X-men Apocalypse: Olivia Munn is casted as Psylocke

[Aeolus451]

kumagawa said:

Aeolus451 said:

It doesn't matter what her name sounds like. Her body is Japanese and has been for the majority of the comics. It's how that character looks.

 

Elizabeth Braddock (Psylocke) was first introduced in 1976 were she was 100% white British till a 1992/3 storyline when her mind got swapped into a Japanese body.

As the next X-men film is set in the 80's having her be white is right.

There's no point in getting into that detailed on a comic book character they'll put into a movie. The storylines are completely different from eachother. Pyslocke is more well known as an asian or asian looking. The way she uses her powers and martial arts plays off that she looks asian. There's no telling how much they'll change about that character but the actress playing her is half chinese.