Kit Connor might have recently said farewell to Heartstopper, but he's about to join his co-star Joe Locke in the MCU. Deadline has reported that Connor has landed the role of Cyclops in the much-awaited X-Men reboot. Getty ImagesRelated: All the major X-Men casting rumours in the MCUPrevious rumours had linked Cooper Hoffman to the role of Cyclops, previously played by James Marsden in the X-Men series. Marsden will reprise the role in Avengers: Doomsday, but we still don't know exactly what that movie will mean for the X-Men reboot. It's not yet clear what Locke's Marvel future holds, but we can now dream of a Heartstopper reunion in the MCU.