bohner Cameo, as the Former X-Men Star Says He'd 'Love' to Return

X-Men histrion Evan Peters has said he'd emotion to instrumentality arsenic Pietro "Quicksilver" Maximoff, and present Marvel fans person taken up the call.

Peters played the quality successful 4 films during the classical Fox epoch of X-Men movies, opening successful X-Men: Days of Future Past. Years later, successful a astonishment twist, Peters past returned to the satellite of Marvel for WandaVision, playing a quality that was initially introduced arsenic a caller incarnation of Pietro, Wanda's brother.

But Evans' instrumentality was yet revealed arsenic a misdirect (albeit a beauteous comic one), with his character's sanction subsequently revealed to really beryllium Ralph Bohner (yes, really) — a fakeout that remains a contentious contented among fans. Now, arsenic immoderate of his erstwhile X-Men co-stars instrumentality for Avengers: Doomsday, Evans has said helium wants 1 much spell astatine Quicksilver (for real) — and Marvel fans are connected his side.

"I would emotion to travel backmost and bash Quicksilver again," Peters said, speaking to IMDb. "I deliberation it was specified a amusive quality and there's a batch much to explore, and I ever benignant of played it similar a small impermanent spot.

"You know, helium pops successful and helium pops out, is benignant of what it was," helium continued, "so I'm ever funny to spot what it would truly beryllium similar to research that quality and the backstory."

After 2 appearances arsenic Ralph Bohner (the quality popped up again successful WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along), fans present accidental that Evans should instrumentality arsenic the real Pietro Maximoff — and successful truthful doing, retcon Bohner astatine the aforesaid time.

Evan Peters. Image credit: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop.

"Will inactive ne'er recognize wherefore helium wasn’t brought backmost arsenic Pietro for WandaVision," Marvel instrumentality DerredFuture wrote connected reddit. "It was specified an casual conception to incorporated arsenic well. All they had to bash was marque Agatha usage the Darkhold to get him from the X-Men beingness and past she could’ve controlled him afterwards, changing perfectly thing yet inactive satisfying fans."

"I deliberation a batch astir however successful interviews they said 'We don't spot a crushed wherefore Quicksilver from a antithetic timeline would beryllium here, we ne'er intended for anyone to deliberation that would beryllium a possibility' and past the precise adjacent twelvemonth Professor X jumped retired of the Fox movies successful his large dumb hover chair," added Short_Condition_1079, referencing Patrick Stewart's reappearance arsenic Charles Xavier successful Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.

Some person suggested a afloat Ralph Boener retcon could beryllium casual to propulsion off, arsenic the quality could beryllium revealed arsenic being an alternate beingness Quicksilver each along, albeit 1 inactive profoundly nether the spell of Agatha's magic.

Others person picked up Peters' proposition that determination is much to research with the character, particularly arsenic Avengers: Doomsday is besides acceptable to diagnostic Ian McKellan's Magneto — canonically, Pietro and Wanda's father.

"I'd emotion to person him successful Doomsday/Secret Wars being a household with Magneto and Wanda (and possibly adjacent Polaris)," teacup_tiger wrote, referencing the X-Men quality Polaris who is yet different kid of Magneto.

As yet, however, there's been nary proposition that Peters volition instrumentality arsenic Quicksilver for Avengers: Doomsday, which has already wrapped its main filming. (There's besides been nary connection of Ralph Bohner returning successful adjacent year's VisionQuest, the 3rd and last Disney+ bid that's present being billed arsenic completing the WandaVision "trilogy".) But possibly there's inactive a accidental for Avengers: Secret Wars?

Image credit: Jason Mendez/Getty Images for ReedPop.

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