While you’re in your feels of the X-Men ‘97 season 2 finale
Polygon has a terrific, but spoiler-filled, X-Men ‘97 season 2 series retrospective.
Check out The cast of X-Men '97 break down 4 crucial moments from the season 2 finale by Brian VanHooker.
X-Men: The Animated Series meant a lot to a lot of people. The breakthrough cartoon from the 1990s featured some of the most complex storylines ever marketed to children, with thoughtful messages about prejudice and being different that weren't watered down for a younger audience. One of the kids it left an impact on was Ross Marquand, The Walking Dead and Avengers: Infinity War actor who now plays Professor X and Apocalypse on X-Men ‘97.
“X-Men: The Animated Series is quite literally the reason why I became an actor,” Marquand tells Polygon. “People look at me kind of cockeyed when I say that, but I mean it. That was such a seminal show for me as a kid because I was bullied a lot. I was super nerdy. I was in Boy Scouts. I was in theater. I was watching X-Men and getting into comics and everything.”