Rogue Voice Actress Lenore Zann Claims Gambit Is Rogue’s Soulmate, Teases Appearances in Other Shows

X-Men ’97 was a huge success for Marvel despite all the issues with the project and the alterations it made to the series’ canon. There are many reasons for this, but we won’t list them all here. The animated series’ superb plot and animation technique, which were almost exact reproductions of the original series, brought back pleasant memories for all viewers of the original series.

The series is, of course, continuing, and we are currently waiting for the second season of the hit series, as fans are both anxious and excited to see how much Disney intervened in Beau DeMayo’s original ideas and how different the second season is going to be.

While we’re waiting, we are happy to report on a major interview with Rogue voice actress Lenore Zann, who commented on her return to the series and revealed some interesting details about her character, which we are going to share with you here!

The interview was brought to us by our colleagues from NPN and if you follow this link, you will see that it was a pretty long talk. Of course, we are going to bring you the most interesting parts here, but we are encouraging you to read through the whole interview, as it is truly intriguing and will provide a lot of insight for fans of the series and Rogue.

(NPN): How does it feel to be back in this role and continuing this story with Rogue 27 years after the original series ended?

Zann: It’s mind-blowing really. I mean how many actors get an opportunity to play a superhero anyway, let alone twice in their lifetime and like 27 or 30 years apart.

It’s kind of surreal, but in another way, it just feels right. It feels like it’s the right timing for this show to come back and for my character to be as strong as she is when the world in real life is facing so much danger, so many extreme right-wing crazy ideologies that are so harming so many people, and when you have you know political people trying to roll the clock back and take away rights that people have fought to get for many many years and whether that is you know racialized community or the lgbtq community.

It’s really sad to see that humanity is once again at each other’s throats and I think that it’s time for the X-Men to make a reappearance so it’s perfect timing.

After discussing the return and the whole process of coming back to the character, Zann was asked about Rogue’s love life:

(NPN): I love that and it’s a great way to look at the show – I have more of a fun question that folks fight about every day, they want to know… Remy or Magneto? 

Zann: I believe Remy is Rogue’s soulmate, and I believe they are star-crossed lovers like Romeo and Juliet, only, they act out their passionate play on a whole different level or in a different universe. And true love is true love no matter what, the person is alive or they’ve passed. I know that everybody’s broken-hearted about Remy, as am I. But again, what I would say to the fans is that this is a story, let it play out and keep the faith.

She was also asked whether we could see Rogue in other Marvel animated projects, and here is what she said:

(NPN): Would you be willing to maybe ever bring your character Rogue into any other of the different animation series? There’s a Spider-Man series coming up, there’s Eyes of Wakanda coming up and we have What If season 3. Would you ever be interested in pulling your character into any of those projects or any, you know, new projects?

Zann: Of course, I mean that would be fun. It would be fun. I mean, I love the crossover into Spidey [90’s show]… But I’d love to see like a feature film, an animated feature film, yeah, you know, I love that.

We were able to see [X-Men ‘97] on the screen, on the big screen, so we saw the first episode and I’ll probably be at El Capitan Theater, Hollywood Theater, but I loved watching it and the fans just went crazy, so I think from what I’ve heard from fans that an X-Men animated feature film would go over extremely well, so I’m hoping that that might happen at some day. I think people are more open to the idea.

Finally, she provided the fans with a Season 2 update:

(NPN): Have you started recording your lines for Season 2?

Zann: I have yes! I’ve done them yes. Of course, we keep being drawn back to do like ADR and make little changes here and there, but yes, I’ve done my lines and I love it. It’s an incredible script, see, you’re gonna love it, the same as this one, it’s just fantastic. 

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