The New Mutants Sunspot

While they were hiding in an underground bunker in moscow roberto and the other x men were warned of a sentinel.

The new mutants sunspot. Henry zaga emerges in the new mutants the brazilian actor stars as teenaged superhero sunspot in the marvel film. The first team of new mutants characters was created by chris claremont and artist bob mcleod. By kristen tauer on august 27 2020. Sunspot was born in rio de janeiro brazil and was the son of millonaire emmanuel da costa.

Sunspot roberto da costa is a fictional superhero appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics the character is most commonly associated with x men related groups the new mutants and x force. During an interview director josh boone was asked about the choice and. The heavily delayed x men film has stirred up a lot of interest because of its difficult road to the big screen but fans are just as intrigued by the story at its center the new mutants. Roberto is a member of the new mutants.

In the new mutants henry zaga plays the hot headed sunspot and in our exclusive interview with the actor he talked about his extensive process in finding the character and giving him some new. Sunspot born roberto da costa is a mutant with the ability to absorb and channel solar energy. The new mutants director addresses sunspot casting controversy jake abbate wednesday august 26 2020 henry zaga isn t the first actor to play roberto da costa sunspot on the big screen. Roberto da costa nicknamed bobby is a brazilian mutant with solar powers.

By 2023 the sentinels had taken over the world in their mission to eliminate mutants and x gene carriers. Roberto had joined the surviving x men along with bishop warpath blink. A mutant from brazil sunspot possesses the ability to absorb and channel solar power he is idealistic and impulsive but is considered a close friend of many of his teammates. Brand new emojis for the upcoming the new mutants have been accused of whitewashing one of its main characters.

The new mutants is a group of fictional teenaged mutant superheroes in training appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics they have been the main characters of three successive comic book series which were spin offs of the x men franchise. But many fans have objected to zaga s casting.