Bah. Once the X-men return to prominence no one will care about those other characters. It will be like the 1990s all over again, with the X-men dominating.
I’m kidding... kind of. The X-men could be exactly the “right now” franchise the MCU really needs. While the Avengers and other MCU heroes are all chiseled and beautiful, and pretty darn white (though increasingly becoming more diverse), the X-men could really lean into that outcast feel. With actors that don’t have perfect bodies and faces. I want a Wolverine who looks like a brute. Not ugly, but not traditionally handsome either. Stocky, barrel chested and angry. Kind of like the character Rip from ‘Yellowstone.’ Just a bad, mean sumbitch who will beat your ass. A Storm who is tall, black and while beautiful, also has a bit of an outcast vibe to her from years of living on the streets of Cairo as well as being worshipped as a goddess later in life in Kenya. A Nightcrawler who is every bit the fuzzy, warm outcast we know and love from the comics. Again, not traditionally handsome. Skinny with perhaps more angular features.
Even the O5 shouldn’t be all handsome, expect for maybe Cyclops, but of course he feels like the biggest outcast of all with his visor/ruby quartz glasses on all the time. Like he hides behind them at times. And I would be fine with adding more diversity amongst the majors. Cyclops being Hispanic, or part Hispanic at least (on his Mom’s side I guess with a name like Summers); Iceman being gay (like in the comics now); perhaps Beast being Samoan or something like that, and big and wide and heavy set but strong as hell and extremely agile for all his size and bulk. And I think Nightcrawler could be black or some other ethnicity too. Just because he’s German doesn’t mean he automatically has to be white underneath the blue fuzz. Just saying. Angel probably needs to be white I would think. Definitely more of a privileged white kid, but not necessarily I suppose. Lots and lots to play with here.