Who Is Polaris in Marvel? Know the Rumored Neve Campbell Character in MCU

The mutants are mutating into the Marvel Cinematic Universe faster than Wolverine's healing factor on caffeine. With the X-Men reboot lurking in the shadows like a dramatic soap opera reveal, X scooper MyTimeToShineHello has stirred the internet cauldron by claiming that actress Neve Campbell will be entering the Marvel fray. Naturally, fans are flipping faster than Quicksilver in a tornado. And just when the dust was settling around rumors, a new magnetic name popped up, ready to polarize opinions.
Word on the web is Neve Campbell might portray the green-haired powerhouse Polaris, someone fans are really curious about.
Meet Neve Campbell's rumored MCU character
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Polaris, known to her legal team and superpowered enemies as Lorna Dane, is a mutant with magnetic abilities inherited from her less-than-huggable father, Erik Lehnsherr, more famously known as Magneto. Gifted with the power to bend metal, manipulate magnetic fields, and control Wi-Fi signals in theory (Marvel is still debating that one), she has floated between hero and chaos generator like a GPS with a loose wire. She has also dyed her hair green, possibly as a warning sign.
Lorna Dane made her comic debut in 1968, and she has been collecting emotional baggage and unstable alliances ever since. From joining the X-Men to getting tangled in soap-opera-level romantic subplots with Havok, she has proven herself to be a mainstay in mutant drama. With powers strong enough to launch satellites and daddy issues potent enough to power a Netflix series, Polaris is definitely not here to just accessorize the X-Men roster.
Whether Neve Campbell can channel the power, poise, and chaos of Polaris is the cinematic question of the moment.
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Neve Campbell has spent decades outrunning killers in Scream, hexing her way through The Craft, and somehow surviving both House of Cards and Skyscraper. Her resume reads like a survival guide for bad luck with fantastic lighting. No one is suggesting she lacks talent, only that Polaris, usually portrayed as a moody mutant in her twenties, may not align with someone whose greatest superpower is actually having a stable career in Hollywood past the age of 40.
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Still, Marvel is a place where continuity is a suggestion and logic is optional. There has been no confirmation yet, just the Russo Brothers casually tossing out mutant-shaped hints like Marvel-branded trail mix. Whether Neve Campbell joins the X-Men saga or simply haunts fan-casting boards forever, is yet to be seen. The memes are immortal, the debates are ongoing, and somewhere, a bottle of green hair dye is waiting for its MCU moment.
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Do you think Neve Campbell has the magnetic charm to play Polaris? Sound off in the comments below!
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Edited By: Aliza Siddiqui
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