The Bear Star Wants to Play Cyclops in X-Men

The Bear won big last night at the Emmys, but one of its stars has his sights set on new horizons: the MCU.

Matty Matheson, who plays handyman Neil Fak in the award-winning comedy/drama, spoke to Variety on the red carpet about his dream gig.

"My dream is to act in a lot of movies, just act in everything. Maybe a couple Marvels and a couple Indiana Jones…Is the X-Men Marvel? Cyclops. Cyclops is cool."

Matheson is clearly a fan of franchises, and with the Marvel Cinematic Universe growing ever larger, he’s in with a shout. He’d have the most recent Cyclops actor to contend with, however.

That actor is Tye Sheridan, who told ComicBook in 2020 he’s fully down to reprise the role.

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"They're cool movies and they have cool characters with super powers, but also there are a lot of deeper themes and messages in that franchise that I really appreciate and respect,” Sheridan said. “So as long as we were staying in that realm, you know, of course, I would be open to working and reprising my role further."

Two actors embodying the same character hasn’t been a problem for Marvel so far. Three actors played different variants of Peter Parker in Spider-Man: No Way Home, while both Evan Peters and Aaron Taylor Johnson have played speedster superhero Quicksilver.

Watch Matheson below.