MCU Star Joe Locke Is Already Plotting a Dream Crossover With a Brand-New Mutant Hero

Marvel’s growing roster of young heroes has fans dreaming up team-ups, and a Wiccan and Cyclops meeting in the MCU is a pairing few people saw coming. The two characters come from very different corners of the franchise, which only makes the idea more intriguing.

Wiccan only became official as Billy Maximoff in the fifth episode of ‘Agatha All Along’, after the character spent much of the series known simply as Teen. Cyclops, meanwhile, belongs to Marvel Studios’ incoming ‘X-Men’ reboot, which has been assembling its team piece by piece.

The idea of putting them in the same scene now comes from the actor behind Wiccan. In comments from Dream It Conventions, Joe Locke said he would love for his Wiccan to meet Kit Connor’s Cyclops in the MCU. He added that he loves Connor and is very excited to see him join the franchise.

The wish carries extra weight because of their history. Connor played Nick Nelson in ‘Heartstopper’ while Locke played Charlie Spring, so the pair already share one of the most beloved on-screen partnerships of recent years.

Connor was reported as the pick for Scott Summers, aka Cyclops, on 6 August 2026, with the news first coming from Deadline. Marvel reps had no comment on the casting at the time.

That changed at D23 in Anaheim, where Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced the film’s cast. Connor was presented as the team leader Cyclops, which made the casting official.

Before the Cyclops news, fans had spent a long time linking Connor to another role. He was often rumored to play Hulkling, partly because of his ‘Heartstopper’ partnership with Locke. Locke addressed the chatter back in 2024. He said he’d love for Connor to be in the MCU, but called the Hulkling rumor baseless.

The film is being directed by Jake Schreier, with Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo writing it and a release date set for May 2028. Connor leads a cast that also includes Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, Maya Boyd as Storm, Christopher Abbott as Professor Charles Xavier, Inde Navarrette as Rogue, Samara Weaving as Emma Frost and Sadie Sink as Jean Grey.

For fans, the casting solved a long-running puzzle. Many celebrated it, with some saying Cyclops is a better fit for Connor than Hulkling. There’s also a practical upside for the two friends. The actors are expected to play very different characters, which lets Connor build his own distinct Marvel identity.

Locke’s character is far from sidelined. ‘Agatha All Along’ ended with Billy and Ghost Agatha vowing to find his long-lost brother, and that thread has now led to ‘VisionQuest’. The series premiered exclusively on Disney+ on October 14.

Ruaridh Mollica, who plays an older Tommy Maximoff, confirmed in an interview with Entertainment Tonight that Locke returns as Billy in later episodes. The same report notes that this makes Locke one of the only actors to appear in 2 live-action MCU shows on Disney+.

Locke has been open about where he’d like Billy to go next. He told Entertainment Weekly that in his ideal world, Billy would become the next head of the Avengers. He has also said Billy could learn a lot from Doctor Strange. Meanwhile, Marvel Studios has reportedly been working on a Young Avengers TV series for a very long time, which would give Wiccan a natural home.

For now, it’s a hope rather than a plan. Marvel hasn’t announced any crossover between the two characters, and the mutant team’s first big-screen outing is still roughly a year and a half away.

Still, the MCU has built its reputation on surprise team-ups, and a shared scene would reward fans of both corners of the franchise. Wiccan’s magic and Cyclops’ optic blasts would make for a striking visual pairing. It would also bring two close friends onto the same screen in a way their fans have long wanted.

Whether Marvel acts on it or not, Locke’s enthusiasm shows how much goodwill surrounds both actors as they head into this next chapter.