--- description: Foreshadow of a cameo, perhaps? title: Taylor Swift Joins Cast of 'X-Men: Apocalypse' ... for a Photo image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Taylor Swift Joins Cast of _X-Men: Apocalypse_ ... for a Photo by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2015 8:14 PM CUT  Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015. Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.Carrie Davenport—TAS/Getty Images for TAS by [Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 8, 2015 8:14 PM CUT Either Taylor Swift has added some new names to her deep #SquadGoals roster … or she’s a mutant with powers the world has not yet seen. Or maybe she’s just a fan of the X-Men. A tweet from _X-Men: Apocalypse_ writer/producer Simon Kinberg shows Swift hanging with him, Sophie Turner (Jean Grey), and James McAvoy (Professor X, bald head and all). “Haters gonna hate,” the photo’s caption reads. > [](https://twitter.com/Kinberg/status/618770257407311872) There’s no word on why the singer was with Team _Apocalypse_, but the snapshot is bound to get some Swift fans hoping for a cameo in the ’80s-set film (or maybe on its soundtrack). _X-Men: Apocalypse_ arrives in theaters May 27, 2016. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/08/taylor-swift-x-men-apocalypse "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3950122/taylor-swift-x-men-cast/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3950122/taylor-swift-x-men-cast/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift Joins Cast of X-Men: Apocalypse ... for a Photo","datePublished":"2015-07-08T20:14:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:55.145Z","description":"Foreshadow of a cameo, perhaps?","url":"https://time.com/3950122/taylor-swift-x-men-cast/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Taylor Swift","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessica Derschowitz / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfacf05d218fd6819/69885a1f35ba6f1e26c0e18b/taylor-swift1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.","caption":"Taylor Swift at the 1989 World tour in Dublin on June 30, 2015.","creditText":"Carrie Davenport—TAS/Getty Images for TAS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3950122/taylor-swift-x-men-cast/","name":"Taylor Swift Joins Cast of X-Men: Apocalypse ... for a Photo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","description":"25 Iconic Taylor Swift Instagrams in 25 Seconds","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/I8WlXTNY/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-11T16:58:18.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/I8WlXTNY.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3950122/taylor-swift-x-men-cast/","duration":"PT35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3950122/taylor-swift-x-men-cast/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```