Taylor Swift’s entry into the MCU could certainly dazzle audiences – pun intended.
While Taylor Swift continues on tour and delight audiences, fans continue to wonder if she will expand her horizons.
One rumor in particular continues to plague the public. Even critics of the idea find it intriguing.
Could Taylor Swift join the MCU? In fact, we could see her making her debut as early as this weekend in Deadpool and Wolverine?
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Will Taylor Swift dress up to play a Marvel superhero?
Taylor Swift is a powerhouse. She’s also a newly minted billionaireand nothing she does can avoid making big headlines.
But sometimes, aspects of her life make headlines without her doing anything.
Enter Taylor and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Since 2016, there have been rumors that she might be joining the world of superheroes and dastardly villains in a big way. (More on that later.)
The rumors intensified as his friendship with Ryan Reynolds – aka the man behind Deadpool – got more serious. Honestly, if she could get his kids’ names into a song, he could find her a cameo in one of his movies!
And as it turns out, there’s a perfect role for her just waiting to be filled!
![Will Taylor Swift play Dazzler in Deadpool & Wolverine? New clues 11 Taylor Swift in February 2024.](https://thegurumedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0521_taylorswift_04-1024x683.jpg)
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Taylor Swift Joining The MCU As The Dazzler: The Rumors And How They Started
Obviously, Marvel comics include thousands and thousands of characters. Some are very well-known. Others are relatively obscure.
Dazzler may be an unfamiliar name for normiesbut she is a very well-known Marvel character. Specifically, from X-Men. She is a mutant with the ability to convert sound vibrations into rays of light and energy.
Now, X-Men: Apocalypse was released in May 2016. Although the film was a huge disappointment for Marvel fans, let’s be real, better comic book line, it included a major easter egg: a Dazzler album cover in which the mutant character appeared to resemble Taylor Swift.
This means that for almost a DECADE, fans have been arguing about Taylor taking on the role!
But now, the idea of Taylor playing Dazzler has started to really gain traction again, especially now that X-Men characters are increasingly appearing in MCU films. (Remember, FOX owned the rights to the X-Men, so Disney’s hands were tied — until they bought Fox, of course.)
Could Crystal appear in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ in July 2024?
Taylor Swift is a longtime friend of Ryan Reynolds, who plays the titular Deadpool in Deadpool and Wolverine.
Yes, as the name suggests, with the merger of FOX and Disney, Wade Wilson is finally becoming friends with the most well-known X-Men character: Wolverine.
This film will feature Cassandra Nova as the main antagonist. Cassandra Nova, in the comics, is Professor X’s evil (literal) twin. In the womb, Charles Xavier sensed her evil and strangled her, but she somehow returned. In the comics, she instigated a Sentinel attack on Genosha, resulting in the slaughter of millions of mutants. (She’s also how Emma Frost gained her iconic secondary mutation, her organic diamond form.)
It’s good that Cassandra Nova is appearing in a Dead Pool movie rather than something more serious. She’s not a fan-favorite villain, despite her prominence in several comic book stories (Earth-616). But her presence, and that of Wolverine, and other mutants, suggests the possibility that others—like Dazzler—could appear.
First good sign!
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Taylor Swift Has More Ties to ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ Than Just Ryan Reynolds
During one of Taylor Swift’s numerous visits to Kansas City Chiefs games to watch her boyfriend Travis Kelce play football last season, she brought not only Ryan Reynolds but also Shawn Levy. Although Levy appeared in Taylor’s short film All Too Well, he is also the Deadpool and Wolverine director.
Good sign #2!
Levy wisely avoided questions about Taylor Swift or the MCU when people asked, noting, “I’m not an idiot.”
When pressed further, Levy said The Wrap that same month, “you’ll have to wait and see.”
Yes, that’s what they said about Andrew Garfield and Tobey MacGuire in the latest Spider-Man movie. We’re not buying it!
Of course, hoping to keep the surprise, you know, a surprise, Ryan himself denied to People magazine that Swift was Deadpool 3 in November 2022.
But that was before filming on the movie had even begun. And then in an interview with Fandango which was published on Monday, May 20, he sang a different tune, saying that “pure and simple dishonesty is not in the plans” when addressing the rumors.
“Movies like this, there’s so much speculation about so many people who could end up in the movie. I saw one where I was convinced Elvis was in the movie,” Reynolds teased. “Anything could happen and that’s what I love about this universe. Surprises are the essence of Dead Pool.”
Did Disney spoil the surprise?
But let’s take things to another level!
With the release of any MCU film comes a few things: endless press for the stars, inevitable announcements, and a slew of merchandise for hardcore fans to purchase.
Now, if you go to the Disney Store website right now, you’ll find tons of merchandise to buy based on the Deadpool & Wolverine movie. But, as the blogger @disneyboundsolo pointed out, you’ll also find two newly released Dazzler shirts.
Although the shirts feature a drawing of the character, there’s no denying how much the image resembles Taylor.
And then again, releasing products before the movie may have ruined the movie!
Fortunately, that didn’t happen when Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Harry Stylesinterpreted Eros, as people who watched the underrated criminal Eternals will remember.
Who is Dazzler anyway?
Dazzler is a mutant from Marvel’s X-Men comics. She has the ability to convert sound—from ambient noises to music blasting from speakers to her own voice—into various types of energy.
Sometimes she does this to emit concussion waves, energy shields, or even (less frequently) energy constructs.
Most people recognize Dazzler as a musical star from the comic book universe. Sometimes a pop singer, sometimes a punk. Either way, when she performs, she really put on a show.
![Will Taylor Swift play Dazzler in Deadpool & Wolverine? New clues 15 The Dazzler converts sound waves into a colorful light show.](https://thegurumedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0521_dazzler_02_xmen97-1024x462.png)
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What would Crystal’s role be in the MCU?
Truth be told, Dazzler only occasionally takes part in mutant-related adventures. More often than not, she has a cameo appearance in comics or animated projects. Most of the time, we see her performing… since that’s her job.
The MCU is huge, but it only has room for a few characters. It’s likely that whether Taylor joins the MCU to play Dazzler or someone else plays her, her appearance will be in select scenes, or even in the background — entertaining a crowd.
Dazzler sometimes functions as a symbol—showing groups of non-mutants who accept a mutant pop star, or indicating spaces (such as Genosha or Krakoa) where mutants are free to use their gifts in public without fear of arrest or murder by ordinary humans.
![Will Taylor Swift play Dazzler in Deadpool & Wolverine? New clues 17 Dazzler displays her mutant ability to entertain a crowd, including Rogue and Boom Boom.](https://thegurumedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/0521_dazzler_03_xmen97-1024x461.png)
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Would Taylor Swift be a good choice as Dazzler?
Taylor Swift is an actress with a growing filmography. Cats is the most famous example of his performance, but perhaps not the most universally loved.
If Dazzler appears in the MCU in a small role and Taylor plays her, it’s possible that people might complain. Critics might draw comparisons to Ed Sheeran in The Game of Throneswhile fans may say that Disney wasted their talents.
Truth be told… groups of people will complain about any celebrity choice. That doesn’t always make it a bad thing.
Will Taylor Swift play the Blonde Phantom?
On Tuesday, May 21, a shock report It’s been alleged that Marvel is not only developing a Blonde Phantom series for Disney+… but that they’re considering Taylor Swift for that role in the MCU.
Blonde Phantom is a Golden Age Marvel Comics character. She is historically a gun-toting secretary with no superpowers.
If one Blonde Ghost If this materializes, we’re sure the MCU iteration will take a less 1950s approach to the character. Even if Taylor Swift doesn’t end up playing the lead role.